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Deployable Structures: Design Related Media Course

2023 4th-Year Competition

“Light and Shadow Instruments” and “Light-Observation Observation Towers”: 1st-Year Lab Led by Madison Cook

2023 Metropolis Future 100

2023 Thesis Honor Awards

2023 Virginia Tech OGIS Research Symposium

Generations of Ceramics: The Impact of Ellen Braaten

Carving and Stereotomic Design Exhibition: Virginia Melnyk’s Foundation Studio

Imagining Residences for Villains: Ben Pennell’s 3rd-Year Architecture Studio

2023 1st-Year Foundation Competition

“HELLO…Bye. HELLO…” : Enric Ruiz Geli’s Studio Exhibition

Reimagining a Health and Community Center in Boston’s Chinatown: Boston OpenLab Studio Student Exhibition

ITDS Students Help Redesign Space in Blacksburg YMCA

Miranda Shugars Wins 2023 Course Development Prize in Architecture, Climate Change, and Society

5th Annual Industrial Design Competition

2023 2nd-Year Competition

“Eyes of Medusa”: 1st-Year Foundation Lab

2022 4th-Year Competition

2022 3rd-Year Competition

5th-Year Thesis Honor Awards Jury

Greenhouse Presentation at Critical MASS Conference

2022 Metropolis Future 100 Student Recognition

2022 Landscape Architecture Thesis Final Presentations

Architecture Thesis Honors Review

29 April 2022
9:00AM

Industrial Design held its Fourth Annual Industrial Design Program Competition

11 February 2022
8:00AM

He Foundation Lab Student Team Projects

Monday Thesis Reviews: October 2020

26 October 2020
2:00PM – 4:00PM — Zoom

Monday Thesis Reviews: October 2020

19 October 2020
2:00PM – 4:00PM — Zoom

Monday Thesis Reviews: October 2020

12 October 2020
2:00PM – 4:00PM — Zoom

Industrial Design Students Win “Design for Society” in the European Product Design Awards

Industrial Design Senior Projects

Online Presentation

8 May 2020
8:00AM

2020 Pella Prize Finalists Recognized

Undergraduate Architecture Pella Thesis Prize Nominees

Pella Prize Presentations

29 April 2020
1:00PM

AIA Virginia Prize Winners 2020

Studio Collective Volume XIII Postponed

Ellen Braaten Media Award 2020

Naef Toy Design Competition 2020: Postponed

Due to COVID-19

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

Fall Travel Exhibition

2 March 2020, 8:00AM
until 3 March 2020, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

VA4LE 2019-2020 Architecture Student Design Competition

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

2nd-Year Architecture Competition – Winners

The Architecture of History

Histories of Architecture: Pre-History to the Present

10 February 2020
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Inclusion by Design – Winners

Industrial Design Competition 2020

4th-Year Interior Design Students Recognized in NEXT Competition

Inclusion by Design

Industrial Design Competition 2020

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

IDS Students featured for using Gravity Sketch and 3D Printing

Medium.com (pdf of article)

Toy Designed by A+D Alumni Sold at the MoMA

5th Year Architecture Thesis

13 February 2020, 8:00AM
until 19 February 2020, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

2nd Year Architecture Competition

29 January 2020, 8:00AM
until 31 January 2020, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

AIA VA Competition

27 January 2020, 8:00AM
until 28 January 2020, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

A design on seniors aging gracefully

The Roanoke Times

Joint First Year B.Arch. and M.Arch. Exhibition

3 February 2020, 8:00AM
until 4 February 2020, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

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

Pro Practice “Shark Tank” Winner

Champagne Chair Competition

Architecture Third Year Competition Winners

"bring the earth as an inhabited landscape in proximity to man."
M. Heidegger

Cowgill Lobby: Doan 3rd Year Architecture Lab

16 December 2019, 8:00AM
until 17 December 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Hall Lobby

4th-Year Integrative Design Competition Winners

Cowgill Lobby: 3rd Year Industrial Design Lab

Furniture for Aging in Place

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

CID LLC Living Lab

5 December 2019
1:30PM – 3:30PM — Cowgill 300

CID LLC Living Lab

3 December 2019
1:30PM – 3:30PM — Cowgill 300

Architecture students design, build New River Train Observatory

Cowgill Lobby: Integrative Design Competition

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

Cowgill Lobby: 3rd Year Architecture Competition

9 December 2019, 8:00AM
until 10 December 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Hall Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Ermann 2nd Year Lab

