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CORE77 Design Award

Donna Dunay chair of 2021 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion

Markus Breitschmid awarded Visiting Professorship at UDEP

Aki Ishida’s Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture: Material, Culture, and Technology

Breitschmid in New Book on Engadin Art Talks

Breitschmid invited to contribute to the 2020 Architecture Biennale in Venice

Ermann’s Bubble Wrap Colonial Addition

Architect Magazine

A+D Faculty named Most Admired Educators of 2019-20

“Architettura Non-Referenziale”: Breitschmid’s Book Available in Italian Edition

Architecture Exchange 3 with Jacques Rancière

Architecture students design, build New River Train Observatory

Top-Ranking Programs and “Most Admired Educators”

2019-20 DesignIntelligence Rankings

Bedford Launches Architecture Exchange Website

Virginia Tech vibration study aims to make footbridges better for pedestrians

Breitschmid’s work to be displayed at Triennale of Architecture in Lisbon

A.J. (Jack) Davis honored with emeritus status

Humberto Rodríguez-Camilloni honored with emeritus status

Professor Michael Ermann + Alumnus David Keith to be Awarded by AIA Virginia

Radford dedicates new rail observation platform

Hans Rott Honored with Emeritus Status

CDR Design Technology Initiative Fosters Industry Engagement with Alumni-led Architectural Practice, Hanbury

Salahuddin Choudhury Honored with Emeritus Status

With the support of the First Lady Esther Lungu, the Center for Design Research Expands its Impact Design Initiative to Rural Zambia in collaboration with the Ministry of Health

Elizabeth Grant Receives Sturm Research Award

Faculty Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann Featured in Architect Magazine

Faculty & Students Honored in Graduate School Awards Ceremony

Theory’s Curriculum Launch

Elizabeth Grant Receives 2019 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award

Paola Zellner Bassett receives 2019 ACSA Creative Achievement Award

Pankow Award for Innovation awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers

Edward Becker’s residential designs selected for national touring exhibition

2018-19 DesignIntelligence Rankings

Architect-activist Enric Ruiz-Geli joins CAUS

Racing to save – and celebrate – the work of women architects

Chris Pritchett & Meaghan Dee Team Up to Redesign Blacksburg PD Patch

Faculty Member Kevin Jones and Alumna Erin Webb Receive Emerging Professional Award

Jack Davis, FAIA Honored with the William C. Noland Medal

AIA Blue Ridge Awards Kay Edge and Edward Becker’s Design-Build

Paul Emmons named CAUS Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

Paul Emmons named CAUS Associate Dean for Graduate Studies

Research by A+D Faculty and Students Featured in ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival

Building the World’s Best Solar Home: FutureHAUS Dubai

2017-18 DesignIntelligence Rankings

Rengin Holt’s Prints Selected for National Juried Exhibitions

In Memoriam: Fernando Ruiz

Students and Faculty Exhibit at International Contemporary Furniture Fair

A+D Faculty Contribute to New History of Architecture Book Series

Industrial Design Students in Senior Living Studio Receive International Awards

Alumni Receive AIA Young Architects Awards

Prof. Markus Breitschmid’s Article on Alpine Architecture Published in Great Britain

College of Architecture & Urban Studies Recognized for Diversity by Metropolis Magazine

Aki Ishida Receives 2017 ACSA New Faculty Teaching Award

Sharon Fieldhouse Selected as American-Architects’ 2016 Building of the Year

Setareh Develops Vibration Control Device

FutureHAUS Featured at Kitchen & Bath Industry Show

2016-17 DesignIntelligence Rankings

Faculty and Students Present Center for Design Research Work at ArchEx East

Project by A+D Faculty, Alumni, and Students Receives AIA Virginia Design Award

Virginia Tech to Design and Build FutureHAUS Dubai for 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East

Bob Dunay and Jaan Holt Receive Honors from AIA Virginia

Wheeler Named to List of 100 Housing Innovators

Setareh Publishes New Edition of Concrete Structures

In Memoriam: Sean William Spillane

A+D Faculty and Students Part of Team Formed to Research Drillfield Paths

Breitschmid Interview Published in Portugal

Graduate Student Awarded Inaugural Beranek Scholarship

FutureHAUS Prominent in University’s Focus on Intelligent Infrastructure

Hunter Pittman Appointed Interim Director of the School of Architecture + Design

LAR Faculty and Alumni on Team Receiving Third Place in International Design Competition

Lo-Fab Pavilion Featured Alongside Work of Renowned Artists on Boston’s Greenway

Two Architecture Students Among Six Recipients of 2016 ACC Creativity and Innovation Fellowships

