Aggie constructors Architecture Ranch Stacell remembered place 1st in annual Texas A&M University Press ASC competition Faculty consider “The CRS Team and the Business of Architecture” For the second time in three 16-acre spread

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construction science stu- The college has set Langdon with a foreword by Ronald TEXAS 77843 U.S. POSTAGE Skaggs, 2002 PERMIT NO. 215 NON PROFIT ORG. NON PROFIT dents from Texas A&M aside $1 million to COLLEGE STATION placed first in the nation in a develop a 16-acre par- Since the end of the Second World archone. challenging construction cel of land at A&M’s War, few firms have influenced the management competition Riverside Campus ten- practice of architecture as much as WINTER 2004 sponsored by the tatively dubbed the Caudill Rowlett Scott, or CRS. This book about CRS Associated Schools of “Architecture Ranch.” fills an important gap in architectural history by COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE Construction. On Nov. 8, several fac- exploring the ways architects of the mid-20th century Cambodian Land Mine Museum developed methods that allowed professionals to ana- The event, held February ulty visited the site as @ TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Students construct ‘Pet Palaces’ lyze projects analytically and systematically rather Richard Fitoussi, founder of the Cambodian 2003 in Reno, Nevada, part of a daylong char- Land Mine Museum Relief Fund (CLMMRF) On Nov. 22 more than 300 Texas A&M University than relying on the traditional combination of informa- attracted 14 teams from 11 rette aimed at designing tion and intuition. CRS played an important role in the invited two A&M architecture studios to construction science students strapped on their universities. Representing facilities and ideas for Marcel Erminy and Fred profession’s progress by pioneering “programming” to design a modern facility for the Cambodian A&M on the winning team utilizing the new area. Parke sketch ideas. tool belts and built 50 deluxe “pet palaces” as part tailor buildings more precisely to the clients’ and occu- Welcome to the inaugural issue of Land Mine Museum in Seim Reap, were team captain Jim of the Department of Construction Science’s Build pants’ needs. The book, based on oral histories traces archone., a newsletter serving the college Cambodia. Day competition. The project, spearheaded by DeLapp, and teammates the firm’s development from its beginnings to its of Architecture at Texas A&M University. The museum was founded by Aki Ra Seenu Kurien, and Larry instructor Audrey Tinker, was the first event staged emergence as the largest architecture/engineering (above, at right), a former child-soldier who McGinn. In addition to a first at the college’s new 16-acre spread at Texas A&M firm in the United States. archone. highlights news, events and fea- participated in the laying of land mines in his place trophy, the triumphant University’s Riverside Campus. The pet homes, Architecture students design, construct tures posted in detail online at youth and has since dedicated his life to donated to animal shelters, will be auctioned off. 43-foot sculpture to honor late professor “The Architectural Project” Aggies received $1,500 in http://archone.tamu.edu. removing the estimated 6 million mines still prize money. By Alfonso Corona-Martínez; trans- hidden in the Cambodia soil. Capping off his senior year, BED student Patrick In the annual ASC con- Winn and a small group of fellow architecture stu- lated and edited by Malcolm Readers are encouraged to sign-up online The project was directed by studio Quantrill with a foreword by Marco test students are given 16 dents designed and constructed a 43-foot concep- instructors Julie Rogers—who holds a Ph.D. Frascari, 2003 to receive monthly story updates via hours to solve a project tual structure in honor of the late professor Alan in architecture and specializes in Asian art management problem and The Architectural Project considers e-mail. Address changes, photos, news and architecture—and George J. Mann, the Stacell. The memorial was unveiled in the Langford prepare a presentation that atrium in a Dec. 2002 ceremony. For 40 years the practice of architectural design and comments can also be submitted Ronald L. Skaggs professor in Health as it has developed during the last is delivered to a panel of Stacell served as teacher, mentor and friend to a

