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Resources for Incoming Fall 2019 Students

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Welcome to our newest class of incoming students!

For all information that is university specific, please see the VT23 Website.

Please be checking your email for information directly from your advisors for the most up-to-date information.

Undergraduate

Material List for ARCH 1015/1016 Foundation Design Laboratory

Computer Requirement for School of Architecture + Design; also see our computer requirement page for FAQs

Studio move in is Friday, August 23rd – no earlier. You can check your lab location in the Cowgill Lobby.
Assistance of Friday will be provided by Alpha Rho Chi from 8am – 3pm.

Virginia Tech Building Abbreviations & Descriptions (also, if you type the abbreviation into VT Search, the building should pop up as a result)
Campus Maps
Math Emporium
Advanced Standing/Transferable Credit
Transfer Guide
Registration Tutorial

Graduate

Orientation is August 23rd at 1:30pm in Cowgill 300.

Graduate Reception is August 28th at 5pm behind Cowgill Hall near the LumenHAUS.

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Visit Us at the Main Campus in Blacksburg

Discover our approach to design education

Scholarships + Awards: Industrial Design

Scholarships, Awards + Financial Aid: a+d, CAUS, VT

Student Awards 2019-2020

2020 Stanley Abbott Award

Industrial Design Professional Internship Program

AIA Virginia Prize Winners 2020

Ellen Braaten Media Award 2020

IDEAS Recognized as ASID Student Chapter of the Year

5 March 2020
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

6 March 2020
12:00PM — Burruss 224a

VA4LE 2019-2020 Architecture Student Design Competition

4 March 2020
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

28 February 2020
12:00PM — Burruss 224a

Studio Collective recognized at AIGA Flux 2019

21 February 2020

A+D’s CDR links with PAYETTE to launch immersive studio in Boston

Fall Semester 2020 – open to 4th, 5th and graduate students

21 February 2020

Watercolor Workshop

Friday Lecture Series

28 February 2020
1:00PM — 108 Surge

21 February 2020
12:00PM — Burruss Hall 224a

ARCH 4944: Consortium Studies in ARCH

Paint for Habitat

14 February 2020
12:00PM — Burruss Hall 224A

M.Arch Student Named 2020 AIAS Crit Scholar

7 February 2020

Landscape Architecture Week Symposium

10 February 2020, 12:00PM
until 14 February 2020, 5:00PM
— Surge 108

4th Year Interior Design Students Recognized in NEXT Competition

4 February 2020

SWVA Student Portfolio Review

IIDA Virginia West Virginia Chapter

28 January 2020
5:30PM – 7:30PM — Design Studio, 2nd Floor, Burruss Hall

Building Cities 2019 City Atlas

6 February 2020, 8:00AM
until 7 February 2020, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

CID LLC Living Lab #5

21 January 2020, 8:00AM
until 24 January 2020, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

STEM Designation given to B.Arch. and M.Arch. Programs at Virginia Tech

Cowgill Lobby: Integrative Design Competition

11 December 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Hall Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Industrial Design Senior Student Presentations/Exhibition

11 November 2019
1:00PM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Hall Lobby

Student Spotlight: David Ingle’s Transfer Process

8 November 2019

What ICAT Has to Offer

8 November 2019

Cowgill Lobby: 5th Year Architecture Thesis

2 December 2019, 8:00AM
until 6 December 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Hall Lobby

ASLA Student Chapters at VT

Questions: Thinking…Knowing…Seeing

12 November 2019
2:00PM — Cowgill 300

Cowgill Hall: A+D Rome Program Exhibition

4 November 2019, 8:00AM
until 6 November 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Professor Emeritus Patrick Miller, PhD., FASLA, FCELA receives the M. Meade Palmer Award

28 October 2019

Fall Field trip to Study Water and Watershed Issues in Eastern Virginia

27 October 2019

DMCO Interest Meeting

Digital Mentorship Collaborative

30 October 2019
12:00PM — Cowgill 400

Cowgill Lobby: WAAC FRAGMENTS

28 October 2019, 8:00AM
until 29 October 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Hall

Cowgill Lobby: Pritchett 2nd Year Arch Lab - Student Housing Project

21 October 2019, 8:00AM
until 22 October 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Studies of the Built Environment across Western Europe, Part 1

1 November 2019
1:00PM — LAR Studio

Cowgill Lobby: Design Studies of the Built Environment

Summer Education Abroad 2019

30 October 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

VA ASLA Annual Professional and Student Awards 2019

25 October 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

special programs

The WAAC is Open for Undergraduate Applications!

