Read the latest news and announcements from the Drachman Institute: Filter by category - Any -Community NewsDesign-BuildEventsInstitute NewsSponsored ProjectsUArizona News Apply Image Office of the Provost Grants Senior Lecturer Laura Carr $200,000 for Native People's Design Coalition Oct. 24, 2023 The College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture’s Senior Lecturer in Architecture Laura Carr was part of the team that received a $200,000 grant for the Native People’s Design Coalition from the Office of the Provost. Read more Image Drachman Institute Will Help Establish New Center to Study Housing Equity and Sustainability with $3M Federal Grant Sept. 29, 2023 The University of Arizona Drachman Institute will help establish a new center to address the interconnected issues of housing security, climate and health with a focus on Hispanic and underserved communities in the arid Southwest. A $3 million Hispanic Serving Institutions Research Center of Excellence grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will establish the Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability, or ARCHES. The new center will be a partnership among 19 researchers at Arizona State University, UArizona, Northern Arizona University and the University of New Mexico. Read more Image Student and Faculty Research Leads to 'Most Endangered Historic Places' Designation for Buffalo Soldier Camp May 23, 2022 Thanks to research by CAPLA's Heritage Conservation Project Director Helen Erickson and graduate students Sarah McDowell and Teresa DeKoker, the Buffalo Soldier military establishment Camp Naco in Southeastern Arizona has been listed by the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation's as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2022. Read more Image Tucson NBC Affiliate Highlights Affordable Rowhouses Designed and Built by CAPLA Architecture Students May 2, 2022 Rowhouses created as part of CAPLA design-build studios led by architecture professors Mary Hardin and Eric D. Weber, and designed and built by architecture students, were featured on KVOA News 4, an NBC affiliate in Tucson, on April 29, 2022. Read more Image Drachman Institute Relaunches with Showcase Event and Appointment of Director Courtney Crosson April 22, 2022 Assistant Professor of Architecture Courtney Crosson has been appointed director of the University of Arizona’s Drachman Institute by CAPLA Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand. Crosson's introduction was combined with a project showcase on April 13 in a "relaunch" of this important, community-focused institute. Read more Image Architizer Highlights Universal Design Projects by CAPLA Bachelor of Architecture Students March 17, 2022 “Winners of the 2nd Annual Universal Design Awards reveal how the next generation of designers are rethinking accessible architecture,” says Architizer in a March 2022 article that highlights work produced by third-year B Arch students in a studio sponsored by Ascension Wheelchair Lifts. Read more Image Sustainable Built Environments Professor Ladd Keith Provides Insight for CBS Story on Tucson’s Climate Action Goal Feb. 24, 2022 Ladd Keith, CAPLA assistant professor of planning and sustainable built environments, was quoted in a February 17, 2022 KOLD-TV story on Tucson’s goals to become carbon neutral by 2030. “We need to make sure the most vulnerable in our community are taken care of when we address climate change.” Read more Image Urban Food Systems: GLHN-Sponsored Architecture Studio Crafts Paradigm for a Sustainable Future Feb. 14, 2022 Assistant Architecture Professor Courtney Crosson is working with CAPLA students to design solutions for a more sustainable Tucson by 2050, thanks to sponsorship and advising by GLHN Architects & Engineers. In the Fall of 2021, students partnered with five community organizations to design sustainable urban food systems. Read more Image Third-Year B Arch Students Create Award-Winning, Accessible Designs for Bisbee, Arizona Feb. 1, 2022 This fall, third-year Bachelor of Architecture students in studios led by Teresa Rosano, Dulce Arambula, Eduardo Guerrero, Siri Trumble and Beth Weinstein participated in a universal design awards program generated from a partnership between AGM/Ascension Wheelchair Lifts and CAPLA. Meet the winners. Read more Pagination 1 2 Next › Next page Last » Last page
Image Office of the Provost Grants Senior Lecturer Laura Carr $200,000 for Native People's Design Coalition Oct. 24, 2023 The College of Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture’s Senior Lecturer in Architecture Laura Carr was part of the team that received a $200,000 grant for the Native People’s Design Coalition from the Office of the Provost. Read more
Image Drachman Institute Will Help Establish New Center to Study Housing Equity and Sustainability with $3M Federal Grant Sept. 29, 2023 The University of Arizona Drachman Institute will help establish a new center to address the interconnected issues of housing security, climate and health with a focus on Hispanic and underserved communities in the arid Southwest. A $3 million Hispanic Serving Institutions Research Center of Excellence grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development will establish the Arizona Research Center for Housing Equity and Sustainability, or ARCHES. The new center will be a partnership among 19 researchers at Arizona State University, UArizona, Northern Arizona University and the University of New Mexico. Read more
Image Student and Faculty Research Leads to 'Most Endangered Historic Places' Designation for Buffalo Soldier Camp May 23, 2022 Thanks to research by CAPLA's Heritage Conservation Project Director Helen Erickson and graduate students Sarah McDowell and Teresa DeKoker, the Buffalo Soldier military establishment Camp Naco in Southeastern Arizona has been listed by the U.S. National Trust for Historic Preservation's as one of America's 11 Most Endangered Historic Places for 2022. Read more
Image Tucson NBC Affiliate Highlights Affordable Rowhouses Designed and Built by CAPLA Architecture Students May 2, 2022 Rowhouses created as part of CAPLA design-build studios led by architecture professors Mary Hardin and Eric D. Weber, and designed and built by architecture students, were featured on KVOA News 4, an NBC affiliate in Tucson, on April 29, 2022. Read more
Image Drachman Institute Relaunches with Showcase Event and Appointment of Director Courtney Crosson April 22, 2022 Assistant Professor of Architecture Courtney Crosson has been appointed director of the University of Arizona’s Drachman Institute by CAPLA Dean Nancy Pollock-Ellwand. Crosson's introduction was combined with a project showcase on April 13 in a "relaunch" of this important, community-focused institute. Read more
Image Architizer Highlights Universal Design Projects by CAPLA Bachelor of Architecture Students March 17, 2022 “Winners of the 2nd Annual Universal Design Awards reveal how the next generation of designers are rethinking accessible architecture,” says Architizer in a March 2022 article that highlights work produced by third-year B Arch students in a studio sponsored by Ascension Wheelchair Lifts. Read more
Image Sustainable Built Environments Professor Ladd Keith Provides Insight for CBS Story on Tucson’s Climate Action Goal Feb. 24, 2022 Ladd Keith, CAPLA assistant professor of planning and sustainable built environments, was quoted in a February 17, 2022 KOLD-TV story on Tucson’s goals to become carbon neutral by 2030. “We need to make sure the most vulnerable in our community are taken care of when we address climate change.” Read more
Image Urban Food Systems: GLHN-Sponsored Architecture Studio Crafts Paradigm for a Sustainable Future Feb. 14, 2022 Assistant Architecture Professor Courtney Crosson is working with CAPLA students to design solutions for a more sustainable Tucson by 2050, thanks to sponsorship and advising by GLHN Architects & Engineers. In the Fall of 2021, students partnered with five community organizations to design sustainable urban food systems. Read more
Image Third-Year B Arch Students Create Award-Winning, Accessible Designs for Bisbee, Arizona Feb. 1, 2022 This fall, third-year Bachelor of Architecture students in studios led by Teresa Rosano, Dulce Arambula, Eduardo Guerrero, Siri Trumble and Beth Weinstein participated in a universal design awards program generated from a partnership between AGM/Ascension Wheelchair Lifts and CAPLA. Meet the winners. Read more