Mark Clayton, Lou Tassinary, Yauger Williams and Office of the Dean College of Architecture A&M University Texas 3137 TAMU TX 77843-3137 College Station, ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED Facilities Design. judges the following day. two centuries. In this challenging interpretation of online at [email protected]. Jill Mullholland confer at the “Ranch” site. legion of young Texas A&M designers. design education and its effect on design process and products, Argentinean scholar Alfonso Corona- Martínez emphasizes the distinction between an architectural project, created in the architect’s mind Construction industry leaders ‘The Lucy House’ World-wired ‘Enlightening Lightning!’ ‘Headcase’ and materialized as a set of drawings on paper, and Upcoming events the realized three-dimensional building. The writer examine diversity challenges J. M. Tate ’02 spent his senior Professional process consultant David Sibbet shows how representation plays a substantial role in „ Feb. 6, 2004 - Rowlett Lecture year designing and building a Construction industry leaders, university officials engages faculty and Dean’s Advisory Council. determining both the notion and the character of “RTKL: The pursuit of great projects” home for a low-income family as architecture, and he traces this relationship from the and students examined diversity challenges com- part of Auburn University’s Renaissance into the Modern era, giving detailed mon to education and the construction industry at “What will it take to Bush Presidential Conference Center Outreach Rural Studio. The Lucy considerations of Functionalism and Typology. a Dec. 2003 conference sponsored by A&M’s Info: Call CRS Center at (979) 847-9357 House, contained by walls built Department of Construction Science. The presen- make the College of of individually stacked and com- “Remembrance and tation, “Building Excellence Through Diversity: „ Feb. 28, 2004 HRIL Symposium pressed carpet tiles, became a the Design of Place” Partnering with the Construction Industry,” was Sparky Architecture the best Conservation technology, practices memorial to the studio’s founder, moderated by organizational transformation by Frances Downing, 2001 The Veranda, in Bryan, Texas Samuel “Sambo” Mockbee, who The folding rust-colored structure rising above the roof provides expert William A. Guillory school of architecture A kitchen filled with the smell of passed away during the project. a “prayer space” that was requested by the client family. Info: Call HRIL at (979) 845-0384 mouth-watering temptations, a child- in the world?” hood hiding place, or the antiseptic A&M AGC Chapter Italians Erects Aggie-designed 9-11 Memorial waiting room of a hospital may all HRRC increasing its Students unveil designs for Columbia Memorial Built environment leaders help named top in U.S. look different, but each is capable of international influence ‘Vizzers’ help Pixar find Nemo In the wake of 9-11, a group of Texas A&M architecture students bringing vivid memories to one’s mind. chart vision for 21st Century. Trajectory lines, golden spirals and ripple pools studying in the small Italian town of Castiglion Fiorentino formed a Memories of places identify people as individuals were among the architectural features included The A&M student chap- ‘Vizzer’s’ collaborate Evacuation studies, homeland ter of the Associated Digital collaboration unique relationship with their Italian hosts, who 60 years earlier had and tie them to networks of culture and society. security and international training in A&M student designs for a proposed space on planetarium project Architects often subconsciously use such memories General Contractors was Distance and cultural barriers endured the ravages of World War II. United in sorrow spawned projects are on the agenda at the shuttle Columbia memorial. Crafted by students to create innovative places. In “Remembrance and the Inside this issue: recognized by the national Last fall a group of A&M visualization from tragedies decades apart, city fathers challenged the students Hazard Reduction and Recovery in Mardelle Shepley’s Healing Environments stu- disappear in Guillermo Vásquez Design of Place,” Frances Downing suggests ways to students worked with Richard Orville, to design a “9-11” memorial monument as a permanent tribute to „ Studio designs new facility dio, the designs were unveiled Oct. 31, 2003 to organization as the most de Velasco’s AmeNet-Virtual translate the memory of personal experience and Center. You can read about interim head of A&M’s atmospheric man’s resiliency and the spirit that triumphs over tragedy. The residents of Sabine County, in deep East Texas outstanding AGC student Design Studio where students transfer it intentionally to architecture and design. HRRC scientists’ mission to a for Cambodian Land Mine sciences department, to create an edu- Aggies—Whitney Skinner of Coppell, Lisa Andel of Channel View where the memorial is to be built on land donat- chapter of 2002. The award regularly communicate live with Paper bag hat designs Through her investigation of the act of remember- flood-plagued region in Brazil and Museum was presented at the March cational show, “Enlightening Lightning!,” for and Virginia Sternat of Houston—responded in grand fashion. The ing, Downing has discovered three different acts of their participation in U.S. home- ed