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

Cowgill Lobby: Industrial Design Senior Student Presentations/Exhibition

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

Cowgill Lobby: 5th Year Architecture Thesis

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

Cowgill Lobby: Design Ethics

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

Helping Stroke Survivors: Emily Heron

IDS Students to display projects at Plenty!’s Chili Feast

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: Foundation Lab Workshop

17 October 2019, 8:00AM
until 18 October 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Knitting to Success

Interior Design Students Recognized

Cowgill Lobby: 4th Year Industrial Design Research Findings

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

Cowgill Lobby: Spriva 2019

10 October 2019, 8:00AM
until 13 October 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: 4th Year Industrial Design Research Findings

30 September 2019
12:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Aki Ishida’s 3rd Year ARCH Lab

26 September 2019, 8:00AM
until 27 September 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Henri de Hahn’s 2nd Year ARCH Lab

23 September 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Radford dedicates new rail observation platform

Cowgill Lobby: Foundation Program

20 September 2019, 8:00AM
until 22 September 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: 2019 CASA Mexico Exhibition

14 September 2019, 12:00PM
until 18 September 2019, 9:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: 4th Year Industrial Design Research Findings

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

Cowgill Lobby: First Year Drawing – Part to Whole

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

New River Train Observatory Opening Celebration

10 September 2019
10:00AM — 600 Unruh Drive, Radford, VA 24141

Cowgill Lobby: Living Labs Exhibition

26 August 2019, 8:00AM
until 27 August 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

5th Year Thesis Coming to Life with BarkHAUS

IDS Faculty & Students at the 3rd Annual Floyd Energy Fest

13 July 2019
9:00AM – 4:00PM — Chantilly Festival Farm, Floyd, VA

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

Cowgill Lobby: Between Neighbors

13 May 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

All Aboard: Tech Students offer Christiansburg Amtrak Station Ideas

The Roanoke Times

WAAC Students Raising Funds for Their Debut in New York

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

Knuckle: Molded Ceramics

7 May 2019, 8:00AM
until 8 May 2019, 5:00PM
— Knuckle, 1st floor Cowgill Hall in front of A+A Library

Cowgill Lobby: Graduation Exhibition

16 May 2019, 8:00AM
until 18 May 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Micajah Tucker Wins 2019 Pella Prize

Cowgill Lobby: Industrial Design Laboratory II

6 May 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Industrial Design Thesis Pinup

6 May 2019
1:00PM – 5:00PM — Cowgill 300

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

Cowgill Lobby: Integrative Design Competition

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

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

Cowgill Lobby: Passenger Rail Stations

7 May 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Cardboard Chairs

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

Cowgill Lobby: Studio Collective

1 May 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: TreeHAUS

2 May 2019, 8:00AM
until 3 May 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Hall

ITDS Student Finalist in Portfolio Competition

Cowgill Lobby: Prototypes

22 April 2019, 8:00AM
until 23 April 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

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

Rendyr Continues to Win Big!

Cowgill Lobby: Marie Paget’s Foundation Lab

9 April 2019, 8:00AM
until 10 April 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

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.

