architecture

Students to design new downtown Hillyard

SPOKANE – Washington State University Interdisciplinary Design students are kicking off the spring semester with a charrette (an intense design and problem solving process of limited duration) to develop new ideas for a revitalized downtown Hillyard along North Market Street in Spokane. The 24 teams of four students will meet Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. […]

Architecture on display

Junior architecture student Jonathan Stahl views a display at last night’s opening of the Architectural Ideas in Practice exhibit.  (Photo by Judy Croskey) Emerging architectural projects designed by western Washington practitioners are on display at the main gallery in Carpenter Hall.  The exhibit is open from 7:30 a.m.-11 p.m. daily and will be on display […]

Exhibit provides new perspective

The School of Architecture and Construction Management at Washington State University will present a month long exhibit in Carpenter Hallfrom Nov. 3 through Dec. 1, which will highlight 100 emerging architectural projects designed by Western Washington practitioners. The exhibit explores the architectural ideas behind works in progress, offering the public, professionals and the campus community […]

Students to design fictional library in masonry competition

PULLMAN – As part of a regional competition, 34 students from the Washington State University School of Architecture and Construction Management are designing a fictional neighborhood library using a variety of masonry products. The third-year students are competing for a cash award in designing a 10,000-square-foot library building as if it were to be located […]

Miller/Hull Architects partners receive alumni awards

David Miller and Robert Hull each were honored with a WSU Alumni Achievement Award from the WSU Alumni Association Thursday, April 20, at a ceremony held at the School of Architecture and Construction Management. Co-founding partners of Miller/Hull Architects in Seattle, both received their bachelor of arts in architecture from WSU in 1968.The duo’s projects […]

Engineering hosts first open house

Presentations ranging from robotics to a project to develop a decal applicator for Boeing Company airplanes will be featured at the first WSU College of Engineering and Architecture Open House, April 20 – 21.The two days of activities will include graduate research posters and demonstrations; undergraduate senior design presentations; student club displays; and an awards […]

Engineering appoints development director

Mark Hermanson, a WSU alumnus with close to 15 years of fundraising and higher education experience, has been appointed executive director of development and external relations for the College of Engineering and Architecture at WSU.Hermanson has a bachelor’s degree in hotel and restaurant administration and a master’s of education in educational leadership and counseling psychology […]

WSU Spokane seminar features early Renaissance architecture research

Matthew Cohen, an assistant professor of architecture in the Interdisciplinary Design Institute at WSU Spokane, will be the featured speaker at a free public seminar on April 21 from 3-5 p.m. in the Phase I Classroom Building Auditorium at 668 North Riverpoint Boulevard on the Riverpoint Campus. The presentation is a feature of the Third […]

Seminar features early Renaissance architecture

Matthew Cohen, an assistant professor of architecture in the Interdisciplinary Design Institute at WSU Spokane, will be the featured speaker at a free public seminar on April 21 from 3-5 p.m. in the Phase I Classroom Building Auditorium at 668 North Riverpoint Boulevard on the Riverpoint Campus. The presentation is a feature of the Third […]

School, industry cooperate to craft savvy students

Walls are coming down in the architecture and construction management professions. Early communication and cooperation are tunneling through traditional barriers between the various disciplines that create our built environment. Designers are forging bridges to builders, contractors to owners, financers to those in charge of continuing building maintenance. And WSU is offering innovative programs to educate […]