by businessman and philanthropist Arthur their counterparts and design Thousands of white paper lunch 2002 AGC National the planetarium at Tarleton State Univer- 12-foot marble sculpture, “Memory,” based on their design, is now a “expression”: naming remembered places, contem- land security discussions in „ Columbia space shuttle Temple. The site is near the spot where the professionals throughout the bags were twisted, folded and Convention in Hawaii. sity in Stephenville, Texas. Sparky, an ani- prominent modern landmark in the picturesque medieval town. The plating their meaning, and developing meaningful cat- archone.’s online edition. memorial designs unveiled shuttle’s nose cone was recovered. Western Hemisphere. Last fall transformed into creative hats as The chapter offers a mated cloud-dwelling electron (above, right), citizens of Castiglion Fiorentino turned out in force (above) for the egories for them. in East Texas community Lufkin Daily News reporter the studio tackled a project with part of a fun-filled design studio direct link between Texas offers comic relief throughout the show. sculpture’s June 2002 dedication. Christine Diamond covered architects from RTKL, one of the warm-up competition, dubbed „ Landscape team wins inter- A&M University construction the unveiling. Her story world’s premier design firms. “Headcase.” The Fall 2003 project A&M preservation team documents national design science students and the appears with culminated with a hat parade competition in China construction industry. Montezuma Castle cliff dwelling permission on through Langford. the archone. “The AGC student chap- Twelve adventuresome A&M graduate students „ Constructors win national Web site. ter helps our students joined architecture professors Bob Warden and ASC competition understand the intricacies of David Woodcock in the summers of 2002 and 2003 „ Students design, erect 43- the construction industry,” to survey and document Montezuma Castle, a pre- foot structure honoring late said James Smith, profes- historic cliff dwelling nestled into a limestone recess Thirteen Aggies, most of them graduates from the College of sor and head of the high above the flood plain of Beaver Creek in professor Architecture’s Visualization Sciences Program, assisted Pixar Department of Construction Arizona’s central Verde Valley. The complete story „ Urban planning studio aids Science at Texas A&M. Animation Studios in making the blockbuster hit “Finding Nemo.” and photos of the Historic American Buildings costal Texas town “AGC students really get a Luke Carnevale and Sarah Fowler were two Viz staffer Glen Survey project is posted online at More than 15 million DVDs of the film have sold, making it the #1 feel for the magnitude and of the three Viz Lab students who worked Vigus directs video http://archone.tamu.edu. „ “Class Acts” and more! diversity of the industry.” on the planetarium show. shoot. DVD of all time and an Oscar nomination seems certain. NASA PHOTOS

LIGHTNING PHOTO BY RICHARD ORVILLE, TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SUBMIT STORIES & PHOTOS TO [email protected] Rogers directs HRRC; Studio develops plan to help revitalize coastal town Faculty Briefs Souder Award won by A&M students earn Class Acts Peacock heads LA+UP NOTE: All stories referenced in international student college’s 18th & 19th “WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE Seeking ways to diversify and reju- For a complete, updated listing of “Class Acts,” visit George Rogers, professor and the print edition of archone. are Prithi P.Venkatram, a 2003 Master AIA/AHA fellowship venate their weakening economy, available in their entirety on the archone. online. Here’s a sample of former student former head of of Architecture graduate and 2002 the citizens and city fathers of the archone. Web site. To find it, fol- In 2003, Myo Boon features and news briefs recently posted: THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE the Department small coastal town of Palacios, AIA/AHA Fellow was the first inter- low the “news” link at Hur, an M.Arch. Michael Pavlovsky ’82 BSLA has been sculpting, of Landscape Texas recently enlisted the assis- http://archone.tamu.edu. national student to win the James J. student from Charles Smith BED ’90, M.Arch ’93 is a rising star Architecture and tance of a Texas A&M urban design Souder Award presented annually THE BEST SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IN THE WORLD?” Urban Planning „ Louis G. Tassinary, professor by the American Institute of Archi- Korea, and Hilal in architectural photography, Matt Lewis ENDS, studio. The resulting semester-long (LA&UP) at of architecture and former direc- tects/American Hospital Association Ozcan, a Ph.D. in COMG, is buidling a 12-story headquarters for the partnership yielded a detailed action tor of the College of Texas A&M in recognition of superior achieve- Architecture