Kansas
State University achievements
2006
Architecture, Planning and Design
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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