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  • BSU Historic Preservation Students Win Second Place
    August 23, 2021 by

    The annual Charles E. Peterson Prize, a student competition of measured drawings intended to heighten awareness about historic buildings in the United States announced its 2021 winners. The student team at Ball State University, under the direction of Professor Jonathan Spodek, FAIA, was awarded $3,000 for Second Place for their drawings of the Canal Pump House […]

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  • Designing Amidst a Global Pandemic
    August 20, 2021 by

    Designing amidst a global pandemic requires an extra dose of something we are all familiar with: creativity. As a recent graduate, I could have never predicted the circumstances in which I would be entering the workforce. Now, a year into my career as an interior designer, I have learned to greatly appreciate the value of […]

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  • IPAL – The Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure
    August 17, 2021 by

    Opportunity Merriam Webster defines opportunity as “the favorable juncture of circumstances” and “a good chance for advancement or progress”. Earlier this year, Ball State’s Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning (ECAP) Master of Architecture program was afforded the opportunity to participate in the cutting-edge Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) initiative. Introduced by the National […]

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  • CM Students Place in Competition
    August 17, 2021 by

    Coach Sherif Attallah and his student team placed 5th nationally in the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA)  2020-2021 Student Competition! This year’s competition project required student chapters to act as the prime contractor on the renovation project to the historic University of Pennsylvania Museum. The competition was based on an actual project of one […]

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  • Craig Farnsworth Shares His Love of Watercolor
    August 17, 2021 by

    I’ve been painting in watercolor for over 30 years. I dabbled with it as a landscape architecture student here at Ball State and then became more serious with it while in graduate school. Ever since, I’ve used it to illustrate designs, document ideas, and record impressions. Along the way, I’ve done freelance watercolor illustration and […]

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  • Consider a Certificate in Sustainability
    August 17, 2021 by

    The Graduate Certificate in Sustainability is administered through the Academy for Sustainability in the R. Wayne Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning. The certificate recognizes the need for participants to work across topical disciplines. And whether citizens are educated as designers or function as participants in the design activity, they collectively must arrive at strategic […]

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  • Exploring Glass in Architecture
    August 17, 2021 by

    During my 2016 sabbatical at the Glick Center for Glass, I met Jennifer Halvorson, an associate professor of art at Ball State. While working with glass we discovered many shared interests and overlaps between both architecture and fine art disciplines. We had discussed the opportunity of collaborating on a blended course and drafted an outline […]

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