Russell 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…
Read Full StoryArchitecture Students Finalists in Chair Design Competition
Two fourth-year students in the LSU School of Architecture are finalists in a unique and prestigious national competition known as the Chair Affair Design Competition. A rocking chair by Sarah Clement of Luling, LA…
Read Full StoryLSU School of Art Professor Emeritus Named to Distinguish Chair at University of New Mexico
The LSU School of Art is pleased to announce that A. J. Meek, professor emeritus of photography, has been selected as the Garrey Carruthers Distinguished Chair in the Honors Program at the University of…
Read Full StoryRobert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Names Inaugural Bickham Chair
When the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture were looking to fill the inaugural Bickham Chair, they wanted someone who embodied the spirit of excellence for which the nation’s No. 2-ranked landscape architecture school…
Read Full StoryLSU Interior Design Students Win National Award for Jewelry Store Designs
Two third-year interior design students have received national awards for their designs of a high-end jewelry store. Jeannie Leeder and Leah Fuerst took home second- and third-place prizes in the 2008 student design competition…
Read Full StoryLSU Graphic Design Students Win ADDY Awards for College Publications
LSU graphic design students picked up several prizes at this year’s local ADDY Awards for work they did on the College of Art+Design’s Annual Report, Newsletter, David Baird poster and lecture series poster. All…
Read Full StoryLSU Architecture Professor Wins National Award
A professor in the LSU School of Architecture has been named a recipient of a highly-coveted national award given by the American Institute of Architects (AIA). Marsha Cuddeback will travel to Washington D.C. next…
Read Full StoryLandscape Architecture Professor Wins National Award for Study of Unique Landscapes
An assistant professor in the LSU’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture has received a prestigious award from the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) for her study of three unique landscapes – including New…
Read Full StoryRobert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Again Ranks Among Best in U.S.
(Baton Rouge) – For the fifth consecutive year, the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture is ranked among the top five schools in the nation by Design Intelligence, the leading journal of the…
Read Full StoryLSU Photography Grad Honored With Prestigious Lucie Award
(Baton Rouge) – As the LSU School of Art works to develop its new curriculum in the digital arts, a recent photography graduate is earning national praise for his work in the field –…
Read Full StoryLSU Landscape Architecture Professor Wins Fulbright
(Baton Rouge) –The LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture is pleased to announce that assistant professor Wes Michaels is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship for 2008-2009. Michaels has received a Fulbright to…
Read Full StoryLandscape Architecture Students Win National Award
(Baton Rouge) – Three students from LSU’s Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture have received one of the nation’s most prestigious awards for a project they did last year in New Orleans’ flood-damaged Lower…
Read Full StoryLSU Landscape Architecture Professors Win National Award for New Orleans Project
(Baton Rouge) Two faculty members at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture have received one the highest professional awards in their field for an urban farm they designed in a Vietnamese community…
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