The Aydelotts’ $2.4 Million Gift to Architecture Students in the South Alfred Aydelott, who with his wife Hope was responsible for one of the largest educational endowments by an architect, led a complex life filled with outbursts, grudges, and a medical miracle. By TIMOTHY A. SCHULER | Architect magazine Late last year, one of the largest ...
[Show picture list] When one door closed for Zachary Henry, four more opened. Henry, a fourth-year MSU architecture student from Knoxville, Tenn., was disappointed when his proposal for a travel scholarship to Australia didn’t come out on top. However, when his boss, School of Architecture alumnus Briar Jones heard about Henry’s plan, he and his ...
Associate Professor Alexis Gregory, AIA, was recently elected the vice chair of the MSU President’s Commission of the Status of Women (PCSW) for 2016-2017. Gregory was also asked to serve on the Service-Learning Advisory Committee (SLAC) by Michelle Garraway and Cade Smith of the Center for the Advancement of Service-Learning (CASLE).
[Show picture list] (Photos provided by Jacob Gines) Mississippi State University’s School of Architecture hopes to lead the charge in the Southeast on innovative wood research and design. The Sustainable Forestry Initiative®, Inc. (SFI), an internationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to responsible forest management, recently awarded a $10,000 Community Partnerships grant for a design studio centered on ...
KeAirra Williams, S|ARC Class of 2015, was recently featured in the Memphis Business Journal, People on the Move: KeAirra Williams Current employer: Renaissance Group: architecture • engineering • planning • interiors Current title/position: Intern Architect Duties/responsibilities: KeAirra Williams joined Renaissance Group Inc. as an intern architect. She graduated from Mississippi State University with a Bachelor of Architecture degree. ...
(Video by Kamau Bostic) [Show picture list] (above photos by Lori Neuenfeldt) By Sasha Steinberg | Mississippi State University Mississippi State’s College of Architecture, Art and Design recently hosted a design camp for students from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Central Mississippi. Held June 20–24, the five-day summer experience in Jackson had a goal of helping students in ...
[Show picture list] (photos via Megan Bean, Mississippi State University and Kapish Cheema, 2016 counselor) Design Discovery was held June 10 – 17 this year. The annual weeklong camp was created specifically for high school students age 16 and older–especially entering MSU freshmen–with an interest in architecture or related design fields. Activities simulate the levels of information ...
[Show picture list] (Photos by Megan Bean | Mississippi State University) Starkville Boys and Girls Club youth are benefitting from a community garden designed by Mississippi State University architecture students. Featuring six raised beds and a shade area built by students during the spring semester, the project has continued through the summer with MSU student, ...
David Bowie and Philosophy: Rebel, Rebel – edited by Theodore “Ted” G. Ammon, Ph.D. – is currently available for pre-order on Amazon. The book will go on sale Sept. 6. Jackson-native Ammon, an associate professor of philosophy at Millsaps College, teaches the philosophy of architecture course at the Mississippi State University School of Architecture’s Jackson ...
By Justin Mitchell | sunherald.com You won’t find these Coast home designs in the suburbs When architects Mark (MSU S|ARC class of 2010) and Madison Talley (class of 2011) told people they were bringing their modern approach to South Mississippi, some people warned them to be careful. Madison, a Coast native, said she and her husband thought ...