Students Present Wearable Technology at NASA

Alumna Receives AIA Young Architects Award

A+D Project Receives 2016 ACSA Design-Build Award

Girls in Technology Scholarship Winner Experiences the Field of Architecture at the WAAC

Virginia Tech’s FutureHAUS Unveils New Bathroom at 2016 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show

Jaan Holt Steps Down as Director of the Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center

Center for Design Research Exhibits Work at Autodesk University in Las Vegas

Center for Design Research Expands Work on Robotic Glass Fabrication

Alumni, Students, and Faculty Recognized in 2015 AIA Virginia Design Awards

Faculty Recognized in AIA Virginia Prize for Design Research and Scholarship Competition

Setareh Publishes Book on Structural Systems Division of the ARE

Markus Breitschmid’s Book Included in Swiss National Archive

Nathan King Co-authors Book

Breitschmid Appointed to Architecture Commission in Ticino

Architecture Student Awarded 2015 SOM Prize

Breitschmid Writes on Herzog & de Meuron’s New Museum

Architecture Faculty Member Works with Global Health Leaders on Course on Building Design and Airborne Infection Control

Center for Design Research Deploys Robotically-Fabricated Structure at Design Biennial Boston

Markus Breitschmid Awarded Medal by Peruvian Architects’ Association

Faculty Member and Alumnus Present at CAADRIA in Korea

FutureHAUS Exhibited at AIA National Convention in Atlanta

Center for Design Research Exhibits Work at International Contemporary Furnitire Fair

Alumna Quynh Vantu Selected as Finalist for Wheelwright Prize

Center for Design Research Holds Design Robotics Summit

Architecture Student Presents at ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference

Alumni Elevated to AIA College of Fellows for 2015

In Memoriam: J. Thomas Regan

Architecture Students Selected to Present Research at National Conference

Ermann Publishes Book on Architectural Acoustics

Kitchen of the Future Exhibited in Las Vegas

Cloud Project Exhibited in Northern Virginia

Architecture Students Make Winning School Design Proposals

A+D Faculty Participate in TEDx VT 2014

Susan Piedmont-Palladino Receives 2014 Wieb Award for Architecture in the Public Interest

Mehdi Setareh Receives AISC Award

Students Receive NSF REU Grant

Architecture student, alumni receive Inform Awards

Rengin Holt’s Print Selected in National Juried Exhibition

Architecture Student Angela Serna-Geitz Awarded 2013-14 ACC Creativity and Innovation Fellowship

Marie and Keith Zawistowski Firm Selected as Lauréat by French Ministry of Culture

Alumni Elevated to AIA College of Fellows

WAAC Expands Library with Marco Frascari Collection

2014 DesignIntelligence Rankings

Foundation Program Chosen as 2013 University Exemplary Program

design/buildLAB 2013-14

Holt and Hollander Receive AIA NoVa Chapter Award

Clements Named Fellow of ASLA

VT Team Wins Casey Tree Farm Design Competition

Amit Khanna Included in CSE Magazine’s 2013 “40 Under 40”

In Memoriam: Marco Frascari, Architetto

Students Present Textile Designs to NASA

Architecture Students Present Award-Winning Projects at VEFP Conference

Architecture Student Receives Fontainebleau Prize

Studio Makes Installation at Smithsonian

‘Spraycube’ Receives Inform Award

A+D Faculty Members Receive National Awards

Architecture Student Selected to Present at the 2013 ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference

In Memoriam: Robert Graeff

Architecture students awarded RCI scholarships

All Programs in the School of Architecture + Design Ranked in Top 10

Breitschmid authors new book on Swiss architects

A+D Faculty Speak at TEDx

inFORM Exhibit in Notodden, Norway

Students Design and Make Installation at Blacksburg Farmers’ Market

Architecture Faculty Members Win Atlanta AIA Design-Build Competition

Landscape Architecture Faculty Member Receives Awards at Digital Landscape Conference

inFORM exhibit at VTRC-A

A+D Faculty and Students Among Honorees in Charles W. Steger Design Competition

LumenHAUS Receives National AIA Honor Award

Lumenhaus Published in A + U Magazine

Professor Edits Publication on Olgiati

Alumnus Kevin Sullivan Elevated to the College of Fellows of the AIA

Programs in the School of Architecture + Design Highly Ranked

A+D Students Develop New Vision for Roanoke Neighborhood

Architecture Professor published in El Croquis

A+D Faculty Members Featured in Architect Magazine

In Memoriam: Henry Shriver

VT Architecture alumni featured in New York Times

School to host “Architecture in Switzerland” Symposium

Architecture student wins AIA competition

Annual Report 2010-11

Architecture Faculty Take Exhibit to Japan

Donna Dunay Curates “For the Future: Pioneering Women in Architecture from Japan and Beyond”

