This month, LSU Press releases Architecture Professor J. Michael Desmond’s new book, The Architecture of LSU, a publication that details an architectural legacy dating back to the Renaissance and shares the architectural principles that guided the creation of one of the most unique academic environments in North America. In The Architecture of LSU, Desmond traces [...]
Director Bradley Cantrell is Awarded the 2013-2014 Rome Prize
Bradley Cantrell, Director and Associate Professor, has been awarded the 2013 Rome Prize in Landscape Architecture for his proposal “Synthetic and Responsive Ecologies.” The American Academy in Rome awards the Rome Prize to a select group of artists and scholars, after an application process that begins in the fall of each year. The winners, announced [...]
College of Art + Design CxC Coordinator Reads Poetry, Gathers Poets on the National Scene
Photo Credit: Michael Hoerman CxC Studio Coordinator Vincent A. Cellucci spends the majority of his time teaching students in the College of Art + Design valuable writing skills for class assignments, professional portfolios, and future careers. Recently, the College granted him the opportunity to collaborate with writing professionals on a national scale. Cellucci attended the [...]
Faculty Wins Minneapolis Creative City Challenge
Director and Associate Professor Bradley Cantrell working with Invivia + urbainDRC won the Minneapolis Creative City Challenge with their proposal: The Minneapolis Interavtive Macro Mood Installation (MIMMI). The Creative City Challenge is an annual two-stage competition for Minnesota architects, landscape architects, urban designers, engineers, scientists, artists, students and individuals of all backgrounds to create and [...]
RRSLA @ the Alliance for Historic Landscape Preservation Annual Meeting
Associate Professor Kevin Risk will be presenting a paper that was co-written with Associate Professor Cat Marshall at the Alliance for Historic Preservation Annual Meeting. The paper is entitled Ordering the Louisiana Landscape, the research is “envisioned to broaden awareness of the range and dynamism of the State’s cultural landscapes, this study documents ways in which [...]
Hilltop Arboretum Breaks Ground on New Leed Certified Building Addition
There’s something mystical and magical about the University in the local community, and that is evident today, said Interim System President and Chancellor William “Bill” Jenkins at the groundbreaking ceremony for the LSU Hilltop Arboretum on Highland Road on Tuesday. The LSU Hilltop Arboretum is a University property under the management of the Robert Reich [...]
