Erin Percevault Named Olmsted Scholar by the Landscape Architecture Foundation
The Landscape Architecture Foundation (LAF) has announced the two winners for the 2014 Olmsted Scholars Program, the premier national award and recognition program for landscape architecture students. Erin Percevault, an undergraduate student at the…
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Forbes Lipschitz Presents Research at Mediated City Conference in London
Forbes Lipschitz, assistant professor of landscape architecture at LSU, presented her work at the 2014 Mediated City conference in London on April 2, 2014. The conference was hosted by Architecture_MPS, a journal of architecture,…
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Undergraduate Coastal Research Curriculum
The LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio, a trans-disciplinary program of the College of Art & Design, School of the Coast & Environment, and College of Engineering, in collaboration with the Office of Research & Economic…
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Cathy Marshall Presents Paper at CELA Annual Meeting
Cathy Marshall, associate professor at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture, presented a paper at the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture Annual Meeting, held in Baltimore, March 26–29, 2014. Her paper,…
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Mossop and Michaels Receive Grant to Implement Alternative Land Management Strategies in New Orleans
Professor Elizabeth Mossop and Associate Professor Wes Michaels of the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape Architecture have received a $242,399 grant from the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority (NORA) to research and implement ecologically…
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Datascapes Symposium and Workshop led by Bickham Chair Andrea Hansen
From Hurricane Katrina and Typhoon Haiyan to the Arab spring and Occupy Wall Street, 21st-century spatial practice has an opportunity never before seen to impact the adaptation of global cities to profound—and often sudden—change….
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Students Research Byzantine Churches in Istanbul with Art History Professor Matt Savage
Byzantine architectural history is Assistant Professor Matt Savage’s main field of interest, and his research in this area has created opportunities for LSU undergraduates studying art history, digital art, and architecture to collaborate in…
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LSU Coastal Sustainability Studio Awarded Kresge Foundation Grant to Assist Coastal Communities
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, has been awarded a $200,000, two-year grant from…
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DredgeFest at Its Best: A Recap
The 2014 DredgeFest Symposium and Workshops gathered a range of professionals working on sediment transportation and dredging throughout Southern Louisiana and the world. The workshops hosted at the LSU Robert Reich School of Landscape…
Read Full StoryLSU 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 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 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 Art History Professor Contributes Chapter to Yale University Press Publication
LSU School of Art Associate Professor Darius A. Spieth is a contributor to the book The Great Mirror of Folly: Finance, Culture and the Crash of 1720, newly released by Yale University Press. A…
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 StoryBilingual Article by LSU Art History Professor Susan Elizabeth Ryan Explores Wearable Technology
LSU School of Art Professor Susan Elizabeth Ryan has contributed an article to the anthology Evolution Haute Couture: Art and Science in the Post-Biological Age, Part 2: Theory, edited and curated by Dmitry Bulatov…
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 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,…
Read Full StorySchool of Art Students Use Supercomputer to Render Digital Art Projects
This summer, LSU School of Art students using 3D animation software such as Maya, 3ds Max, After Effects, and CINEMA 4D, were able to offload rendering jobs to SuperMike-II, a 146 TFlops Peak Performance…
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