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Center for Design Research partners with Historically Black Colleges and Universities
news
“Supertall”: Book by Stefan Al Gets Media Attention
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CDR Presents at Architecture Exchange East
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Fog Harp team granted patent
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Stefan Al’s Book Supertall Garners Acclaim
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Graduate students push boundaries at CaixaForum in Valencia, Spain
School of Architecture and Myers-Lawson School of Construction students travel to Valencia for on-site work
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Brook Kennedy’s seating collection wins 2022 European Project Design Award
degrees
Building Science
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CORE77 Design Award
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Aki Ishida’s Blurred Transparencies in Contemporary Glass Architecture: Material, Culture, and Technology
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Fabricating Optimized Shields for COVID-19 First Responders
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A Great Carbon Reckoning Comes to Architecture
Metropolis
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Top-Ranking Programs and “Most Admired Educators”
2019-20 DesignIntelligence Rankings
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Virginia Tech vibration study aims to make footbridges better for pedestrians
VT News
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Bamboo Research Supported by $71,000 in Competitively Funded Awards
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How scientists are harvesting fog to secure the world’s water supply
PBS News Hour (video)
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CDR Design Technology Initiative Fosters Industry Engagement with Alumni-led Architectural Practice, Hanbury
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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
research
Robotics in Construction via Scientific American
by Nathan King
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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
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Felting Research Awarded $32,500 in Grant Funding
events
Cowgill Lobby: Prototypes
22 April 2019, 8:00AM
until
23 April 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby
events
RDF Open House
Research & Demonstration Facility
27 April 2019
4:00PM – 9:00PM — 185 Inventive Lane, Blacksburg, VA
events
RDF Open House
Research & Demonstration Facility
26 April 2019
4:00PM – 9:00PM — 185 Inventive Lane, Blacksburg, VA
news
Students Collaborate with AI SpaceFactory to 3D print large scale Martian habitat for NASA competition
CDR - Design Robotics Laboratory
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1st Program-Wide Industrial Design Competition
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2018-19 DesignIntelligence Rankings
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10 Minute Mini-Documentary of the FutureHaus Dubai
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FutureHAUS takes 1st Place in 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East
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What is Virginia Tech’s Fog Harp?
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A Preview of Bill Green’s Upcoming Display and Lecture
events
BarkLight at Virginia Tech Science Festival
BarkLight at Virginia Tech Science Festival
27 October 2018
10:00AM – 4:00PM — Moss Arts Center
news
Student Research on Dorothy Pebworth
news
FutureHAUS Dubai Team Prepares for Solar Decathlon Middle East
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Industrial Design Faculty and Students Lead Effort to Construct Prototype for Fog Harp Project
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Research + Demonstration Facility
degrees
Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture and Design Research, Architecture Track
Ph.D., based at Main Campus + WAAC
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Virginia Tech architecture students design new chapter for African university library
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Research by A+D Faculty and Students Featured in ACCelerate: ACC Smithsonian Creativity and Innovation Festival
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2017-18 DesignIntelligence Rankings
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Process Matters | Nathan King | TEDxVirginiaTech
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