architecture

Candis Claiborn to lead Engineering, Architecture

PULLMAN — Candis Claiborn has accepted the post of interim dean of Washington State University’s College of Engineering and Architecture. Claiborn, who is currently the college’s associate dean for research and graduate programs and a professor of civil and environmental engineering, will begin her new duties Aug. 16.  “I am very pleased that Dr. Claiborn, […]

April 20 presentation to discuss Seattle library

Two members of Hoffman Construction Company will make a presentation about the construction of the new Rem Koolhaas-designed Seattle Public Library on April 20.The Washington State University Museum of Art, in collaboration with the School of Architecture and Construction Management at WSU, is sponsoring a presentation by Dan Harmon, vice president of Hoffman Construction Company, […]

School of Architecture to host lecture series

The Washington State University School of Architecture and Construction Management will host a series of three architectural lectures on the Pullman campus in April.Mitchell Schwarzer, chair of visual studies at the California College of the Arts, will speak April 4 on “Zoomscape: Architecture in Motion and Media.” The lecture will take place at 6 p.m. […]

School of Architecture to host upcoming lecture series

The Washington State University School of Architecture and Construction Management will host a series of three architectural lectures on the Pullman campus in April.Mitchell Schwarzer, chair of visual studies at the California College of the Arts, will speak at 6 p.m. Monday, April 4 in Carpenter 102 on “Zoomscape: Architecture in Motion and Media.” Schwarzer […]

Campus architecture, hidden art topic of lecture

Washington State University Art á la Carte, a brown-bag noontime lunch series, will present “Public Art and Private Encounters” with H. Clare Wiser, docent of the Museum of Art/WSU and professor emeritus of mathematics at WSU.Wiser’s visual presentation will describe and illustrate both the obvious and hidden campus art and the architectural details of the […]

Students go face-to-face with bricks and steel

Giving students an up-close opportunity to experience the materials that they will need in their professions, John Neary, assistant professor in the School of Architecture and Construction Management, is coordinating the construction on an 8-foot tall, steel, teaching structure behind Carpenter Hall. The American Institute of Steel Construction provided the design. The steel structure, along […]

Professor gives students material experience

John Neary, assistant professor in the Washington State University School of Architecture and Construction Management, will give students an up-close opportunity to experience the materials they will use in their professions when he coordinates the construction of an eight-foot tall, steel teaching structure behind Carpenter Hall next month.<br><br>With support from the Masonry Industry Promotion Group, […]

Spectacle on art, architecture and audience

Chris Bruce, director of the WSU Museum of Art, will speak at 12:20 p.m., Nov. 13 in the CUB Cascade Room 123 as part of the Compton Union Art a la Carte lecture series. Bruce’s lecture is titled “Spectacle and Plain Good: some thoughts on art, architecture and audience. Art a la Carte is sponsored […]