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  • Historic Preservation Students Perform Feasibility Study for Hope House Building
    April 28, 2021 by

    Students in Assistant Professor J.P. Hall’s Historic Preservation studio spent spring semester working on an adaptive reuse feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the Caldwell-Dennis house, an historic residential structure in Wabash, Ind. Indiana Landmarks, a nonprofit organization that helps save and revitalize historic places, had acquired six architecturally significant homes, including the Caldwell-Denise house, at an […]

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  • Ball State Places in the Solar Decathlon Competition
    April 28, 2021 by

    Each year students from the Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning compete in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Design Challenge. This year, CAP had two teams taking third place in two categories, the “Urban Single-Family” and  “Elementary School” divisions. The purpose of the competion is to challenge students to design and build highly […]

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  • Sherif Attallah Honored with Educator of the Year
    April 23, 2021 by

    Sherif Attallah received “Educator of the Year” award from the Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA). “This award recognizes a MCAA student chapter faculty advisor for serving as an advisor, educator, and mentor of students who plan to develop a professional career with the mechanical construction industry….[it] honors your involvement and engagement as an industry […]

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  • Spodek Appointed to the National Park Service Advisory Board
    April 13, 2021 by

    Jonathan C. Spodek, FAIA, FAPT, NCARB, professor of architecture in the College of Architecture and Planning at Ball State University, was appointed to the 12-person National Park Service (NPS) advisory board for preservation technology by the Secretary of the Interior. The responsibility of the advisory position is to provide leadership, policy advise and professional oversight; advise […]

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  • Furniture Design Excites Judges
    March 8, 2021 by

    Interior design students took part in a furniture competition as part of Associate Professor Reza Ahmadi’s IDES 320 Furniture Design course in spring semester. Purposeful Design and the Indiana Chapter ASID sponsored the competition which was judged on production and construction details, aesthetics, marketability, and incorporation of critique comments.  Margaret Carter of Purposeful Design and […]

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  • Hope House Feasibity Study
    March 8, 2021 by

    Working with Indiana Landmarks and Hope House, Inc. as community partners, students in Historic Preservation not only gain practical experience, it gives them the opportunity to apply what they’ve learned in class to compiled an adaptive reuse feasibility study for the rehabilitation of the Caldwell-Dennis House, an historic residential structure located in Wabash, IN. The […]

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  • Autism Research Reaches Student From Turkey
    February 22, 2021 by

    The Department of Construction Management and Interior Design has welcomed a visiting scholar from Turkey to study with Shireen Kanakri, PhD, in the Health Environmental Design Research Lab she runs. Merve Kavaz is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design at Hacettepe University in Ankara, Turkey, who received a scholarship […]

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  • David Letterman Communication and Media Building now has two LEED certifications!
    February 19, 2021 by

    In November, Ball State University celebrated the second “green” certification of the David Letterman Communication and Media Building. The CAP students involved made up the first collegiate team in Indiana to certify that an existing building meets the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards of the U.S. Green Building Council. The university recognized […]

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  • Knowing Your Past
    February 12, 2021 by

    Why is it important to expand the American narrative to include the accomplishments and stories of Black Americans? “A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.” – Marcus Garvey It is this quote that clearly demonstrates why it’s important to have a knowledge of what […]

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