School of Architecture

Recent News

6 Feb 2008

Alumni win design award

Vertical Village

Sayem Khan and Eric Vencer received an Honorable Mention for an international competition titled "What if New York City...Design Competition for Post-Disaster Provisional Housing". The proposal uses off-the-shelf scaffolding to build a multi-story tent village. It was deemed the most rapidly deployable high-density system but only for al imited time period and with minimal occupancy standards and communal facilities.

23 Jan 08

Elizabeth Whittaker's firm wins awards

MiniLuxe Project

Part-Time Lecturer Elizabeth Whittaker's firm, Merge Architects, has won several awards. The MiniLuxe project (2007) in Newton Center won both the AIA New England Design Award as well as the AIA/BSA Honor Award. This nail salon offers typical services, as well as a space for an after-hours lounge and private-party venue. The hybrid programming was the inspiration for the large graphic wall panels that operate as an inexpensive branding mechanism. The wall panels are backlit at night to transform the space into the after-hours lounge.

Bakery/Cafe Project

The Bakery/Cafe project (2007) in Belmont won the AIA/BSA Design Award. The program consists of a bakery with a retail shop incorporated into the space. Product display was a critical component of the design. The product display operates as a zoning mechanism for the project. The product shelf/boxes disengage from the side wall and become a boundary screen/wall to provide borrowed light and a division between café and bakery.

22 Nov 07

Moe Publishes Critical Positions on Sustainability

Integrated Design in Contemporary Architecture

Assistant Professor Kiel Moe has just published his first book, Integrated Design in Contemporary Architecture. The book presents 28 case studies that are robust examples of what too often and too easily is described as 'sustainable architecture.' As the book demonstrates, integrated design inevitably means a variety of things to various practices. However, regardless of their impetus, each practice develops productive confluences between energy strategies, construction, and architectural form. Pre-order from Amazon here.

20 Nov 07

Grimley Publishes Guide for Interior Designers

Color Space Style

Full-Time Lecturer Chris Grimley and co-author Mimi Love have published a handy guide for interior designers with the Rockport Press. In the world of interior design, thousands of bits of crucial information are scattered across a wide array of sources. Color, Space, and Style collects the information essential to planning and executing interiors projects of all shapes and sizes, and distills it in a format that is as easy to use as it is to carry. Order it here.

25 Oct 07

Burke Wins Co-op Award

Lynn Burke

The School of Architecture is delighted to annouce that our Co-op Coordinator, Lynn Burke, has won the University's prestigious "Coordinator of the Year" award. Lynn has worked tirelessly for the school over the past four years, and has completely transformed the co-op operation. We have seen 100% employment for our students in that time, and the quality and variety of the positions our students gain access to continues to rise. She will be honored at the Annual Co-op Awards Banquet on Thursday, November 8, along with Senior Sarah Wright, winner of one this year's Student co-op awards, and Ann Beha Architects, one of the winners of the University-wide Co-op Employers Awards. Please join us in congratulating Lynn, Sarah, and Ann Beha Architects on this unprecedented level of recognition for our co-op program at all levels!