candi- National Monetary fund in Washington D.C., David BUILT ENVIRONMENT PROS, FACULTY TACKLE PROFOUND QUESTION plan aimed at transforming the quiet Architecture’s Environmental University, was fishing village into a garden spot — ment by an AIA/AHA Fellow. date from Turkey, Applebaum ’80 BED is building homes for movie Psychophysiology Laboratory, Michael Pavlovsky appointed direc- Rogers a livable city to be enjoyed by resi- has been named associate dean Hur became the 18th stars, and Toby Flinn '97 BDCR is helping the hat will it take to make the College of ed;” “The best schools have an admired image or positive Thomsen, chairman of 3D/International. “They hate to tor of the Hazard dents and tourist alike. of research by Dean J. Thomas and 19th Aggies to Marines rebuild Iraq. Toby Flinn (at left) Architecture at Texas A&M University the best notoriety—a reputation for excellence;” “At the best have to deal with you and me and all of these other folks,” Reduction and Recovery Center The collaborative urban design Regan. In 1993, Tassinary Mardelle Shepley earns be named American Institute of “W school of architecture in the world?” The ques- schools, research finds its way back to the classroom;” he said, looking around the room at a cross-section of by J. Thomas Regan, dean of the studio, led by Michael Neuman, a received a five-year National Social Justice Award Architects/American Hospital tion, extemporaneously posed at a Dean’s Advisory “Their students are in demand;” “They have a strong, clear leaders representing all of the built environment profes- College of professor in the Department of Science Foundation Presidential Association Faculty Fellowship. He recently Council meeting by Texas A&M College of Architecture message;” “They are leaders with influence in the indus- sions. Architecture. Landscape Architecture and Urban For addressing issues of social jus- completed a three-year leave of Graduate Fellows. outstanding alumnus Jimmy Tittle, was the flashpoint for a tries they represent;” “Their research is innovative, From that discussion arose the idea to create an aca- Professor Walter tice in her design studio, Mardelle Planning, incorporated the talents of absence to complete his law They were also series of workshops organized by the council and aimed groundbreaking and revolutionary;” “They attract the best demic program aimed at training individuals to fill this void Peacock was students from Texas A&M’s urban Shepley, associate dean for student degree at Boston College. services and A&M professor of the second pair at charting the college’s path into the 21st Century. students;” “They boast a broad base and diverse talents;” in the industry. For lack of a better term, they dubbed this tapped by planning, landscape architecture, architecture, has earned an oppor- from A&M to be To answer the question, the 22-member council—com- “They attract top-notch, big-name designers who work inti- person a “21st Century Master Builder.” Regan to serve recreation, parks and tourism sci- potential and devise an urban „ Roger Ulrich, director of as LA+UP’s A&M’s Center for Health Systems tunity to participate in the Architec- awarded fellow- posed of international leaders in the architecture, plan- mately with students;” “They are solid, reliable and muscu- There was also general agreement that the college’s ences (RPTS) programs. Their design plan for making Palacios a and Design, was the first archi- interim depart- objective, Neuman said, was to more beautiful, pedestrian-friendly ture for Social Justice Awards ships in the same ning, landscape architecture and construction profes- lar;” “They have a special difference that makes a differ- programs should reflect real-world practices where tect ever invited to address the Peacock ment head. assess the community’s tourism and economically active town. Program: Partnerships in Teaching. year. sions—joined an equal number of faculty from the College ence;” “At the best schools, education is not the filling of a design-build projects with single-source contracts are the Royal Society, the United Ozcan Charles Smith Matt Lewis David Applebaum of Architecture for two daylong brainstorming sessions. bucket, it is the lighting of a fire;” and “‘Best’ depends on norm. Because the A&M College of Architecture is one of Kingdom’s academy of science. A David Sibbet, a process consultant with San Francisco- who’s judging you; it’s different things to different people.” the few NAAB accredited schools that house all built envi- behavioral scientist, UIrich’s College receives collection of antique A&M plates NSF Program Director Outlines Ways To AIA honors Kacmar based The Grove Consultants International, facilitated the Then, from Beaux-Arts to Post-Modernism and beyond, ronment professions, council members said, it was Landscape design wins landscape architecture research into the influence of meetings