Knitting to Success

11 October 2019

Studio Collective Requesting Student Submissions

Scholarship recognizes design student’s integration of technology, learning, and sustainability

10 October 2019

Interior Design Students Recognized

Learn Fusion 360 with Bradley Turner

Cowgill Lobby: 4th Year Industrial Design Research Findings

14 October 2019
12:00PM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

WAAC Information Session

9 October 2019
4:00PM — Cowgill 400

Samantha ‘Sam’ Synder receives the VA ASLA Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture

Industrial Design Student Spotlight: Kai Mulligan

30 September 2019

VT BLA Students Receive 2019 VA ASLA General Design and Analysis and Planning Awards.

29 September 2019

Cowgill Lobby: 4th Year Industrial Design Research Findings

30 September 2019
12:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

MAD Lab Open House

16 September 2019
4:50PM — MAD Lab, Burchard Hall

Materials and Design (MAD) Lab

special programs

Industrial Design Advisory Board (IDAB)

Martha Sullivan named new IDS Program Coordinator

6 September 2019

Cowgill Lobby: 4th Year Industrial Design Research Findings

4 September 2019
12:00PM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Erin Hauswirth - INTEC

6 December 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Jessica Williamson - JTW Design

22 November 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Richard Fanelli - FM Studios

15 November 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Matt Karner - Knoll

8 November 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Nick Cooper - HKS

25 October 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Cindy V. Loinette - Baskervill

18 October 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Jenn Rogers - Perkins and Will DC

11 October 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Shelby Burnett - Gensler San Jose

27 September 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Krista Moschitta - DIRTT

20 September 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

Tim Krablin - RH Interior Design

13 September 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

ASID Kickoff Panel

6 September 2019
12:00PM — Burruss 224A

IDEAS Interest Meeting

First Year Welcome

30 August 2019
12:00PM – 2:00PM — Burruss 224A

inside Architecture + Design: A Full Circle View

Graduate Student Reception

All Graduate Students, Faculty, and Staff Invited!

28 August 2019
5:00PM — Behind Cowgill Hall, near the LumenHAUS

An Internal Transfer Student's Path

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

San Francisco Studio Wrap Party

5 August 2019
6:00PM – 9:00PM — Strand Theatre

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

ITDS Student Wins Award of Recognition in Light Fixture Design Competition

IDS Faculty Introduces 3D Scanning Technology in to Student Design Process

Elizabeth Grant Receives Sturm Research Award

2nd Year ARCH Student is a Finalist in International Open Design Competition

Virginia Tech Research and Students on the Interplanetary Stage with Competition Winner AI Space Factory at the Finals of the NASA 3D Printed Habitat Challenge

Faculty & Students Honored in Graduate School Awards Ceremony

Jingyi "Jessy" Qiu Recognized for Best Completed Senior Project in Landscape Architecture

Cowgill Lobby: Intuition and Ideas

S. Martin ARCH 1016 Ferry Pier East River NYC

29 April 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

IDS Students Design Award Winning App

ITDS Student Finalist in Portfolio Competition

Graduate students in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies are finalists in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Innovation in Affordable Housing competition

