College News
Door/Window/Stair project is a rite of passage for design students
October 20, 2009 – For over a decade, Design 3 students have taken their models that look something like miniature houses and stood in the atrium of the Architecture building, displaying their own projects and examining the work that had been their classmates’ lives for the past week or two.
This annual congregation which has attained near mythic status is known as the Door/Window/Stair project; a chance for students to design parts of a structure without dealing with the complexity of designing a full building. It is a challenging project which often becomes a part of the student’s pin-up or graduate school application.
College hosts lectures from leading professionals
October 16, 2009 – The University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning will host multiple lectures next week from some of the industry’s leading professionals. All of the lectures are free and open to the public.
College hosts lecture on social technology and the future of design
October 14, 2009 – At 7 p.m. on Oct. 22 at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, the College of Design, Construction and Planning will co-host “The Changing Place of Business,” a reception and lecture featuring David Lanthrop as keynote speaker.
Architecture graduate studio explores solutions for Orlando’s Bridge District
October 09, 2009 – The Architecture Advanced Graduate Design One studio recently participated in a four-day workshop with Yasha Grobman, post doctoral fellow in Harvard Graduate School of Design, as part of their semester-long collaboration with the city of Orlando, through the University of Florida’s new research and teaching center, Citylab–Orlando.
Acomb, Parisi inducted into ASLA Council of Fellows
September 22, 2009 – At first glance, Glenn Acomb and Rick Parisi seem to have little in common. Acomb is a Florida resident while Parisi hails from New York. Acomb teaches for a living, while Parisi works for an architecture firm. However, there are three things that these men do share in common: the University of Florida, a dedication to architecture and two new spots on the American Society of Landscape Architects Council of Fellows.
World Monuments Fund exhibition on preserving modern architecture opens Sept. 8
August 27, 2009 – “Modernism at Risk: Modern Solutions for Saving Modern Landmarks,” an exhibition organized by the World Monuments Fund and sponsored by Knoll Inc., will travel to design schools and other venues across the United States beginning with the University of Florida’s College of Design, Construction and Planning.
Planning an eco-friendly community
August 24, 2009 – The vision of partners Mark Anderson and Ron Rosen began to take shape as a team of 20 experts shared ideas about the builders’ 12-acre sustainable residential community, Sea Glass.
Welcoming new students
August 22, 2009 – This year, the University of Florida hosted the New Student Convocation on Aug. 21.
DCP Alumni at Top 100 Green Design Firms
July 21, 2009 – The Gator Nation really is everywhere. Many Gators work at firms listed on the Top 100 Green Design Firms by Engineering News-Record.
Spring 2009 Guest Lecturers and Jurors
July 20, 2009 – Thank you to all our Spring 2009 guest lecturers and jurors:
UF Solar Decathlon team to use materials from 1870s Fla. house
July 20, 2009 – The UF Solar Decathlon team’s house design for the 2010 Solar Decathlon Europe competition focuses on sustainable materials and adopts passive cooling strategies of early Florida vernacular architecture. So it is fitting that the team reuses materials from a local Florida building to construct a modern, zero-energy house.