in Houston and Dallas. the facilitator rapidly sketched across a 30-foot chart as uniquely suited to create multi-disciplinary programs. design team composed of health facility design on patient A collection of Wedgwood plates depicting buildings on the Texas A&M Increase Funding Chances For Research as ‘Young Architect’ Chinese competition A recovery has revolutionized the The process, which will continue without Sibbet at a the group reconstructed the almost 100-year history of the Much of the discussion at both sessions centered on a students, former students and campus and designed in the 1930s and 50s by Texas A&M architecture architecture-for-health industry in Architect Donna Kacmar, BED third meeting slated for April 2004 in College Station, A&M architecture program, which, established in 1905, need to better define the college’s core philosophy, and faculty from Texas A&M the United States. students and faculty have finally found their way home. The cherished The National Science Foundation proposals to the NSF are award- ’88, M.Arch ’92 received the began with visualization and information gathering exer- was the first of its kind in Texas. out of that interaction emerged a host of ideas concerning University, placed first in an China collection was donated to the College of will award more than $5 billion ed grants. Analyzing this highly 2004 Young Architect Award „ David Woodcock, HRIL direc- cises that established the context and goals for the meet- Sibbet’s color markers kept squeaking as the council what the college is now, where it’s going and where it international competition to Architecture by Jo Ann and Keith Langford, this year for outstanding research selective process, Wenger recom- from the American Institute of tor, professor of Architecture at ings. As participants interacted, Sibbet deftly sketched and faculty described the current climate in academia and could and should go. design a 1,250-acre research the son and daughter-in-law of the late but the competition will be as mended to potential submitters Architects. Principal of Architect park to be built in Dalian, in Texas A&M University and Fellow Ernest Langford who served as head of fierce as ever, noted Dennis E. the best ways to go about secur- giant multicolored charts that eventually papered the con- the professional world. Among the college’s strengths to build on, participants in the American Institute of Works, Inc. in Houston, Texas, northeastern China. A&M’s Department of Architecture Wenger, director of the NSF’s ing funding for their research. His ference room walls. The A&M College of Architecture was widely perceived cited its global reach; its signature programs in sustain- Architects, received the 2003 Kacmar received the award for from 1942 until 1966 and for whom “Start with visualizing some of the ideas,” the facilitator as “a strong school in technology that is striving to ability, health facilities design and visualization; its ability The Dalian Research Park Harley J. McKee Award, the most Infrastructure Systems speech is available for download showing exceptional leadership A&M’s Langford Architecture Center Management and Hazard at http://archone.tamu.edu. told the crowd of about 40 gathered for the first session become a strong school in design.” Further, the college’s to integrate all design-build disciplines into its curricula; its will be a multi-use community prestigious honor awarded by the and making significant contribu- built with a strong emphasis on is named. Response Program, who held July 1, 2003 at the Westin Galleria in Houston. programs were hailed among the best in the nation, but leadership in research and research-informed design; Association for Preservation tions to the profession in the environmental protection, Technology. Woodcock was hon- The 15-plate collection, modestly spoke October 27 at “Develop a picture of ‘what it takes,’ then work it the way there was general agreement that what’s happening at the mastery of technology; its commitment to environmental early stage of her architectural explained Chang-Shang Huang, ored for his “leadership as an appraised at $6,500, originally sold Texas A&M University’s you would work a design. At some point in the future you college “is one of Texas’ best kept secrets.” stewardship; and the college’s track record of producing career. associate professor in the educator and mentor to several in a set of 12 for $24. Additional College of Architecture. will have a representation of where you want to go.” “You guys are making a great and positive impact on graduates with strong character and leadership skills. The Dalian Architect Works, Inc. special- Research Park will Department of Landscape generations of historic preserva- plates, depicting newer campus Wenger, who keynoted izes in developing solutions for Harold Adams, former chairman of RTKL Associates the world, but nobody knows