News

• Exhibit: 60 Years of Distinguished Women at COA

  Sponsored by the Georgia Tech Advance program, the exhibit features 22 women from 1952-2012 who have made significant contributions to the field and the College. Exhibit in Architecture Library.

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (02.28.13)

  Jon Sanford, Associate Professor and Director of CATEA will be speaking on "Usable Spaces or Inclusive Places: Why ADA Didn't Live up to it Promise and What is the Alternative?"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (01.31.13)

  Jason Brown, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture will be speaking on "Systems Modeling and Performance in Architecture"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (10.25.12)

  Laura Hollengreen, Associate Professor, School of Architecture will be speaking on "Defining Artifact and Context in Gothic Architecture: Why It's Not So Obvious"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (09.27.12)

  "Public Health and the Built Environment: Research and Tools Supporting Healthy Places" lecture by Sarah M. Smith, Research Scientist, Center for Quality Growth & Regional Development

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (08.30.12)

  "Confronting An Uncertain Future: Planning in the Era of Climate Change and Other Global Crises" lecture by Subhro Guhathakurta, Professor and Director, Center for Geographic Information Systems

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (04.26.12)

  Brian Bowen, Professor of Practice in the College of Architecture will be speaking on "Researching Construction History"

• CANCELED: COA RESEARCH FORUM (03.29.12)

  Robert Todd, Research Scientist, CATEA will present "Break Thru: Virtual Worlds and Social Media Mentoring STEM"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (02.23.12)

  Dr. Dowell Myers, Professor in the School of Policy, Planning, and Development at the University of Southern California will be speaking on "Demographic Forces and Turning Points in the American City"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (01.26.12)

  Benjamin Flowers, Associate Professor in School of Architecture will be speaking on "The Stadium in Conflict: Soccer Wars, Detention Camps, and Urbanicide"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (11.17.11)

  "GTF Research: Ashuri, Irizarry, and Riether" Three professors from COA who are GTF award recipients will present their research.

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (10.20.11)

  "Digital Fabrication Lab Research" a faculty panel will be discussing how projects and coursework in the DFL are influencing BIM and constrution methods.

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (09.29.11)

  Jim Budd, Chair of the School of Industrial Design will be speaking on "Recent Developments in Interactive Product Design"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (08.25.11)

  Ellen Dunham-Jones, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design will be speaking on "Researching Suburban Retrofits"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (03.31.11)

  Dr. Nancy Green Leigh, Professor in City & Regional Planning will be speaking on "Sustainability & Economic Development Planning"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (02.24.11)

  Dr. Athanassios Economou, Associate Professor in College of Architecture, will be
  speaking on "Architectural Topologies: Visual Languages and Digital Applications"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (01.27.11)

  William Drummond, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning, will be speaking on "Urban Form and Greenhouse Gases: Calculating the Carbon Cost of Suburban Sprawl"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (11.18.10)

  Jason Freeman, Assistant Professor, School of Music will be speaking about his experiences as "Composer, Performer, Listener"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (10.28.10)

  Karen Milchus, Research Engineer, CATEA will be speaking on "Universal Design & Assistive Technology for the GT Workplace"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (09.30.10)

  Dr. Perry Yang, Associate Professor, City & Regional Planning will be speaking on "Ecological Urbanism: Scale, Flow and Design"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (08.26.10)

  "The Future of Life Cycle Assessment in Architectural Practice" by Russell Gentry, Associate Professor in the School of Architecture.

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (04.29.10)

  "How to Write a Winning Proposal" Dr. Steven French, Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Studies at COA will lead the workshop on the structure & mechanics of proposal writing. There will also be a Q&A session for faculty & graduate students.

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (03.18.10)

  Frank Clark, Phd, Chair and Professor in the School of Music will be speaking on "Gradus ad Imaginationem: Designing Multimedia Performance"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (02.25.10)

  Selen Okcu, Phd student in Architecture, speaking on "Soundscapes of Critical Healthcare Settings"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (01.28.10)

  Dr. Ioannis K. Brilakis, Asst. Professor in School of Building Cosntruction and
  School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, speaking on "Visual Pattern Recognition Models for Infrastructure Sensing"

• COA ADVANCE: Gender and Communication Workshop

  January 19, 2010
  This event will feature a panel of speakers discussing the communication challenges women may face in the academic setting and methods for overcoming them to achieve success.

