EPA raingarden ribbon cutting marks observation of Earth Day at MSU
Faculty and Staff
School of Architecture mourns loss of founding fifth-year faculty member
The School of Architecture is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Chris Risher Jr. Risher was the intellectual leader of the school’s fifth-year program for its first quarter century. “Chris was a ‘bigger-than-life’ figure, packing a highly-evolved philosophy of phenomena as it relates to architectural experience,” said F.L. Crane Professor Michael Berk, director of the School ...
MSU interior design student named semi-finalist in national competition
By | Addison Arledge | Mississippi State University Mississippi State University interior design senior Martina R. Walker of Clinton recently was selected as a semi-finalist in the fourth annual Steelcase NEXT Competition. Out of nearly 800 entries and 65 design programs, Walker was chosen as one of just five semi-finalists. In addition to MSU, honorees ...
Mississippi State architecture project featured in Architecture Boston magazine
Architecture Boston looks at the SuperUse Pavilion and rain gardens at the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum, a design-build collaboration between Mississippi State University’s architecture and landscape architecture programs. Check out the article: https://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/tonics-and-provo…
Mixon wins prestigious international design award
By Addison Arledge | Mississippi State Univeristy Mississippi State University graphic design professor Jamie Burwell Mixon is being honored with a HOW International Design Award for her Mumford & Sons concert poster. Sponsored annually by HOW magazine, the International Design Award competition recognizes excellence on a global scale. Mixon is one of 292 recipients selected ...
Gregory, Poros lead sessions at ACSA annual meeting
Associate Professors Alexis Gregory and John Poros moderated two sessions at the 105th ACSA Annual Meeting in Detroit, Mich., from March 23-25. The session, titled “The Movement to Service: Reflecting on the Evolution of Service in Architecture Education and Practice,” received such a large amount of submissions that Gregory and Poros were able to chair ...
School of Architecture holds third Dan and Gemma Camp Classical Workshop
[Show picture list] The third annual Dan and Gemma Camp Classical Workshop was held on Fri., March 24 in the Robert and Freda Harrison Auditorium in Giles Hall. A two-part lecture discussing history/design context and restoration of the Mississippi Capitol was led by Jennifer Baughn, chief architectural historian with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, ...
‘TypeHike’ exhibit opens at MSU’s McComas Hall art gallery
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University A traveling exhibition of posters commemorating the National Park Service’s centennial are on display through March 3 at Mississippi State’s Department of Art Gallery in McComas Hall. Free to all, the “TypeHike” exhibit features posters by artists and designers seeking to bring awareness to the beauty and importance ...
MSU architecture students recognized for design studio plans that showcase mid‑rise wood buildings
Via msforestry.site-ym.com Using innovative wood technologies on the inside and exterior of a proposed mid-rise design studio earned architecture student Curtis Reed a $500 prize and – more importantly – an appreciation for mass-timber technologies. “Mississippi needs a tall wood building because people need to see it. As people see these students’ designs, I believe it ...
MSU faculty honored by American Institute of Architects’ Mississippi Chapter
By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Three faculty members in Mississippi State’s School of Architecture are receiving statewide honors for their role in advancing the architecture profession. Associate professors John Poros, Hans Herrmann and Alexis Gregory were formally recognized by the American Institute of Architects’ Mississippi Chapter during the organization’s recent Public, Design, Community and ...