it,” said one participant who In the follow-up session, staged Oct. 7, 2003 at the tionists, and for his years of dedi- be divided into four Architecture and Urban buildings, the All Faiths Chapel and the college’s fifth annual residential and small-scale Inc. and sponsor of the first session, echoed Sibbet’s idea. cited the school’s dire need for a marketing strategy and Melrose Hotel in Dallas, participants picked-up where they cated service to APT.” areas: an industrial Planning and leader of the win- the Memorial Student Center, were faculty research sympo- commercial projects. Many of “I believe greatly in the process of what the avant- institutional branding campaign. left off, identifying ideas that survived the first session, component, a ning design team. „ For his outstanding contribu- added to the collection in the 1950s. sium, “Research on the Kacmar’s designs have won garde people used to call ‘raise on the future,’” Adams “Everyone should equate the ‘A’ in A&M with architec- establishing goals and strategizing on bold steps towards research compo- “We had confidence that our tions to the growth of research in “I just think that it is nice [for the college] to Built and Virtual awards, including the 1999 AIA nent, a commercial said. “It is the idea of going into the future and seeing ture, not agriculture,” said another. their realization. ecological approach was architecture, Malcolm Quantrill, have something that belonged to the gentleman Environments: Global Houston Design Award for the what we would like to be like, then stepping back to now Many of the professionals on the council lamented the To facilitate action, Sibbet divided the council and par- service component unique,” said Huang, whose distinguished professor of archi- that the building is named after,” Keith Langford said after making the Symposia Presentations and a residential Kacmar house, built for her par- and seeing what steps need to happen to make that a go.” results of “150 years of specialization” and the lack of ticipating faculty and staff into four working groups, each team began the project in tecture at Texas A&M University, donation. “He [Ernest Langford] spent all his life at the College of 2003,” noted that on aver- component. ents. Participants examined the very nature of “the best,” well-educated generalists—“an individual with business charged with developing a specific agenda: “Core August 2001. was presented the 2002 James Architecture. I just thought that is where they belonged.” age only 17 percent of all Haecker Distinguished what it means to be the best, and what it might take to acumen, technical know-how and relationship skills”—who Philosophy,” “New Models in Education,” “the 21st Century Leadership Award for earn such a distinction. could function as a single point of contact for the their Master Builder Program” and “Strategic Marketing and Rodiek named Architectural Research by the Among the myriad comments: “The best schools con- clients. Communications.” Sustainable Urbanism Certificate program initiated Architectural Research Centers duct research with a value transcending what is expect- “Our clients want a building,” exclaimed Chuck By the end of the Oct. 7 meeting, the group had ASLA fellow Consortium. The award is pre- sented annually to an individual reached consensus on the major themes to be pursued For creating significant new The College of Architecture at Texas that are adaptive, context-sensitive, College eyes $30 million goal in Chair, professorship endowments reinforce A&M’s Construction Science for next session: knowledge advancing landscape who has demonstrated sustained A&M University recently established and range across multiple scales.” and significant research leader- architecture, and for the communi- One Spirit, One Vision Campaign lauded health facililties design, research programs receives $1 million „ Develop revolutionary educational models integrating a graduate certificate program in According to Neuman, sustain- ship accomplishments at national cation of knowl- program curriculum across disciplinary lines—such as sustainable urbanism to be offered able urbanism represents a new or international levels. software donation edge to others a 21st Century Master Builder Program (though the through the college’s Center for nexus for sustainability, cities and It was a billion dollar night. Amid A&M’s $1 billion target, it represents It’s a natural sequence of events enhance the Texas A&M College Graduate students at Texas with exceptional „ George J. Mann, the Ronald “master builder” title was generally disliked because it confetti, whoops, and the fanfare of a new benchmark in private support at top colleges across the land. of Architecture’s leadership in the A&M’s Department of effect, Jon Housing and Urban Developement. the environmental design profes- L. Skaggs Endowed Professor of excludes then necessary designing