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Posted: 6/12/09
Congratulations CAED Grads!
The CAED’s Commencement ceremonies are set for Saturday June 13 at 9:30 am in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. CAED alumnus Rob Rossi will receive an honorary doctor of humane letters and provide the keynote address. Following the event at approximately 11:30 am, the CAED will host their very own commencement activities in the Cal Poly Recreation Center.
Go to the Commencement News Release for more information.
Posted: 5/27/09
CRP Department Awarded $1.5 Million Grant
The City and Regional Planning Department received a $1.5 million grant to help prepare the 2010 State of California Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan. This plan will use various management techniques to protect against risks of wildfires, earthquakes, landslides, floods and human-caused hazards. This project is being led by faculty members William Siembieda. Michael Boswell, and Project Director Ken Topping. For more information go to the Cal Poly news release or contact the CRP department.
Posted: 5/18/09
Cal Poly Wins Bank of America's Annual Low-Income Housing Challenge
The CAED-led team was composed of twelve students from six departments: architecture, business, city and regional planning, construction management, landscape architecture, and industrial technology. The Cal Poly team partnered with People's Self-Help Housing to create a physical and financial proposal for an 80-unit farm worker housing development in Santa Barbara County. The development qualifies for LEED Silver certification. To read the full proposal and to download a short video introducing the project go to the Poly Housing Collaborative web site.
Posted: 1.16.09
Speidel Named to George Hasslein Endowed Chair for Interdisciplinary Studies at Cal Poly
Cal Poly’s College of Architecture & Environmental Design named Elbert O. Speidel, AIA, to the George Hasslein Endowed Chair for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental Design.
Speidel is a licensed architect with more than 40 years of experience in architecture, construction and applied research and development in the classroom. He holds a patent for the Poly-Pod, a prefabricated polymer housing unit; has worked in the U.S. and Europe on the development of polymers for the construction industry; and consulted on polymers developed for the World’s Fair in Osaka, Japan.
A 1967 graduate of Cal Poly’s architecture program, Speidel has served in an advisory capacity for CAED students while practicing as an architect and running a case goods and millwork business in San Luis Obispo.
The endowed chair was created to honor the college’s founding dean, George Hasslein, FAIA, and continue his vision of student-focused education. The post brings preeminent practitioners and scholars to the classroom to enrich and inspire the interdisciplinary environment. The endowment, administered by the college in consultation with the CAED Foundation Board, supports the selection of one primary annual scholar with provisions for additional associate scholars.
Posted: 1.16.09
Architecture 3rd & Landscape Architecture 10th in 2009 National Rankings
The architecture program at Cal Poly is ranked the third best undergraduate program in the nation by Design Intelligence. The Landscape Architecture Department is ranked 10th in the list of the nation’s Top 20 undergraduate programs. The full report can be ordered at the America's Best Architecture & Design Schools, 2009 Edition web page.
For additional information go to the Rankings News Release web page.
Posted: 10.17.08
Construction Innovations Center Dedication
On October 4th the College hosted a dedication ceremony for the $33 million Construction Innovations Center. The ceremony was followed by the groundbreaking for the Center’s next phase, the new Simpson Strong-Tie Materials Demonstration Lab. The Construction Innovations Center is a new 30,000 square foot building dedicated to construction management featuring seven dedicated labs, 12 classrooms and lecture halls, faculty offices and headquarters for the California Center for Construction Education. The Center was designed to support the hands-on interdisciplinary approach central to Construction Management’s curriculum and will facilitate interdisciplinary research and education among all five majors within the College of Architecture and Environmental Design.
People from Left to Right: Mark Montoya, Morley Builders; R. Thomas Jones, CAED Dean; Lauren Bungardner, CM Student; C. Nicholas Watry, Alumn; Warren Baker, Cal Poly President; Allan Hauck, CM Dept Head; Sandra Ogren, VP University Advancement; Alan Hanson, Regional Manager Simpson Strong-Tie
People from Left to Right: Chris Burnett and Jeff Sturdivan from Simpson Strong-Tie; R. Thomas Jones, CAED Dean; Allan Hauck, CM Dept Head; Warren Baker, Cal Poly President; Alan Hanson, Jake Blair, and John Krueger from Simpson Strong-Tie