Dean's Message

Hello everyone,

As we go into this week, I want to remind you that we are a community of people who are searching for design and planning resolutions that will improve the human condition, through each and every one of the disciplines represented in this College. To do so necessarily means that we engage in open discourse with a healthy dose of listening; exploring ideas and viewpoints with an open mind; and bringing our knowledge, experience, and respect to bear on constructive and positive solutions. This applies in our academic work, on projects, as well as in our everyday discourse. We are fortunate to live in an environment where we search for possibilities and excellence. I encourage you to always take the “high road” and at every moment practice respect. 

Kathy

Have you registered for Spring 2017 courses yet?

Priority registration has ended, and we are now in the Open Registration period.  If you have not registered for spring courses yet, please stop in and see Stephanie Kuenning or Leslie Gonzalez in Room 232, Arch Hall West asap.  Elective courses are closing fast!

-Stephanie M. Kuenning  

USGBC Social Event

Come meet some regional USGBC professionals.  Snacks and drinks provided!

Date: Nov. 17

Where: Lazlo’s in the Haymarket

When: 7-9pm Thursday

ASID/IIDA

Members,

We are currently looking for this next years round of new chapter leaders. Leadership term starts at the change of the semester, starting in the spring. If you are interested in guiding the UNL ASID/IIDA chapters fill out the application from the chapter email that was sent out last week and email in your responses by November 18th! If you have any questions or did not receive the email with the application then contact us at asid.iida.unl@gmail.com.

Tau Sigma Delta

Having issues modeling your project? Need help with digital workflow?
Tau Sigma Delta's Digital Design Help Desk is every Wednesday in the Barn from 7pm - 10pm. Open to all students, TSD members are available to help you with any questions or issues relating to design software, including Revit, Rhino, AutoCad, Adobe Suites and more!

College of Architecture Professors continue to be recognized in national platforms. This week, Jeffrey L. Day will be giving a lecture at UT Arlington. Plus, Tim Hemsath and Zhenghong Tang were published in national publications and Dan Piatkowski presented a paper and served as a panelist at ACSP.   More- 

We find ourselves with five more weeks of the semester. This past week the Interior Design program’s faculty and students have been pushing hard and working steadfast toward completing great projects and studying for upcoming exams. As I am eager to see the results of in the upcoming weeks, I hope that you all are finding inspiration in your work, see the reason for your learning and are making the most of those mental breaks you should give yourself.   More- 

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE

Attention Students:

“Traveling to Ecuador on an international service-learning project to work alongside villagers is one of the most transformational experiences I had while studying landscape architecture at UNL,” commented 2014 alumnus Nate Krohn. Nate traveled to Ecuador three times, both Galapagos and Quito, to develop plans for neighborhood playgrounds, the Galapagos National Park and revitalization of an urban neighborhood. This year, the LARC Education Abroad International Service-Learning course will travel to Galapagos and partner with the World Wildlife Foundation to assist the community of Puerto Ayora on the Island of Santa Cruz to address the impact of potential tsunamis.  More-

COMMUNITY AND REGIONAL PLANNING  

Students in Dr. Daniel Piatkowski’s CRPL 495/895 “Introduction to Transportation Planning” course met at the N Street Cycle Track in downtown Lincoln for an up-close look at the design features of this recently-completed and first protected bikeway in Lincoln.  The field trip included examination and discussion of the bioswales and plantings along the route, traffic engineering considerations, signalization for both bikes and motor vehicles and the planning and implementation process that made this project a reality.  More-

ARCHITECTURE 

Last week, for some post-election day distraction, Design Alliance Omaha celebrated its 10th anniversary with a talk by Mexican architect Enrique Norton of TEN Arquitectos (offices in Mexico City and New York City.) daOMA announces that Michael Beirut, a partner with Pentagram will be the next major speaker on April 13, 2017. Among many other well-known projects, Michael Beirut led the design of the BIG 10 logo. The College of Architecture is an academic partner of daOMA and faculty members Jeffrey L. Day, Brain Kelly and Tom Trenolone are on the board of directors. More-

Student Competitions 

Richard T. “Dick” DeLorm Scholarship

IIDA Student Competition

ALUMNI NEWS

UNL architecture  alumna Liz Szatko, current University of Michigan graduate architecture student, has a project featured in the 2016 publication "Constructing the Persuasive Portfolio."  

STUDENT 

Congratulations to Melissa Peterson, a fourth-year student in Landscape Architecture, who has been awarded the Christian Lieding Study Abroad scholarship.  This award will go towards peterson’s spring 2017 semester abroad studying Landscape Architecture in Hanover, Germany.