On March 8th, the Beta Psi chapter at Cal Poly Pomona awarded Brooks + Scarpa the 2019 TSD Silver Medal Award for Professional Excellence in Architecture Design. Lawrence Scarpa, FAIA, lectured students on the firm’s design theory and sources of inspiration before receiving the Medal on behalf of the firm. Mr. Scarpa is a pioneer in the field of sustainable design, is the co-founder of the Los Angeles-based firm Brooks + Scarpa. Angela...

[TRANS-] journal was founded and is produced by student members of Tau Sigma Delta at the University of Arizona. [TRANS-] journal is a perfect platform for advanced graduate students, faculty early in their career, as well as budding architectural/creative practices. “[TRANS-] topia is looking to the architecture and related fields for research and creative work that addresses the concept of topia. We welcome original works in any form...

Just two weeks ago at the Providence Art Club, designLAB received the Tau Sigma Delta Medal, a national award for outstanding service in the field of architectural education. The award was presented by Dean Stephen White on behalf of Roger Williams University’s (RWU) School of Art, Architecture and Historic Preservation. Since 2008, designLAB has had the privilege to teach four graduate level studio courses through the Community Partnership...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: In design, ideas are translated into material. Concepts, environmental conditions and cultural forces shape light, space, form, and social conditions. While the final conclusion of this translation is celebrated, the process leading to the solution is where designers spend the majority of their energy exploring, refining and sometimes reinventing their practice. Process is an evolving conversation with an idea. It...

Rice has been named the most-admired undergraduate architecture program in the nation in a survey of released this week. The annual ranking also named Dean Sarah Whiting one of the 30 most-admired educators for 2015 “with extensive input from thousands of design professionals, academic department heads, and students.” The RSA also retains high rankings on the Top Undergraduate Architecture Programs and Top Graduate Architecture...

Six Lawrence Tech University students and their professor, Ralph Nunez, got some real-world experience in Ferndale, MI by creating designs for the area. The process of creating the plans included taking the students to the sites to take pictures, having the students meet with city officials, and ultimately arriving at Nunez’s landscape architecture business in Birmingham to start plans.  Several of the students are graduated in May. “They did...

Napkin Sketch Competition Members of Judson University’s Gamma Xi chapter of Tau Sigma Delta took part in the “Napkin Sketch Competition” sponsored by AIAS, with a special prize going to the best sketch submitted by Gamma Xi as judged by Dr. Amundson. The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is an independent, nonprofit, student-run organization dedicated to providing unmatched programs, information, and...

2014-2015 School of Architecture TSD Initiates: Ashton Aime, Ria Bennett, Caleb Fearing, Ryan Fiero, Brad Travino TSD Fifth-Year Graduates: Richard Cottingham, J. Brooke Dorman, Landon Kennedy, David Lewis, Rusty McInnis, Alex Reeves, John Taylor Schaffhauser, Larry Travis TSD First-Year Design Award The Tau Sigma Delta First-Year Design Award is presented to the first-year design student who has exhibited excellence in design. This is a book...