AIA Virginia Prize Winner Announced

VT Winners of 2019 ASLA Student Honor and Merit Awards selected

TreeHAUS Grand Prize Winner of Solar Decathlon Design Challenge

Students Outside the Classroom: Kelly

Cowgill Lobby: 5th Year Architecture Thesis

15 April 2019, 8:00AM
until 19 April 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Studio Collective at XYZ

13 April 2019
7:00PM – 9:00PM — XYZ Gallery, 223 N. Main St.

Solar Decathlon Design Competition Crowdfunding

Commencement 2019

16 May 2019, 2:30PM
until 18 May 2019, 12:00PM
— Virginia Tech Blacksburg Campus

The Art XChange

27 April 2019
6:00PM – 8:00PM — Hahn Horticulture Garden

Cowgill Lobby: Empty Bowls Preview

8 April 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Students Outside the Classroom: Lauren

Cowgill Lobby: Fall 2018 Riva

1 April 2019, 8:00AM
until 2 April 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

B.Arch. Student wins Houzz Scholarship for Women in Architecture

ITDS Student, Kirsten Montalbano, wins 2nd Place in Bernice Bienenstock Interior Design Competition

Career Day Lecture and Reception: Thom Mayne

Conversation with Students

28 February 2019

Ellen Braaten Media Award 2019

28 February 2019

WAAC Application for VT B.Arch Students

1st Program-Wide Industrial Design Competition

3 February 2019

Industrial Design Program-Wide Competition

1 February 2019
1:00PM — Cowgill 300

Students Outside the Classroom: Abby

25 January 2019

Studio Collective 1 of 30 Nationwide to win the 2018 Print Student Regional Design Award

24 January 2019

Empty Bowls at Virginia Tech

Handmade to Fight Hunger

8 April 2019
6:00PM – 8:00PM — Squires Commonwealth Ballroom

IIDA Student Portfolio Review

24 January 2019
5:30PM – 8:30PM — Burruss Hall Design Studio, 2nd Floor

Global Grad Show Award Winning Project "Aleia"

3 December 2018

Students Outside the Classroom: Bradley Turner

3 December 2018

Cowgill Lobby: 2nd Year Architecture Competition

28 January 2019, 5:00PM
until 30 January 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Integrative Design Competition

5 December 2018
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Architecture Students Build Project at Chicago Expo

26 November 2018

Senior ITDS Student, Katherine DiDonato, wins 2019 Homecoming Queen

15 November 2018

Marie Paget's Foundation Exhibit Fall 2018

14 November 2018

Students Outside the Classroom: Ella

11 November 2018

special programs

American Institute of Architecture Students Virginia Tech Chapter

FutureHAUS Team Arriving in Dubai

7 November 2018

Cowgill Lobby: Building Cities 2018 City Atlas

16 October 2018, 8:00AM
until 17 October 2018, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

NOMAS Faculty Cook-Off 2018

15 October 2018

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

14 October 2018

Professor Terry Clements, FASLA, Received ASLA President’s Award

Student Profiles: PhD Students in the LAR Track

Calhoun Discovery Program

30 September 2018

Student Profiles: LAR Masters Programs

Student Research on Dorothy Pebworth

14 September 2018

BLA Landscape Architecture Students Receive 2018 VA ASLA Awards

13 September 2018

M.Arch. Student Receives Honorable Mention

10 September 2018

Willie Cole Public Art Project Assistance

10 September 2018, 8:00AM
until 21 September 2018, 2:00PM
— Around Virginia Tech Campus

Credits + Copyright

Kirsten Montalbano, 4th year Interior Design Student, wins 2018 Angelo Donghia Foundation Scholarship

Industrial Design Student Receives IDSA Design Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship

Multidisciplinary student team designs web-based service to help isolated senior citizens

Watch Video: Student Project

FutureHAUS Dubai Open HAUS

Join the Solar Decathlon Middle East Team for student led tours

30 August 2018
12:00PM – 5:00PM — 185 Inventive Ln, Blacksburg, VA 24061

Meet Ayan Bhandari, Industrial Design Major

Watch Video: Student Profile

History of the School of Architecture + Design

Student Computing Technology Specialist

Nathan King, DDes

Assistant Professor

Chair, Core Professional Program

David Lever, Ph.D., RA, DA

Adjunct Instructor

Kevin Jones, AIA

Associate Professor of Practice

Scott Archer, AIA, LEED AP ND

Adjunct Instructor

Streets, Buildings, and Gardens: Japanese Culture in Constructed Artifacts

Winter Study Abroad: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Naoshima