Architecture Graduate Students are on XCaliber Award Winning Team

A+D Faculty Receive NCARB Prizes

Architecture Faculty Member Recognized for Scholarship

Exhibition features M.Arch. students’ visions for a future Roanoke rail station

Architecture Faculty Wins National Residential Design Award

Architecture Faculty Receive National Teaching Awards

Landscape Architecture Team Wins First Place in Historic American Landscapes Survey Competition

In Memoriam: Milka Bliznakov

LumenHaus Profiled on american-architect.com

Architecture Faculty Honored by Blue Ridge AIA

LumenHaus Profiled on CNN

Billy Almond (B.L.A. ‘78) Named to ASLA Council of Fellows

Harry M. Falconer Jr. (B. Arch.) receives NCARB’s President’s Medal

Caroline Smith (B.Arch. ‘10) places in LA Forum Competition

Gene Egger Honored with Emeritus Status

LUMENHAUS arrives in Madrid to compete in Solar Decathlon Europe

Prof. Mehdi Setareh in Modern Steel Construction

LUMENHAUS team receives 2010 XCaliber Award

Kathryn Albright Realizes Aspiration for Blacksburg Farmers Market

Terry Clements Elected Vice-president of CELA

Exhibition at the Virginia Center for Architecture Features Work from the International Archive of Women in Architecture

Berlin Studio: 2010-11 option for 3rd-year Architecture students

Architecture faculty team design transforms Potts Creek, VA. farmhouse

Virginia Tech LUMENHAUS exhibited in Times Square, featured on ABC’s Good Morning America

Solar house team demonstrates innovations at Capitol Hill tech policy exhibition

Dunays judge BraunPrize in Germany

Inside Architecture + Design – 2010 Dates Announced

KSS Architects (Allan Kehrt, M. Arch. ‘79, a founding partner) wins NJ AIA “Firm of the Year” Award

Jeremy Barbour featured in Architectural Record

Faculty Members Honored with Emeritus Status

Secretary of Commerce Visits Virginia Tech Solar House

Faculty Invited to Exhibit at ICFF 2009 in New York

Baskervill Sponsored Studio

Architecture + Design Students and Faculty Provide Community Service in Dominican Republic

Ellen Braaten receives Career Achievement Award

Faculty receive Institute for Society, Culture, and Environment (ISCE) award

Donna Dunay Awarded FAIA

Design Intelligence Honors CAUS Faculty

Steve Sanderson, of CASE Design, featured at Green:Net 09 Conference

Boggs & Partners Architects Selected for National Sailing Hall of Fame

2009 rankings: Virginia Tech architecture program ranked world-class with Harvard, Yale, and Columbia

Dr. Markus Breitschmid, Assistant Professor of Architecture, Publishes New Book

Integrated Design Think Tank

David Chance’s photographs selected for exhibition

Dennis Freemyer named to important post in White House

Margarita McGrath will participate in the Feminist Practices exhibition in Providence Rhode Island

Professor Mehdi Setareh has key role in dynamic structure in Michigan

Kevin R. Mitchell selected one of “40 under 40”

Students Design Habitat for Humanity House to be Built

Donna Dunay Presentation in Bucharest, Romania

Faculty Presentations at Architecture Exchange East

School of Architecture + Design establishes Virginia Tech Architecture Publications

Virginia Tech’s International Archive for Women in Architecture announces call for Milka Bliznakov Prize proposals

What would you do with the Breuer building?

Architecture Faculty members receive honors at AIA Blue Ridge Chapter awards event

Students Win International and National Competitions

Allan W. Kehrt announced as AIA New Jersey’s Architect of the Year

Carol Coletta to speak on A Time for Design, November 8 from 6 to 8 pm

Donna and Robert Dunay exhibit work at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.

Markus Breitschmid to give presentation at Cornell University

Solar House on “This Old House”

Virginia Tech and Building Specialists host “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” Air Party Feb. 12

Virginia Tech Solar Decathlon House Wins Awards and Accolades

Virginia Tech’s Architecture and Design programs have once again been ranked in the top 10

Extreme Makeover

Markus Breitschmid’s Book Honored

NCARB Prize awarded to “Chicago Studio”

Frank Weiner Wins First Place in the Competition for the EAAE Prize 2003-2005

Sean Wheeler wins C2C Competition

Michael Ermann hosts Acoustical Society conference—CAUS students recognized

History Channel shows Mehdi Setareh’s Virtual Reality earthquake research

Hunter Pittman and four students interviewed for WDBJ-TV Roanoke