Omar Al‑Hassawi, an assistant professor in the School of Design and Construction, received the American Institute of Architecture Students and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture New Faculty Teaching Award.
Architecture
A new grant from VentureWell will provide curriculum development support for a series of courses focused on sustainable building and entrepreneurship.
A group of WSU graduate architecture students had the chance to work with the building material of the future – wood – as part of their architecture studio design course.
WSU students are working with the Pullman community to develop a vision for the city’s Gateway District, the area that connects WSU to downtown. A public meeting will be held Thursday, Jan. 30 at 5 pm. in the Brelsford Visitor Center.
An architecture class at WSU will present their ideas for a small luxury hotel to upgrade Pullman’s downtown during an upcoming Town and Gown Collaborative meeting.
Mathew Cohen’s curiosity about renaissance‑era architecture led him to the publication of a new book, ‘Proportional Systems in the History of Architecture: A Critical Reconsideration.’
Tobias Jimenez’s Parcelas Verticales, or vertical plots, design proposed an answer to the affordable housing crisis in New York.
WSU architect Omar Al-Hassawi, an expert at reducing indoor temperatures without the use of electricity, offers some suggestions for beating the heat this summer.
The innovative blocks are designed to reduce waste while providing an affordable building material that could lower housing costs.
The memorial is dedicated to WSU alumnus Eric Hedeen and two of his Air Force crew mates, who tragically died in a plane crash during the first Gulf War.