Taking Design Thinking from the Classroom to the Community | Michelle Pannone

Watch Video: Student Profile

Michael Fleming, CEO and co-founder of Torc Robotics

Industrial Design Lecture Series

31 August 2018
1:00PM — Cowgill Hall, Room 300

In Memoriam: Dr. Charles W. Steger

Virginia Tech President Emeritus and former Dean of the College of Architecture and Urban Studies

Master of Science in Architecture, concentration in Urban Design

MS. Arch., Post-Professional Degree, based at the WAAC

Architecture Student Laurie Booth Selected to Present at 2018 ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference

M.Arch.2 Admissions Requirements

Graduate Architecture Program Information

MS.Arch. Program Policies, Procedures and Guidelines

Graduate Architecture Program Information

m.arch. thesis and graduation policies, procedures, and guidelines

The Gallery Apartments

WAAC Student Housing

Interior Design Students Tie for First Place in IDEC Student Design Competition

Student Team Awarded Second Place in U.S. Dept. of Energy Race to Zero Student Design Competition

A Student Perspective on the IDS Program | Richard Parks

Watch Video: Student Profile

Industrial Design Student Team Places First in 2017-18 Stanford Center on Longevity Design Challenge

Students Receive Core77 Awards for Design of Web-based Service to Help Isolated Senior Citizens

Two Minutes With // SOFTlab

Student Achievement Data: Interior Design

Job Placement, Graduation Rates, Graduate Program Acceptance and more

Reinventing Godiva

Interior Designers for Education and Sustainability

Sara Katherine Lamb Harrell

Ph.D. Student, Graduate Assistant

Sevda Ozturk Sari

Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Assistant

Ph.D. Candidate

Second + Third Year Students

7 Layers + 7 Waters

Seeing The Light: Grundy, Va. Rock Wall

Envisioning A Gateway Park

Visioning Hoover Ridge Park

Ph.D. Student, Graduate Assistant

Aysheema S.Layuerre

Landscape Architecture at Virginia Tech

BLA, MLA, and PhD track in Landscape Architecture

Climate Change and Our National Parks

Ph.D. Candidate

Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Assistant

Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture and Design Research, Landscape Architecture Track

Scholarships + Awards: Landscape Architecture

Master of Landscape Architecture, 2-Year Advanced MLA

Admission to MLA Program

Industrial Design Faculty and Students Lead Effort to Construct Prototype for Fog Harp Project

Interior Design Students Place First and Second in 2018 Bienenstock Interior Design Competition

LAR 5774: Advanced Graduate Design Lab

LAR 4094: Senior Project

ARCH 4715-4716: Qualifying Design Laboratory

ARCH 4524: Thesis Documentation

Frequently Asked Questions by Currently Enrolled Students

special programs

Fontainebleau Summer Program

Scholarship for Five-Week Program at the UNESCO 16th century Chateau Fontainebleau

Forms | Undergraduate and Graduate

Career Discovery Resources

Studio Collective Requesting Student Submissions

Student Policies

Frequently Asked Questions by Prospective Students

Graduate Assistantships

Studio Collective Film Fest

Tuition and Fees

More information on University Bursar's Office

Employment Opportunities

Graduate students in the College of Architecture and Urban Studies are finalists in the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Innovation in Affordable Housing competition

Curriculum for Liberal Education

A Look Back at Willie Cole’s Visit

23 September 2018

Scholarships, Awards + Financial Aid: a+d, CAUS, VT

Studio Collective

a student-initiated design journal

List of Student Organizations

Ashley Coates was awarded the National Capital Area Garden Clubs Scholarship

Waterman and Darr named VT Olmsted Scholars

Alexander Darr and Alexandria Schiavoni were Selected as Outstanding Graduate Students by the College

Student Computing Information

Photographer Wanted

Studio Collective

school of architecture + design

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