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Architecture News: The Newsletter Of The Syracuse School Of Architecture, N.15 Fall 2013, Michael Speaks

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Architecture News: The Newsletter of the Syracuse University School of Architecture No. 15, Fall 2013.

Architecture News: The Newsletter Of The Syracuse School Of Architecture, N.14 Spring 2013, Randall Korman

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Architecture News: The Newsletter of the Syracuse University School of Architecture No. 14, Spring 2013.

Reviving Mainstreet 2012: Doña Ana + Las Cruces Communitites, Michaele Pride, Susan Frye, John Barney, Mark Childs, Claudia Isaac, Chris Wilson

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

This year (2012), the Studio returned to two previous DPAC communities--Doña Ana Village and downtown Las Cruces. Addressing these communities concurrently this time presented the opportunity to consider how they are connected and the context they share. In cooperation with the New Mexico Mainstreet Program and local community organizations, DPAC students held conversations with local stakeholders, studied the communities and their larger context (in person and through secondary sources) to identify assets and challenges, and uncover strategies that build upon the region's history and existing strengths, preserve and restore valuable ecologies, make the most of scarce resources (water), and make …

Dpac 2013: Dixon Learning Center, William S. Perkins, Chris Wilson, Mark Childs

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

The University of New Mexico's Design and Planning Assistance Center (DPAC) was engaged to investigate the site of the Embudo Valley Library and explore alternative designs for its development. In an eight-week planning and design effort the architecture and landscape architecture student teams embraced the challenge and devised five distinct possible visions for the site and its buildings.

Carlsbad Downtown Revitalization, Anne Godfrey, Jose Zelaya

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

It was a great opportunity for the students and faculty of the Design Planning and Assistance Center (DPAC) of the University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning to work with the Carlsbad community. We enjoyed hearing your stories and gaining inspiration from your visions for the downtown. Our revitalization efforts for the downtown reflect your desires to connect the river to the downtown, make a pedestrian friendly commercial district and capitalize on the cultural assets of Carlsbad all in hopes of reinvigorating street life in downtown Carlsbad.

Raton Revamp, Efthimios Maniatis, Judith Wong, Anne Godfrey, Mark Childs, David Henkel

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

In conjunction with MainStreet USA, The University of New Mexico Design Planning and Assistance Center (DPAC) focused its collective and individual design efforts on Raton's historic main streets for the spring 2007 semester. Key among the studio's design objectives were attracting visitors off of Interstate 25 and State Highway 64, promoting walkability and vitality within the downtown core, connecting the east and west side of the railroad tracks, and highlighting the recreational opportunities that abound in the area.

Socorro Downtown Revitalization, Chris Wilson, Mark Childs

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

Over a seven-week period, 15 students in DPAC contemplated urban design issues of Socorro in the area of the Plaza and on Manzanares Street to the railroad depot. The students developed design suggestions that sought to celebrate Socorro's civic identity and enhance tourism revenue simultaneously.

South Carlisle Neighborhood Community Planning Concepts, Joe Brawley, Mark Childs, Paul Lusk, George Radnovich, Chris Wilson

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

This document resulted from a collaboration between the City of Albuquerque, Family and Community Services Department, and the Design Planning Assistance Center of the School of Architecture and Planning at the University of New Mexico. The purpose of this study was to generate a set of strategies for potential urban improvements in the South Carlisle neighborhood (herein referred to as the Carlisle Village neighborhood). It is intended that the results of this study may initiate discussion on the future of the neighborhood within the community and within public agencies and departments of the City of Albuquerque. The ideas presented here …

Los Lunas Transit Center: An Urban Design Proposal, Mark C. Childs, Jose Zelaya

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

A revitalization plan for Los Lunas, NM emphasizing transit-oriented design.

Ms-132: Norman O. Forness Papers, Karen Dupell Drickamer

All Finding Aids

For the most part, the collection represents Forness’ interest in architecture and architectural history as well as teaching Included is his research and writing on John Dempwolf, (a German architect from York, Pennsylvania who designed Glatfelter Hall, Brua Hall, and McKnight Hall) as well as other Pennsylvania architects and architecture in America. The collection also contains his files during the time he served on the Historical Architecture Review Board for the Borough of Gettysburg, 1988 through 2008. Also included are Forness’ course materials, lecture notes, examinations and grade book for his history courses at Gettysburg College.

Special Collections and College …

Rediscovering The Wheel, Brooke Hodge, Risd Xyz

RISD XYZ Fall/Winter 2013: Out of Bounds

What does architecture have to do with pottery? For Adam Silverman BArch 88, these two seemingly disparate creative practices are inextricably intertwined.

Brooke Hodge, director of exhibitions and publications at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, writes frequently about architecture and design for major publications. This text is excerpted from a longer essay in the new book Adam Silverman Ceramics, published this fall by Skira/Rizzoli.