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02.15.12: Pratt Institute

Pratt Presents Exhibitions on Theoharis David
Two public exhibitions celebrate the 43-year career of the architect and educator Theoharis David. Architect Lebbeus Woods will introduce a lecture by David on March 1, 2012
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02.13.12: Places Editors

Displacements: Arquine Architecture and Design Conference
The 13th annual conference hosted by the art, architecture and design magazine Arquine will be held March 12-13 in Mexico City.
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02.08.12: Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech Selected as National University Transportation Center
The Georgia Institute of Technology has been named by the U.S. Department of Transportation as the lead for one of ten national Tier One University Transportation Centers.
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02.07.12: Arizona State University

How Public Is the Good? Symposium
The Design School hosts a transdisciplinary design symposium at the Tempe Center for the Arts on March 7, 2012.
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02.03.12: University of Maryland

University of Maryland WaterShed Project Finds Permanent Home
The University of Maryland's innovative WaterShed project, which won the 2011 Solar Decathlon, has been acquired by the electric utility Pepco to serve as a public model and energy testing facility.
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02.01.12: University of Toronto

George Baird: A Question of Influence
The University of Toronto hosts a symposium celebrating the ideas and projects of George Baird on March 9 and 10, featuring a keynote discussion between George Baird and Kenneth Frampton.
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01.05.12: Places Editors

2012 EDRA Great Places Awards
The Environmental Design Research Association is accepting submissions for the 14th Annual Great Places Awards. Entries must be received by January 27, 2012.
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11.21.11: Places Editors

Recent Books from Partner Schools
A round-up of selected books on architecture, urban planning and design by faculty in Places' partner school network.
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11.03.11: University of Michigan

Curating Race Curating Space Symposium November 12
The Curating Race Curating Space symposium aims to solidify the role theory, literary imagination and visual culture can play in architectural production.
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10.28.11: University of Minnesota

Mapping Spectral Traces Symposium Planned for October 2012
An international network of researchers and creative practitioners work with and in traumatized communities and contested lands to map unacknowledged histories.
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10.21.11: Georgia Tech

New Interactive Product Design Laboratory at Georgia Tech
The School of Industrial Design at Georgia Tech has opened a new lab featuring interactive workstations that enable students to design, prototype and test  “intelligent” products and systems.
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10.14.11: University of Toronto

Zerofootprint Re-Skinning Awards 2011 Winners and Finalists
The awards competition honors green building projects from around the world and showcases newly evolving re-skinning design technologies.
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10.07.11: MIT

MIT Architecture Announces Fall Lectures
The MIT School of Architecture + Planning has announced its Fall 2011 public lecture series, featuring a full slate of international designers and scholars.
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09.30.11: Pratt Institute

Pratt Pop-Up Showcases Work from Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation
A pop-up store in a shipping container at the DeKalb Market in Brooklyn showcases the entrepreneurial talents of Pratt designers, artists and architects.
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09.26.11: University of Toronto

University of Toronto Announces Lecture Series
The Daniels 2011-2012 Public Lectures will feature Gregg Pasquarelli, Elizabeth Meyer, Catherine Mosbach, Finn Geipel, Didier Faustino, Fernando Romero, Jeanne Gang, David Gissen, William Morrish, Hrvoje Njiric and Liz Diller.
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09.23.11: University of Maryland

University of Maryland's WaterShed Opens at Solar Decathlon
WaterShed, an innovative house focusing on efficient, renewable energy and water quality and conservation can be seen on the National Mall from Friday, September 23, through Sunday, October 2.
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08.04.11: Pratt Institute

Dagmar Richter Joins Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute announces the hire of Dagmar Richter as chair of undergraduate architecture.
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08.01.11: University of Minnesota

Minnesota Designers Build Home at Haiti Earthquake Relief Expo
The Center for Sustainable Building Research at the University of Minnesota partners with Minneapolis-based groups to design a solution for rehousing displaced Haitians.
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05.13.11: MIT

Joichi Ito Named Director of the MIT Media Lab
Internet activist and entrepreneur Joichi Ito succeeds Frank Moss as director of the MIT Media Lab.
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05.04.11: University of Toronto

Responsive Architecture Lab Opens at University of Toronto
The Responsive Architecture at Daniels (RAD) laboratory provides resources and expertise for project-based research on the spatial ramifications of embedded technology and ubiquitous computing.
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04.19.11: Auburn University

Vini Nathan Named Dean at Auburn University CADC
Vini Nathan has been named dean of Auburn University's College of Architecture, Design and Construction, effective July 1.

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03.20.11: University of Washington

Next Eco-City: Emergent Urbanism Symposium
The University of Washington symposium, held April 7 – 8, 2011, will critically explore the relationships between environment, equity, economy and design in our rapidly urbanizing world, with an emphasis on the emerging mega-cities of the global south.
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03.18.11: Arizona State University

Arizona State Announces The Design School
Arizona State University has renamed the newly restructured School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture as The Design School, offering degrees in architecture, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, urban design and visual communication (graphic) design.
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03.16.11: University of Toronto

Out of Water Conference at University of Toronto
The University of Toronto presents the conference Out of Water: Sustaining Development in Arid Climates, hosted by the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design, April 1 – 2, 2011.