and planning tal- the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band, key for the college. The finest faculty attract the finest architecture for health industry. Construction Science now have Rodiek, a pro- The certificate program requires 18 sions. Health Facilities Design, received ent such a generalist would posess); the 2003 Bush Excellence Award supporters of the College of Even though the $30 million goal students who graduate and Skaggs and Sprague recently access to the latest generation fessor in the credit hours of studio and seminar “During the next fifty years—the for Faculty in Public Service. This Architecture joined the rest of the represents a threefold increase in become leaders in their profes- teamed to create the Ronald L. of plant design and manage- „ work as well as a thesis or profes- professional lifetime of current stu- Embrace and enhance Texas A&M University’s land, Department of award recognizes faculty who campus community celebrating the donations, “we are seeing involve- sions. The circle is completed Skaggs, FAIA and Joseph G. ment software, thanks to a $1 sional study on a specialized topic. dents—the earth’s urban population sea and space grant mandate—teaching, research Landscape have made outstanding contribu- launch of One Spirit One Vision – ment and momentum that will guar- when these distinguished former Sprague, FAIA Chair in Health million software donation from and service—with a special emphasis on programs Rodiek Architecture and “Sustainable urbanism entails will more than double, from 3 billion tions to public service by demon- the Texas A&M Campaign. The new antee our success,” said Harold students reciprocate, donating Facilities Design. Concurrently, CEA Systems, Inc, the serving Texas communities; Urban Planning the integrated and collaborative to 7 billion,” Neuman said. “Eighty strating a sustained, long-term volunteer-led, seven-year, fund-rais- Adams ’61 the One Spirit One resources to advance their alma Beale, and his wife Julie pledged Houston-based affiliate of CEA at Texas A&M University, was ele- design of cities and their urban envi- percent of the world’s population is application of disciplinary expert- „ Partner with the built environment professions to cre- ing effort is aimed at raising $1 bil- Vision Campaign chairman for the mater’s recruitment of top faculty. a gift endowing the Julie and Technology, one of the world’s ise to the public or non-profit sec- vated as a Fellow of the American rons,” explained Michael Neuman, projected to live in cities in 2050. As lion to support the university’s College of Architecture. Such a circle was completed in Craig Beale Professorship in leading software developers in ate mutually beneficial strategic alliances; and tor in local, statewide, national, or Society of Landscape Architects. associate professor in the prosperity spreads across the globe Vision 20-20 initiatives. The main focus of the One Spirit 2003 when a trio of Aggie archi- Health Facilities Design. international arenas. the field of engineering, con- „ Develop specialized centers of excellence for The presentation was made at the Department of Landscape and consumption outstrips The College of Architecture’s One Vision Campaign is on endow- tects — Ron Skaggs ’65, Joe Both endowments, the profes- struction and plant life cycle ASLA’s 2002 national convention. research and teaching. Architecture and Urban Planning resources and despoils environ- „ Montague Center for Teaching One Spirit One Vision Campaign ment gifts that will be invested to Sprague ‘79, and Craig Beale ’71 sorship and the chair, provide fac- management. For 29 years, Rodiek has With these goals in mind, the four working groups have and chair of the new program. “The ments, the way we live in and build Excellence Scholars for the goal is $30 million. And while that is provide permanent sources of sup- — donated funds endowing two ulty support for practice-oriented Though relatively new appli- been dedicated to the continued College of Architecture were pro- continued their efforts in preparation for the April work- most fruitful approaches for any our cities, or ‘urbanism,’ will be criti- a relatively small portion of Texas port for a variety of purposes. faculty positions that promise to teaching. cations, Plant-4D and 4D- improvement of the discipline of fessors Anat Geva, Architecture, shop where the council will once again attempt an answer Explorer, are widely in use by landscape architecture. urbanism to be truly sustainable are cal to our well being, and to the 2002-03, and Christopher Ellis, to Jimmy Tittle’s provocative question. to be found in designs and plans health of the planet. LA+UP, 2003-04. companies around the world. DETAILS ABOUT GIVING OPPORTUNITES AND HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ONE SPIRIT ONE VISION CAMPAIGN ARE AVAILABLE ONLINE AT http://archone.tamu.edu