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (10.29.09)

  Godfried Augenbroe, associate professor of Architecture at Georgia Tech presents his research on building technology. He has pioneered research on integrated engineering design systems with emphasis on building energy performance, sustainability, and services engineering.

• The Future of Scholarly Publishing and Research Symposium

  October 23, 2009, Wardlaw Gordy Room
  Speakers:
  Rick Luce
  Vice-Provost and Director of Libraries at Emory University, Keynote Speaker
  Kathy Roper
  Associate Professor, Building Construction Program, Co-Editor of International Journal of Facility Management, Panelist
  Dr. Michael L. Best
  Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs and the School of Interactive Computing, Editor-in-Chief of Information Technologies & International Development, Panelist
  John M. Nickerson
  Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, Emory University, Senior Editor of Molecular Vision, Panelist

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (09.24.09)

  "Urban Design" Mike Dobbins, Professor of Practice at the Georgia Tech College of Architecture, presents his work on Urban Design. Dobbins released a new book in April, Urban design and People, directed at all with an interest in improving their civic environment.
  In Collection: College of Architecture Research Forum

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (08.27.09)

  Alan Balfour, Dean of the College of Architecture, presents his recent work about Jerusalem titled Temple Mount, a study of the constructive and destructive power of faith played out in the myths and realities of one place. It is a journey through four thousand years of constantly shifting realty religion and reality in the Middle East.

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (04.25.09)

  Dr. Craig Zimring, Professor, Architecture will be speaking on "Research in Healthy Environments and Healthcare Design"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (02.26.09)

  Dr. Daniel Castro-Lacouture, Assistant Professor, Building Construction will be speaking on "Feasibility of Developing Self-Sustainable Ammonia Powered Houses"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (01.29.09)

  Dr. Robert Craig, Professor, Architecture will be speaking on "A Scholar's Response to the Architecture Centennial"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (11.20.08)

  Dr. Barbara Deutsch Lynch, Visiting Asst. Professor, International Affairs and City Planning will be speaking on "Planning for Disaster: Peru's Rio Santa Valley and Accelerating Climate Change"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (10.30.08)

  Dr. Anatoliusz (Tolek) Lesniewski, Director, Interactive Media Architecture Group in Education (IMAGINE) Lab will be speaking on "Serious Games in Architecture"

• Isabelle Hyman Lecture: The Importance of Marcel Breuer at Mid Century (10.28.08)

  Architecture Library, 6:00pm-7:30pm, free to public

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (9.25.08)

  Dr. Steven French, Professor, City & Regional Planning and Director, Center for GIS will be speaking on "Risk Assessment: Estimating the Consequences of Earthquakes and Other Natural Hazards"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (08.28.08)

  Chuck Eastman, Professor of Architecture will be speaking on Building Information Modeling: Revolution in Design and Construction

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (04.24.08)

  Dr. Stephen Sprigle, Associate Professor and Director of CATEA - "Assistive Technology Development: The Juggling of Stakeholders"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (03.27.08)

  Dr. Russell Gentry and Members of the Solar Decathlon Team - "Solar Decathlon: Lessons Learned"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (02.28.08)

  Dr. Dan Immergluck, Associate Professor, City and Regional Planning speaking on "A Look at the US Mortgage Crisis: Implications for Housing Markets and Communities"

• COA RESEARCH FORUM (01.31.08)

  Dr. Gil Weinberg, Asst. Professor and Director of the Music Technology Program, "New Avenues for Musical Expression"

• Architecture eJournals Now Online:

  Journal of Architecture
  Journal of Urban Design
  IJAC (International Journal of Architectural Computing)

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• We now subscribe to CumInCAD

  A cumulative index of publications about computer aided architectural design. It includes bibliographic information about papers from journals and conferences such as ACADIA, CAADRIA, ECAADE, SIGRADI, CAAD Futures and others. Access to full text papers is available to GA Tech users by first creating a CumInCAD login.