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Source: Robert Condia, 785-532-1106, condia@k-state.edu
Photos available: http://capd.ksu.edu/gallery/news/2008-us-stone-competition/
News release prepared by: Diane Potts, 785-532-1090, potts@k-state.edu

Monday, Oct. 27, 2008

STUDENTS EARN HONORS IN K-STATE'S U.S. STONE COMPETITION

MANHATTAN -- Five students received top honors in the recent U.S. Stone Competition, held by Kansas State University's department of architecture.

Sponsored by U.S. Stone of Kansas, the 2008 project program, for second-year architecture students, was "The Nature of Repose." Students were asked to design and draw a place of repose that was respectful of nature and enlivened the experience of visitors to the Konza Prairie. The two elements required in each project were a wall and a shade structure for a site at the hiking trail bridge over Kings Creek.

As part of the two-week studio project, students toured the U.S. Stone quarry near Cottonwood Falls, witnessed stone cutting at a Herington plant and attended the lecture "Listening to Stone" by Dan Snow, a sculptor and environmental artist. The students studied the project site at the Konza Prairie and, with Snow, practiced stacking stone to repair historic dry laid walls.

The prizes were announced at an Oct. 3 reception for the students and faculty sponsored by U.S. Stone. Architecture professors Thom Allen, Robert Condia, Richard Hoag and Don Watts were the second-year studio instructors.

Competition jurors included Katie Kingery-Page, assistant professor in K-State's department of landscape architecture and regional and community planning; Brent Bayer, president of U.S. Stone; and Bruce McMillan, a Manhattan architect and K-State alumnus.

Students who placed in the competition included:

Lucas Bergstrom, Lawrence, first place and $1,000; Vanessa Liu, Manhattan, honorable mention and $100; Luke Brohmer, Colorado Springs, Colo., honorable mention and $100; and Sara Dews, third place and $250, and Lee Watson, second place and $500, both of Columbia, Mo.