Architecture Professor Receives more than $75,000 in grants to investigate ruins of 19th century Louisiana Fort
Associate Professor Ursula Emery McClure recently received two grants for the upcoming academic year to investigate the ruins of Fort Proctor, a 19th century fort in St. Bernard Parish that has been engulfed by…
Read Full StoryLSU Interior Design Students Take First Place in 2010 Interior Design Education Video Competition
LSU Interior Design Students Leigh Hardy, Ryan Weilenman, Sarah Tull, Alyse Lambert, Colette DeJean won first place in the 2010 Interior Design Education Video Competition. The winners were announced on Saturday, March 19, 2011…
Read Full StoryMultidisciplinary Project Involving LSU, Princeton Personnel to Debut at Venice Biennale
A collaborative project of architects, landscape architects, engineers and coastal scientists from LSU and architects from the Princeton University School of Architecture will be unveiled this week at the Venice Biennale, the largest and…
Read Full StoryNCIDQ Appoints T.L. Ritchie to National Committee
T. L. Ritchie, director of the School of Interior Design, has been appointed to serve on the National Council for Interior Design Qualification’s (NCIDQ) Nominating Committee for 2010. The Nominating Committee is charged with…
Read Full StoryCollege of Art & Design Students Take Home Awards from CxC
The College of Art and Design is pleased to announce that several of its students have received awards from the Communications across the Curriculum program (CxC), including a Dean’s Award scholarship for excellence at…
Read Full StoryInterior Design Senior Named to Tiger Twelve
Christine M. Cangelosi, a graduating senior in the School of Interior Design, has been named to the LSU Dean of Student’s Tiger Twelve, which recognizes the twelve outstanding seniors who best demonstrate LSU’s commitment…
Read Full StoryLSU Faculty Awarded at National Conference
Faculty members from the LSU School of Architecture received two prestigious awards at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) conference earlier this month, exemplifying the kind of leadership for which the School…
Read Full StoryLSU Art School Students Rack Up in Local Awards Competition
LSU students from the School of Art and the Manship School of Mass Communication picked up three dozen medals, including 19 gold and 17 silver, as well as two special prizes at this year’s…
Read Full StoryLSU School of Art Students and Faculty Win Awards at New Orleans Design Competition
Students and faculty from the LSU School of Art picked up several awards, including a Best in Show, at the AIGA New Orleans Design Awards & Exhibition, which was held recently in New Orleans….
Read Full StoryLSU Architecture Professor Wins National Award
Chris Theis, a professor in the LSU School of Architecture, has been recognized as a Distinguished Professor for 2009‐2010 by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). Theis was one of four educators…
Read Full StoryLSU Architecture Students Win National Competition
Two students from the LSU School of Architecture are part of a design team that recently won the $25,000 first prize in the Chase Community Development Competition, a nationwide contest in which college and…
Read Full StoryRobert Reich School of Landscape Architecture and Dean of Art and Design Ranked Among Best in U.S.
Dean David Cronrath of the College of Art and Design has been named one of the Most Admired Educators of 2010 by Design Intelligence, the leading journal of the design professions. In its annual…
Read Full StoryRussell Chair Professor Honored in National Competition
The School of Architecture’s Russell Chair, Seth McDowell, was recently named a runner up in the prestigious Pamphlet Architecture 30 competition, which sought proposals aimed at inventive, new infrastructure for the United States. McDowell…
Read Full StoryMetropolitan Home Features Home Remodeled by LSU Architecture Professor
A mid-20th-century Southdowns home remodeled by Associate Architecture Professor Jim Sullivan is featured in the November issue of Metropolitan Home magazine. In an article entitled “Updating a Midcentury Ranch House,” the magazine praises the…
Read Full StoryArchitecture Student Honored by U.S. Green Building Council
A fifth-year student in the School of Architecture has received a prestigious Young Leaders Award by the U.S. Green Building Council for developing and implementing a game-day recycling program in Tiger Stadium. Melissa Seanard…
Read Full StoryCollege of Art and Design Names Russell Endowed Chairs
The LSU College of Art and Design is pleased to announce the appointment of its Nadine Carter Russell Endowed Chairs for 2009-2010. Seth McDowell, a recent graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of…
Read Full StoryRobert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Names World-Renowned Landscape Architect to Endowed Chair
When the faculty in the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture set out to fill the Marie H. Bickham Endowed Chair for the 2009-2010 academic year they wanted to find someone who embodied the…
Read Full StoryInterior Design Students Take Home Awards in Two Competitions
Three students from the LSU School of Interior Design placed second in the 2009 international student competition of the International Design Educators Council (IDEC), one of the most prestigious design competitions in the industry….
Read Full StoryCuddeback Named 2009 Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty
Marsha R. Cuddeback of the School of Architecture is the recipient of the 2009 Outstanding Service-Learning Faculty Award for her exceptional and longstanding commitment to integrating quality service-learning activities into her architecture classes and…
Read Full StoryArchitecture Students Take Top Honors in New Orleans Design Competition
Drawing for inspiration on the shipping and seafood industries, the French Quarter landscape and the traditional shotgun home, a team of fifth-year architecture students designed a uniquely New Orleans home that was a finalist…
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