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Kansas State University achievements

2006 Architecture, Planning and Design

 

* K-State is part of an online master's degree program that is the first of its kind in community development. Faculty from K-State have partnered with five other universities through the Great Plains Interactive Distance Education Alliance to develop the interdisciplinary, interinstitutional online program. The program is designed to accelerate the work of those who are building rural community capacity for a sustainable future. The program offers students the opportunity to achieve a master's degree online while applying their new skills and knowledge in the settings where they work. December 2006

* Students from K-State's chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architecture Students took fourth place in a national design competition sponsored by the organization. The K-State chapter also was named chapter of the year for a second time. November 2006

* K-State's bachelor of interior architecture program has received the maximum reaccreditation of six years from the Council for Interior Design Accreditation. The program, offered through K-State's College of Architecture, Planning and Design's interior architecture and product design department, consistently ranks among the best in the country by an annual survey of architecture and design employers. Stephen Murphy, professor of interior architecture and product design and head of the department, said K-State's was one of the first three programs in the nation to receive this accreditation, which started in 1973. October 2006

* Four K-State landscape architecture students, one group of three and one individual, took home first and second place in the All-America Rose Selections 2006 "Designing with Roses" competition. Judges from Better Homes & Gardens, Pasadena Tournament of Roses, the American Society of Landscape Architects, Weeks Roses and Jackson & Perkins considered submissions from across the country, selecting the designs that best demonstrated excellent landscape design execution and incorporation of rose plants into the site design, according to the association. This was the inaugural "Designing with Roses" competition. Winners were announced in a professional category, as well as a student category. Student entries were not required to be built. The Kansas State University Gardens "Secret Garden," designed by K-State graduate students Hilary Kemper, Lynda Armstrong and Aarthi Padmanabhan received top honors in the student category. The team receives a $1,000 first-place prize. The students' "Secret Garden" design provides for educational and learning opportunities by demonstrating how roses can be incorporated into a home garden scheme, as well as spaces for relaxation and gathering. Second prize went to Timothy Merklein, senior, for Kansas State University Gardens "Conservatory Garden." Merklein's design leaves much space for walking and seating and includes a reflecting pool as a historical reference to the former gardens, as well as a large formal lawn for events. October 2006

* Two K-State interior architecture and product design students are among the top three winners in the 2006 annual National Student Design Competition. The Institute of Store Planners awarded Carly Hillman first place and $1,000, and Kimberly Kolkovich third place and $300. K-State's department of interior architecture and product design also receives a $1,000 prize for being the school with the winning entry. The competition called for a prototype design of a new children's apparel store. The students created their entries as part of a design studio led by Neal Hubbell, associate professor of interior architecture and product design. June 2006

* A K-State professor of architecture has been recognized for his contributions to environmental design. David Seamon received the 2006 Service Award from the Environmental Design Research Association for his contributions to the environmental design field and contributions to the organization. Seamon received the award in May at the group's annual meeting in Atlanta. Seamon has written many books and more than 50 articles. Since 1992, he has served as the editor of the State University of New York Press Series in Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology, now totaling six volumes, and he has published the "Environmental and Architectural Phenomenology Newsletter" for more than 16 years. June 2006

* Electronic theses submitted by K-State graduate students have won two of the three 2006 "Innovative ETD" awards given by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations. Christopher Spaw, May 2005 master's graduate in architecture, Manhattan, and an assistant professor of architecture at K-State, won for his thesis, "1219 Colorado." Howard Camp, a May 2005 doctoral graduate in physics, Woodbridge, Va., won for his dissertation, "Measurements of the Time Evolution of Coherent Excitation." Each award is worth $400. Spaw's thesis contains hundreds of sketches, design drawings, construction documents and photographs assembled as an exhibition within the framework of a PDF document. Camp's dissertation incorporates several animated graphs and charts embedded as audio video interleave files within the PDF text. June 2006

* A project by a Kansas State University graduate student in planning received the top individual award in the first Carole R. Bloom competition of the American Planning Association's Resort and Tourism Division. Derrick Slocum earned the award for his report, "Development History of Branson, Mo., as a Tourist Destination." The honor was presented as the association's annual conference this spring. May 2006

* K-State fifth-year architecture students received three of four awards given in the first student design competition sponsored by 360 Architecture, a Kansas City, Mo., firm. The competition featured schools from Kansas, Missouri and North Dakota. K-State's Aaron Schump was the grand-prize winner; Gabe McKee was first runner-up; and Tanner Pikop received honorable mention. The College of Architecture, Planning and Design also received a donation from the firm for being the college of the grand-prize winner. May 2006

* K-State interior architecture and product design students received two of three awards given by the Northern California chapter of the International Interior Design Association. Jennifer West, fifth-year student received a $3,000 scholarship, while Danielle Garrison, fourth-year student, and Sarah Sloan, fifth-year student, shared a second $3,000 scholarship. The Northern California chapter sponsors the competitive scholarship program to benefit future design professionals. This year's competition topic was "Women in Design," with each competitor asked to prepare a written and visual consideration of women's relevance in design. March 2006

* A redevelopment design by K-State landscape architecture students is coming to fruition Marysville. Officials from city and its landscape architecture firm are developing a final master plan for the renovation area: a railbed corridor downtown and an area south of Marysville's City Park. The firm will mesh the K-State students' design concepts with ideas from Marysville merchants and others. The students' design helped Marysville receive a Governor's Award for Excellence at the annual Kansas Main Street and PRIDE conference. Of the 22 communities honored for rejuvenating their historic commercial districts, Marysville received special recognition in part, for the K-State students' downtown redevelopment design. February 2006

* Both K-State's bachelor of interior architecture and interior design programs rank fourth, its bachelor of architecture and bachelor of landscape architecture programs rank fifth, and its master of landscape architecture program ranks sixth in a 2006 nationwide survey of leading firms across the United States by Design Intelligence and the Design Futures Council in conjunction with the Almanac of Architecture and Design. Six schools in the Big 12 Conference have top-ranked programs in the areas that were surveyed, but only K-State has five that ranked in the top 10. January 2006