Cowgill Lobby: Donna Dunay Foundation Lab

3 April 2019, 8:00AM
until 4 April 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Solar Decathlon Design Competition Crowdfunding

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

1st Year Competition Winners

Cowgill Lobby: Fall 2018 Riva

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

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

Rendyr wins a total of $13,000 at Entrepreneur Challenge

Ellen Braaten Media Award 2019

Cowgill Lobby: Japan Wintermester 2019 Exhibition

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

Landscape Architecture Week

American Society of Landscape Architects, VT Chapter

20 February 2019, 12:30PM
until 22 February 2019, 6:30PM
— Landscape Architecture Studios, 300 Turner St.

Cowgill Lobby: M.Arch 3

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

Cowgill Lobby: IDS Competition Entries

7 February 2019, 8:00AM
until 8 February 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Spring 2019 2nd Year Architecture Competition Winners

1st Program-Wide Industrial Design Competition

Industrial Design Program-Wide Competition

1 February 2019
1:00PM — Cowgill 300

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

Empty Bowls at Virginia Tech

Handmade to Fight Hunger

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

10 Minute Mini-Documentary of the FutureHaus Dubai

IIDA Student Portfolio Review

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

Cowgill Lobby: AIA VA Competition

27 January 2019, 8:00AM
until 28 January 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Building Cities

City Atlas Mappings

25 April 2019, 8:00AM
until 26 April 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Warren Kark 3rd Year Architecture Competition Winners

Cowgill Lobby: Katie MacDonald 2nd Year Lab

23 January 2019, 8:00AM
until 25 January 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Global Grad Show Award Winning Project “Aleia”

Cowgill Lobby: Foundation Program

27 March 2019, 8:00AM
until 29 March 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: 5th Year Landscape Architecture Pinup

15 February 2019
8:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: 2nd Year Architecture Competition

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

Fall 2018 End of Semester Open House + Exhibition

7 December 2018
6:00PM – 9:00PM — Washington Alexandria Architecture Center

Steger Center Architecture Exhibit

3 December 2018, 5:00PM
until 4 December 2018, 1:00PM
— Steger Center for International Scholarship, Switzerland

FutureHAUS takes 1st Place in 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East

Cowgill Lobby: Integrative Design Competition

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

Cowgill Lobby: 3rd Year Architecture Competition

2 December 2018, 7:00PM
until 4 December 2018, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Architecture Students Build Project at Chicago Expo

Marie Paget’s Foundation Exhibit Fall 2018

Cowgill Lobby: “Allisonia Interventions”

6 December 2018, 8:00AM
until 7 December 2018, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Fall Travel Exhibit

25 February 2019, 8:00AM
until 26 February 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: 5th Year Architecture Thesis

18 February 2019, 8:00AM
until 22 February 2019, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Marie Paget’s Lab

14 November 2018, 8:00AM
until 16 November 2018, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: 5th Year Architecture Thesis

26 November 2018, 8:00AM
until 30 November 2018, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: Landscape Architecture Exhibition

9 November 2018, 8:00AM
until 11 November 2018, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Lobby

FutureHAUS Team Arriving in Dubai

Cowgill Lobby: Breitschmid 2nd Year Lab

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

Voided Space Installation – Studio Firm

1 November 2018, 5:00PM
until 2 November 2018, 1:30PM
— Navy Pier, Chicago, IL

A Celebration of Photography by Hokies - PAUSE

2 November 2018
6:00PM – 8:30PM — XYZ Gallery

5th Year LAR Students Design Wine Lab Patio Space

Cowgill Lobby: Building Cities 2018 City Atlas

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

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

Cowgill Lobby: 2018 Spring Riva Lobby Exhibit

4 October 2018, 8:00AM
until 5 October 2018, 5:00PM
— Cowgill Hall

Student Research on Dorothy Pebworth

BLA Landscape Architecture Students Receive 2018 VA ASLA Awards

M.Arch. Student Receives Honorable Mention

Cowgill Lobby: 5th Year Architecture Thesis Beginnings

7 September 2018
10:00AM – 5:00PM — Cowgill Hall Lobby

Cowgill Lobby: The Architecture of History

20 August 2018, 8:00AM
until 24 August 2018, 12:00PM
— Cowgill Hall Lobby

Selected WAAC Master’s Thesis Projects

VCU Medical Library

Working Fast and Furiously

Corporate Headquarters

Fashion Meets Corporate

House of the Future

Kimbell Art Museum: Second Life?

Lisa’s Studio Completes Healthcare Project

Not Your Typical Airport

Redesign of a Blacksburg Favorite

Reinventing Godiva

Restaurant 2111