School of Architecture and Planning

CUArch Holds Competition for Crough Center Addition

Beginning fall 2011, CUArch embarked on a process of selecting an architect for a possible addition to and renovation of the Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies. The finalists in the design competition phase were:
 

Architecture Research Office (ARO). New York, NY

LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis), New York, NY

Gray Organschi Architecture, New Haven, CT

On January 18, 2012, the three firms presented their schematic design proposals to the CUArch community.

Click here for PDFs of their PowerPoint presentations.

Spring 2012 Lecture Series:
Expanded Dimensions of Urbanism 

January 25
Harriet Tregoning
Director, Washington, D.C., Office of Planning
Washington, DC
"Washington, DC: City of the Future?"

February 8
Mitchell Silver
President, American Planning Association
Chief Planning & Development Officer and Director, Department of City Planning, City of Raleigh, N.C.
"The Value of Planning and Design in the 21st Century"

February 22
Charles Waldheim
John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture
Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University
"Landscape as Urbanism"

March 28
David Malott
Director/Senior Designer, Kohn Peterson Fox
New York, N.Y.
"Temporal Tokyo: Urban Threads Through Time"

All lectures take place at 5:30 pm in Koubek Auditorium unless otherwise noted.

Experiences in Architecture // 2012

The Experiences in Architecture program at The Catholic University of America is an intense three-week workshop for students interested in architecture or other design-related fields. Students are exposed to both the academic and the professional sides of the architecture arena, as the city of Washington, D.C., becomes their classroom.

The Experiences in Architecture program will better prepare you for the rigors of architecture school, giving you a head start, as well as acquaint you with campus life at a university. Students who have participated in EiA’s summer workshop, or a similar pre-college program, are better prepared for success at the university level.

NCPC Speaker Series: Contemporary Design, Historic City

Student Work

Urban Institute Studio

Enhancement of our urban environment, creating beauty and a sustainable public realm is an ambitious goal. We at CUA seek to provide opportunities for students to participate in community-based projects, and to fundamentally contribute to their communities as informed citizens and educated designers when they leave our university. Programs such as these efforts build positive relationships and help foster a commitment to community service.

Frequent meetings with Urban Institute Studio,community organization leaders, government agencies and private sector consultants, expanded students’ awareness of neighborhood needs and desires. These gatherings enable students to understand how the neighborhood impacts daily lives. They learn to identify what aspects make a positive neighborhood feeling and what may be unacceptable conditions.

The Urban Institute Studio is an affliate of the Urban Design Studio.  For more information on the UIS, click here

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Upcoming Events

• january 23
  Student Org Night
  5:30 pm
• january 25
  Lecture_Harriet Tregoning
  "Washington, DC: City of the Future?"
  5:30 pm, Koubek
• january 26
  Patronal Feast of St. Thomas Aquinas
  University Mass
  12:10 pm, Shrine
• february 8
  Lecture_Mitchell Silver
  "The Value of Planning and Design in the 21st Century"
  5:30 pm, Koubek
• february 21
  Administrative Monday
  Monday classes meet instead of Tuesday classes
• february 22
  Lecture_Charles Waldheim
  "Landscape as Urbanism"
  5:30 pm, Koubek
• march 1
  Last day to submit Spring 2012 diploma application online
• march 5-9
  Spring Recess
• march 15
  Registration for Summer courses begins
• March 21
  CUArch Annual Career Fair
  1:00 pm, Miller
• march 28
  Lecture_David Malott
  "Temporal Tokyo: Urban Threads Through Time"
  5:30 pm, Koubek  

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