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03.09.11: Auburn University

Auburn University Launches Industrial Design History Website
The new website www.industrialdesignhistory.com features biographies of industrial designers, an index and timeline of historic products, print and online resources, and videotaped interviews with major designers.
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03.02.11: UC Berkeley

Berkeley Summer Institutes
UC Berkeley announces summer programs in architecture, landscape architecture and sustainable city planning for students with majors in other fields who are interested in applying to graduate school.

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02.23.11: Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech Appoints New Chair of Architecture
Architect and cultural historian George B. Johnston has been appointed the first chair of the Georgia Tech School of Architecture, after the College of Architecture reorganized into five schools last year.
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02.16.11: MIT

145 Years of Architecture at MIT
This spring the Massachusetts Institute of Technology celebrates its 150th anniversary with a series of events and exhibits honoring the Institute's past and envisioning its future. The School of Architecture + Planning will play a central role in the festivities.
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02.11.11: University of Toronto

Lecture Series in Architecture, Landscape and Design
The Daniels Faculty at the University of Toronto has announced its Spring 2011 Lecture Series, featuring practitioners and theorists in architecture, landscape and design.
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01.28.11: University of Michigan

University of Michigan Offers New Degree in Architecture and Digital Technologies
Taubman College at the University of Michigan has announced a new program, Masters of Science in Architecture with a specialization in Digital Technologies.
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01.26.11: Pratt Institute

Sustainable Planning and Development Lecture Series
The Pratt Institute Programs for Sustainable Planning and Development have announced a Spring 2011 Lecture Series in New York featuring local leaders and internationally known practitioners discussing current themes in planning, preservation and the environment.
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11.16.10: Georgia Tech

Georgia Tech Offers Masters in Urban Design
The Georgia Tech College of Architecture will offer a new Master of Science in Urban Design degree.
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11.15.10: MIT

MIT Welcomes New Chair of Architecture
Nader Tehrani is the new head of the Department of Architecture at the MIT School of Architecture and Planning.
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10.20.10: Pratt Institute

Symposium on Participatory Planning
A panel discussion exploring how New York's budget crises might be addressed by participatory budgeting.
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07.20.10: UC Berkeley

Berkeley Appoints New Chair of Architecture
Tom J. Buresh, recently at the University of Michigan, has been appointed professor and chair of the Department of Architecture in the College of Environmental Design at Berkeley.
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05.18.10: University of Maryland

School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation Selects New Dean
The University of Maryland has selected David Cronrath as the new dean of its School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.
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04.28.10: Arizona State University

SALA 50th Anniversary Celebration
Arizona State University's School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture is celebrating its 50th Anniversary. The celebration will be held on Saturday, May 8th, 2010 at 6pm in Neeb Plaza at ASU's Tempe Campus.
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04.22.10: University of Maryland

UM in DoE Solar Decathlon 2011
A team of architecture students and faculty from the University of Maryland has earned one of 20 coveted spots in the elite international U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011 Competition.
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03.14.10: UC Berkeley

[IN]STITUTES in Environmental Design
The College of Environmental Design at the University of California, Berkeley, is offering three summer programs that introduce the study of architecture – [IN]ARCH, landscape architecture – [IN]LAND, and sustainable city planning – [IN]CITY. The curriculum emphasizes the preparation of materials for application to graduate study in one of its disciplines.
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03.10.10: University of Maryland

Thomas Schumacher Symposium
The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation is hosting the Schumacher Symposium: A Celebration of Life and Career. This two-day event is to memorialize Tom Schumacher's ideas, influence and unique and profound insights.
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03.03.10: MIT

Introducing MIT's New Media Lab Complex
On Friday and Saturday March 5 and 6, MIT will officially open the new Media Lab Complex, designed by Pritzker Prize winner Fumihiko Maki, with a free public open house and a free public conference with the architect.
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02.24.10: Georgia Tech

Imagining – A Better Future
The Georgia Tech College of Architecture is hosting a major symposium as part of its T. Gordon Little Lecture Series in the Imagination from March 12-13, 2010.
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02.08.10: Arizona State University

Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in Transformation
The School of Architecture + Landscape Architecture at Arizona State University sponsors and exhibition and symposium Phoenix – Barcelona: Cities in Transformation.
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02.01.10: Auburn University

"Think Tall"
An interdisciplinary team from the Masters programs in Architecture and Building Sciences at Auburn University has won a competition to design a pedestrian bridge for the new Volkswagen manufacturing plant in Chattanooga, TN.
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01.22.10: UC Berkeley

Visualizing the Future of Environmental Design
UC Berkeley's spring celebration will focus on the global dynamics and sustainability challenges that could have not been foreseen when the CED was founded in 1959.
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