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Two years ago, architecture professor Marilys Nepomechie and a group of FIU students conceived a home design perfect for South Florida – one that could get all its energy from the sun. Last fall, they traveled to Washington, D.C., and built that house for a world-renowned competition: the 2011 U.S. [...]
Move expands university’s artistic footprint South Beach soon will be home to studio and gallery space for music, art and architecture students, as FIU’s College of Architecture + The Arts expands its artistic footprint this fall. “This expansion to Lincoln Road puts our students at the center of one of the [...]
In the Fall of 2008, Assistant Professor Roberto Rovira asked his design studio class to create a Center for Land Use Interpretation to integrate the natural and built environment along the Miami-Everglades boundary line, an often contested and ecologically rich area. The design class pushes students to explore creative ideas within [...]
When President Mark B. Rosenberg surveyed the open spaces at Modesto A. Maidique Campus (MMC), he decided to enlist FIU talent to create a sanctuary for the university community. More than 50 architecture, landscape architecture, and art students joined forces earlier this month to re-imagine four outside areas at MMC [...]
The Wolfsonian–FIU is celebrating architecture this summer by showcasing a selection of architectural materials from its holdings. Throughout the summer, visitors to the museum may enjoy — in addition to its ongoing exhibitions — “The Grand Hotels of Schultze & Weaver,” a new installation that is part of the permanent [...]
The U.S. Department of Energy announced April 15 that FIU is one of only 20 teams invited to participate in the Solar Decathlon 2011. The FIU team, consisting of architects, landscape architects, interior designers, mechanical engineers, civil/environmental engineers, construction managers, and journalists, was asked to prepare design proposals for a [...]
Members of the FIU family gathered Nov. 5 to honor architecture professor Nicolás Quintana, who is retiring from the university at the end of spring 2010 after 13 years of educating and inspiring students. The intimate reception, organized by the Dean’s Office of the College of Architecture + The Arts, [...]
The FIU College of Architecture + The Arts has brought together the innovative and artistic minds of music, art and architecture to create a video opera entitled “Transcending Time,” premiering in the Music Biennale in Zagreb, Croatia, on April 22, 2009. ”Transcending Time” is a non-narrative video opera with five [...]
FIU Interior Design has been participating in designing the interiors for the Solar Decathlon house located on the Engineering Central Park. The students in the Sustainable Interior Design Practices course were given the task of utilizing a combination of eco-friendly and sustainable materials to create an environment that exhibits the [...]
In an annual rite of passage that began 20 years ago, Jaime Canaves’ architecture students create shoes that allow them to walk on water. At least that’s the idea. By Sissi Aguila Professor Jaime Canaves’ sophomore architecture students had a seemingly impossible assignment this semester. In order to pass the [...]
