LSU Team a Finalist in the ONE Prize Competition
A multidisciplinary team of faculty and students in architecture, landscape architecture, and civil engineering at the Louisiana State University Coastal Sustainability Studio recently placed as finalists for the 2013 ONE Prize Award. The ONE…
Read Full StoryFall 2013 Final Reviews
Final reviews are an important part of the learning environment at the LSU College of Art + Design. During the semester’s final reviews, architecture, art, landscape architecture, and interior design students pin up/display their…
Read Full StoryLandscape Students Identify Ways in which Design Can Engage Rural Landscapes
In fall 2013, LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA) fourth-year students in a design studio taught by Associate Professor Kevin Risk and Assistant Professor Forbes Lipschitz explored the agricultural, industrial, economic,…
Read Full StoryCollege of Art + Design Interdisciplinary Team Wins International Architectural Design Competition
A team of four faculty members from Louisiana State University College of Art + Design and University of Louisiana at Lafayette College of the Arts was awarded the grand prize in the 2013 Unbuilt…
Read Full StoryLandscape Architecture Professor Bruce Sharky’s Advance Topic Studio Explores New Territories in Culture and Design
Students in Professor Bruce Sharky’s Advance Topic Studio, Culture and Design: Exploration into New Territories, presented their final projects to jurors and critics on November 26. The students enrolled in Sharky’s studio had a…
Read Full StoryLSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture Hosting DredgeFest Workshops in January 2014
LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA) is hosting DredgeFest Louisiana workshops at the LSU Design Building, January 13–16, 2014. DredgeFest Louisiana runs January 11–17, 2014, and includes a symposium in New Orleans…
Read Full StoryLSU Hilltop Arboretum Ribbon Cutting for $1.28 Million Expansion Project
The LSU Hilltop Arboretum held a ribbon cutting and open house for a $1.28 million expansion project constructed by Lincoln Builders of Baton Rouge on October 17, 2013. The Imogene Newsom Brown Education Facility…
Read Full StoryLSU Coastal Sustainability Studio to Present Mayors’ Institute on City Design in December
The LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio (CSS), a trans-disciplinary program of the College of Art + Design, College of Engineering, and School of the Coast & Environment, will present a regional session of the Mayors’ Institute…
Read Full StoryLSU Landscape Architecture Undergraduate and Graduate Programs Receive Top Rankings from DesignIntelligence
The undergraduate and graduate programs at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA) have once again received top rankings from DesignIntelligence magazine. The November/December 2013 issue of “America’s Best Architecture & Design…
Read Full Story2013–14 Bickham Chair Lecture Addresses the Ephemeral Nature of Maps in Site Design
“Data and the Documentation of the Shifting Urban Landscape,” by Andrea Hansen Monday, November 11, at 5 p.m. | Design Building, Room 103 Andrea Hansen, the pending 2013–14 Marie M. Bickham Chair at the…
Read Full StoryAndrea Hansen Named 2013–14 Marie M. Bickham Chair in Landscape Architecture at LSU
Andrea Hansen has been named the 2013–14 Marie M. Bickham Chair in Landscape Architecture at the LSU College of Art + Design Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture (RRSLA), pending approval by the LSU…
Read Full Story“Fort Proctor” Named 2013 Architectural Research Centers Consortium Best Conference Paper
The Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) Board of Directors has named “Fort Proctor: A Conditional Preservation” as the best paper at the 2013 ARCC Conference at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The…
Read Full StoryAssistant Professor of Landscape Architecture Forbes Lipschitz Publishes Article in First Issue of Manifest
“Counting Chickens: The Landscape of Poultry Production in the American Broiler Belt,” by Forbes Lipshitz, was published in the first issue of Manifest: A Journal of American Architecture and Urbanism. Lipschitz recently joined the…
Read Full Story“Fabricated Landscapes,” a Lecture by Michael Blier, Founding Principal of Landworks Studio Inc.
“Fabricated Landscapes,” by Michael Blier Wednesday, October 30, 2013, at 5 p.m. | LSU Design Building, Room 103 Michael Blier, registered landscape architect and founding principal of Landworks Studio Inc., will lecture at the…
Read Full StoryWinner Announced for Competition to Commemorate Bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans at Chalmette
A proposal presented by Design Workshop of Austin, Texas, was chosen as the winner of a competition to design a memorial to commemorate the Battle of New Orleans at Chalmette in time for the…
Read Full StoryLSU Students, Faculty, and Alumni Receive Prestigious, National Awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects
LSU and the Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture will be well represented at the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Annual Meeting and EXPO in Boston on November 18, where a mix of…
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The World by Design
LSU is consistently recognized as one of the most affordable, highest value colleges in the US. Even so, six years of out-of-state tuition can be a substantial investment. Landscape architecture student Kevin McKee,…
Read Full StoryLSU Architecture and Landscape Architecture Faculty Co-Chair EDRA45: Building for Change Conference in New Orleans
Note: The submission deadline for abstracts, full papers, and EDRAShorts has been extended to 9 a.m., Tuesday, September 24, 2013. Two LSU College of Art + Design faculty are co-chairs of the Environmental Design Research Association’s…
Read Full StoryLake Douglas Named Associate Dean of Research & Development at LSU College of Art + Design
In August 2013, Lake Douglas, associate professor and undergraduate coordinator at LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, joined Dean Alkis Tsolakis and Associate Dean of Academic Services Tom Sofranko as associate dean of…
Read Full StoryAssociate Professor Lake Douglas Publishes Research in Two European Journals
“Certain pleasures, ambiguous grounds: the etymology and evolution of the pleasure garden” by Lake Douglas, associate professor, Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, appeared in the spring issue of the Journal of Landscape Architecture,…
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