Birch and Blakeman Awarded NAS Grant for Gulf Design Futures
The Gulf Research Program of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today $5.9 million in awards to support the development of eight Gulf Futures interdisciplinary design studios at institutions with accredited architecture…
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Louisiana Futures Exhibition Highlights Coastal Research
LSU faculty, with the generous support of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program (GRP), have led four semesters of community-based coursework focused on preparing the next generation of design,…
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LSU Researchers Design Tool to Explore Effects of Solar Farming on Louisiana Ecosystems
LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture assistant professor Fabiana Trindade da Silva is collaborating with researchers LSU Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor Chris Kees and LSU School of Renewable Natural Resources Professor Brett…
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National Academies’ Gulf Research Program Awards LSU
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program, or GRP, recently announced awards to five universities, including LSU, for the creation of interdisciplinary architectural studio design courses that engage with the…
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LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Helps Flood-Prone Louisiana Parish
In the wake of the 2016 floods, which devastated 21 South Louisiana parishes turned into federal disaster areas, the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio invited Louisiana mayors and parish presidents to a workshop, part of…
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LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio to help develop Master Plan for Baton Roots Community Farm
With recent support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio will partner with the nonprofit organization The Walls Project to develop a master plan for Baton Roots Community Farm, which…
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Traci Birch Awarded NASEM Fellowship for Coastal Research
Traci Birch, assistant professor of architecture and managing director of the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS), was one of 20 scientists awarded the 2019 Early-Career Research Fellowships by the National Academies’ Gulf Research Program….
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Bordering On Symposium
The LSU School of Architecture will host the Bordering On Symposium on Saturday, February 23, 2019 at the Manship Theater, Shaw Center for the Arts in Baton Rouge. The symposium, which brings together international scholars,…
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NAS Awards Coastal Sustainability Studio $2.9 Million for Climate Change Research
The National Academies of Sciences (NAS) awarded the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio $2,936,000 in research funds for their project, “Inland from the Coast: A Multi-Scalar Approach to Regional Climate Change Responses.” Led by Associate…
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LSU’s Jeff Carney To Speak at White House Frontiers Conference
LSU’s Jeff Carney will speak at the White House Frontiers Conference on Thursday, October 13, 2017. He will discuss “Educating for Climate-Smart Design” as part of a panel in the “Frontiers Global” track of…
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LSU Team Places in International Design Competition
A team of LSU architecture students led by Professor Jori Erdman received honorable mention in the 2016 Designing Resilience in Asia international competition. Ten universities were invited to design architectural and urban planning solutions…
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Master of Architecture Candidate Awarded AAUW Selected Professions Fellowship
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded a 2016–17 Selected Professions Fellowship to Ana Orosco of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a master’s candidate in architecture at the LSU College of Art & Design….
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Architecture Student Christopher James Receives LSU Discover Scholar Award
Christopher James, a third-year LSU School of Architecture student from Clearwater, Florida, has been named a 2016 LSU Discover Scholar award winner. The LSU Discover Scholar award recognizes students who exemplify the potential for…
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LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Teams Up with Moffatt & Nichol and West 8 to Win Global Design Competition
Designs Offer Solutions to Rebuild Mississippi River Delta, Protect Communities and Industries The international Changing Course design competition announced its winning teams and the teams’ 100-year visions for restoring and sustaining the Mississippi River Delta…
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Meet This Summer’s LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Interns!
Graduates and undergraduate students from architecture, regional planning, landscape architecture, marine science, civil engineering, and more have come from across the U.S.—and the world!—to work in the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio(CSS) this summer. Each…
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(Wet)Land Building with Kiel Moe, Spring 2015 Nadine Carter Russell Chair
Kiel Moe, a registered practicing architect and associate professor of architecture and energy at Harvard Graduate School of Design, was named one of two 2014–15 Nadine Carter Russell Chairs, a rotating residency shared among…
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Architecture Student Charlston Britton Jr. Named 2015 McNair Scholar
Charlston Britton Jr., a third-year undergraduate student in the LSU School of Architecture, is the second LSU architecture student to be selected as a Ronald E. McNair Research Scholar. The LSU Ronald E. McNair…
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Recipients of LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio’s New Projects Fund
The LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS), a trans-disciplinary program of the LSU College of Art & Design, College of Engineering, and School of the Coast & Environment, has selected four teams of LSU researchers…
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Coastal Sustainability Studio Summer Interns
Graduate students from planning, landscape architecture, architecture, geography, coastal science, and engineering have come from across the US to work in the LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS) this summer. The interns are working together…
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