ACE Award winner and Ph.D. student Bara Safarova, addresses Hackathon ’18 judges. (Texas A&M University College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture By diligently working to remove barriers for people with disabilities on the Texas A&M campus, Bara Safarova, a doctoral student in architecture, will…
Students explain their design concept to review visitors. (Texas A&M University College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture First-year Texas A&M environmental design students drew inspiration from “The Jetsons,” Batman, their favorite architects and other sources to create an ultramodern, elevated urban environment atop historic Siena,…
Construction science prof Kim Carlson and ICU. (Texas A&M College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture A branching multi-story tree sculpture, dining patios, shady, turf-covered outdoor napping areas and tranquil water features were among the many unique and playful design solutions created by multidisciplinary student…
Students in a Langford A art studio. (College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Texas A&M is one of the top illustration and drawing schools in the country, according to a new ranking complied by The Art Career Project, an online resource for student and…
By Elena Watts, Texas A&M University Marketing & Communications With a grant from the National Science Foundation, Texas A&M Professor of Visualization Francis Quek has developed technology for talking books that allows people who are blind to access more literature with increased command over their reading experiences. STAAR Description…
Pictured above in 2016 after receiving an honor from Belgium’s Princess Astrid, William Merriweather Peña ’42 will be featured in a multimedia exhibit honoring five Aggies who served during World War II. By Keith Randall, Texas A&M Marketing and Communications A Texas A&M University graduate who was among the most…
College of Architecture students work on the Temple Freda project. (College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Highlights The only temple in the country to be named after a woman, Temple Freda was built mostly with materials donated by local citizens Faculty and students generated…
At Thesen Islands, Chis Mulder ’80 created new, advanced standards and measurements for development. By Richard Nira, Texas A&M University College of Architecture Visionary, “green,” award-winning land development projects created by Chris Mulder, an Outstanding Alumnus of the Texas A&M College of Architecture, and colleagues at his South Africa-based firm, CMAI…
Loil Ellison and wife, Estella Ellison, and daughter Estella Mae Ellison standing in street in front of their house at 520 Callaghan Avenue, early 1930s. In the background are shotgun-style houses, across the street at 519 (left) and 521 Callaghan Avenue, in a neighborhood demolished to make way for Victoria…
Ben Baaske prepares to scan the Wheelock Schoolhouse. (College of Architecture) By Sarah Wilson, Texas A&M University College of Architecture From tape measures to state-of-the-art laser scans, Texas A&M preservation students employed an array of tools while meticulously documenting an historic schoolhouse building in Wheelock, Texas in a successful effort…
