Two faculty members from the College of Architecture, Design and Construction will be awarded the Distinguished Design-Build Leadership Award from the Design-Build Institute of America. The co-directors of the CADC’s Masters of Integrated Design and Construction program (formerly the Design-Build program) Paul Holley and Joshua Emig will receive the Distinguished Design-Build Leadership Award in the Faculty category at DBIA’s Design-Build Conference and Expo in Orlando, FL on October 20. Holley, Aderholdt Professor in the School of McWhorter School of Building Science, and Emig, Assistant Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture, will be recognized for their work in establishing the collaborative integrated design and construction program at Auburn.

 The Green for Life! project has been added to the National ASLA website as a Case Study for Green Infrastructure and Stormwater Management.  This demonstration project, created by College of Architecture, Design and Construction students, was awarded the Best Community Design Award by the Alabama Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects in Birmingham on March 26, 2011 and received the Outstanding Team Project Award from the Alabama Chapter of American Planning Association in Eufaula on April 1, 2011. Under the direction of Charlene LeBleu, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Rebecca O’Neal Dagg, Interim Dean of the CADC, and Carla Jackson Bell, CADC Director of Multicultural Affairs, the project took a collaborative and interdisciplinary approach to solving the Center’s storm water runoff problems and creating a companion watershed education program.

For the final event planned in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of ongoing sponsorship from Alagasco, the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture hosted a two day reunion for Alagasco members and past winners of the Alagasco Student Design Competition.  Festivities began with a dinner graciously hosted by Auburn University’s own President and Mrs. Gogue, and held at the President’s home on Auburn University’s campus.  Activities continued on the following day and included an exhibit of past and present Alagasco Student Design Competition work, followed by lunch and a discussion between current students and past design winners.  The School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture is proud of the long relationship forged with Alagasco and looks forward to 50 more years of involvement.

On October 12 the School of Architecture, Planning, and Landscape Architecture gathered to celebrate the donors of over 30 scholarships along with the student recipients.