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Events /
10/5 - World Habitat Day Panel Event, Housing after the Crash...Creating Better Options for our Future

10/7 - Book Series: Michael Dobbins’ URBAN DESIGN AND PEOPLE

10/10 - Grand Opening "Solarbration" Solar Decathlon House at Tellus Museum

10/14 - Workplace Accommodations Fundamentals: Processes and Tools

10/16 - Drinks with the Dean

Around Town /
9/29 - Networking and Speaker Event: Biomedical Informatics

9/30-10/2 - AIA South Atlantic Region Conference Be sure to catch the Georgia Tech student exhibit!

10/15 - Georgia Tech FutureMedia conference

10/18 - Museum of Design Atlanta Tour of Homes & Silent Auction

Briefs /
Gustaf Kamp (BS Arch 1993) has joined Waterleaf Architecture. Gus brings 12 years of architectural planning, design and construction experience with a focus on emergency service projects including extensive fire and rescue work.

Matt Weber, a graduate student working with researchers in the Center for Geographic Information Systems, was appointed Outstanding Student of the Year for his work on location-based services by software company ESRI.

Associate professor Mark Cottle was invited to participate in a curated exhibition in Bologna as part of the Giornata del Contemporaneo on Oct. 3 organized by Italian modern art museum MAMbo.

Richard Braunstein, Industrial Design instructor and product development manager at YKK AP, received a Silver IDEA award for his work on sun control product ThermaShade, and won a spot in Buildings Magazine’s Top 100 Products for his Luminance Interior Light Shelf System.  More on Thermashade>>   More on Luminance>>

The English Avenue Studio Report compiled by assistant professor HarleyEtienne's Community Development Planning Studio (Spring 2008) recently won the Student Project Award from the Georgia Planning Association. Read the Report>>

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High Line Designer to Give Inaugural Douglas C. Allen Lecture
For the inaugural lecture endowed in his name last year, senior associate dean Douglas C. Allen selected a luminary who many say is re-inventing landscape architecture. James Corner, founder and director of james corner field operations, will take the stage in the newly renovated Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 2.

ID Alum establishes Interdisciplinary Design Professorship
A recent commitment from James L. Oliver II (ID 1965, ME 1967) recently endowed an Interdisciplinary Design faculty member to be jointly appointed by the deans of the Colleges of Architecture and Engineering, with a mandate to promote design education across disciplines. 


Georgia Tech Solar Decathlon House Opens at Tellus Northwest Georgia Science Museum
"Solarbration" on Oct. 10 will feature activities and tours.


Update: Undergraduate Curriculum Reassessment
Letter from Dean Balfour asserts degrees, both in duration and title--BS BC, BS ID and BS Arch--will remain. The change will involve, where appropriate, studios and course- and field- work between programs.

New Book Explores the Politics of Construction the New York City Skyline
In his new book Skyscraper: The Politics and Power of Building New York City in the Twentieth Century, architecture professor Benjamin Flowers explores the role of culture and ideology in shaping the construction of skyscrapers and the way wealth and power have operated to reshape the urban landscape.





Pleat Dress from research on Gropability Team Makes Case for Gropability at International Wearable Electronics Festival
Georgia Tech researchers recently presented findings on access and “gropability” of garments at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers (ISWC), part of the ARS Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria.


Tech Tower Playhouse raffleStudents Build Tech Tower Replica for HomeAid Atlanta's Project Playhouse
The Tech Tower playhouse is one of three playhouses that will be raffled off in a fundraiser for HomeAid Atlanta. Raffle tickets will be sold at Tech football games and online. HomeAid builds and maintains transitional housing for the homeless.


Know a high school student interested in design?
Learn about the summer program for high school juniors and seniors.




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