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Message from the Dean
CBE 2030
In its response to current economic
trends, the University of Washington undertook a campus-wide evaluation of practices
and priorities called “2Y2D”—how our decisions and actions over the course of the
next two years define and shape UW over the course of the next two decades. As part of this initiative, the provost asked
each unit to evaluate its programs, prioritize its strengths, and develop an
“academic business plan” to project its mission moving forward. Read more...
In the Spotlight
Sutton Honored with AIA 2011 Whitney M. Young, Jr. Award
In December, the American
Institute of Architects Board of Directors bestowed the 2011 Whitney M. Young,
Jr. Award on Professor Sharon
Egretta Sutton FAIA. In their
announcement of the award, the AIA Board praised Sutton “for her efforts to
increase minority participation in the design professions and her advocacy on
behalf of environmental and social justice.”
The AIA conferred the Whitney M. Young, Jr. medal on Sutton at its
annual convention in New Orleans in mid-May. Read the AIArchitect article. Read the UW Today article.
Alumni News
Truong Featured in Seattle
100: Portrait of a City Book and IE Article
 Nhon (Nin) Truong (BLA ‘99) is an artist, entrepreneur, skateboard and
fashion designer, and lecturer in the Department of Landscape
Architecture. He’s also featured in
Chase Jarvis’ book, Seattle 100: Portrait of a
City,
as one of the people “defining and driving culture in
Seattle.” The book is the culmination
of a two-year project that provides an insightful ethnography of the people who
shape Seattle’s culture. Read more about
Truong’s art, activities, and efforts at community building in this International Examiner article. Photo by Chase Jarvis.
Suyama Book Published by UW Press
 In Suyama:
A Complex Serenity (University
of Washington Press, April 2011), Architecture
Professor Emeritus Grant Hildebrand
introduces Seattle-based architect George Suyama FAIA (BArch
’67) and his work, discussing relevant aspects of Suyama’s life, the influences
that have shaped his beliefs, and 20 of his built and unbuilt projects that
illuminate the development of his remarkable art and craft. Read more in Seattle magazine.
Team Orbital Sanders Wins People's Choice Award
 With
30 yards of sand and a limit of 25 hours of labor, CBE alumni-heavy "Team
Orbital Sanders" created a work of art called "Missing Links" at
the World Championship of Sand
Sculpture
last September that claimed a People’s Choice award. Team Members Ed Mah
(BLA '76), Stan Allison, Jerry
Ernst (MUP '67),
Ken Large (BLA '77), Vern Cooley (BArch '70), and Jeff Benesi
(BFA '81) qualified for the World Championship with wins at local qualifying
events and a second-place finish at the Canadian Championships in Parksville,
Canada. The World Championship is the
largest gathering of sand sculptors in the world, and draws master competitors
from all over the globe. View more images of Team Orbital Sanders "Missing Links" sand sculpture here.
Also in Alumni News:
- Orser Named President
of WRECO
- Bahe Heads Design Futures Council
- Kundig Work Part of
"GLOBAL ENDS" in Tokyo
- Reed Blogs from Clinton Global Initiative
Annual Conference
- Weinstein and Harrell Honored by
AIA Seattle
CBE In the Media
Friedman Calls Relocation of Solar Decathlon “Regrettable”; Lauds
Cascadia Center
CBE
Dean and Professor Daniel S. Friedman FAIA, 2010-11 president of the Association of Collegiate Schools
of Architecture, protests the U.S. Department of Energy’s decision to move the
Solar Decathlon off the mall in The
Chronicle of Higher Education; and assesses the future of the profession in Architect. In local news, he describes how the Cascadia
Center for Sustainable Design and Construction will make Seattle a
green-building leader in an op-ed for Crosscut.
Ochsner Opines on Seattle's Skyline; Architecture Faculty Take Public
Stand
 Professor
Jeffrey Ochsner pens a guest column on proposed
changes to the Seattle Municipal Code and their impact on the downtown skyline in
The
Seattle Times,
and the Department of Architecture’s faculty is mentioned in further coverage
of the debate in Crosscut.
UW 360 Turns Spotlight on CBE
UW 360, a new UWTV program that “profiles the
fascinating people, programs and community connections that define the
University of Washington,” has produced three CBE-related segments since its
launch last fall. Watch them all on
YouTube!
Meet Matt Nugent
Current
Construction Management major and Green River Community College transfer student
Matt Nugent shares his path to the University of Washington with Megan
McConnell in the Transfer eNewsletter.
Also:
College News
Runstad Center Team Wins NAIOP Competition
 The University of Washington won first
place in the 2011 NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office
Properties) Real Estate Challenge on March 30.
Team members (from left) MSRE student Katlin Jackson, MSRE/MUP student
Katie Porter, MLA student Boting Zhang, and MSRE student Julia Levitt took home
the prestigious Bob Filley Cup as well as the People's Choice award. Read more...
CBE Students, Faculty, and Alumni Shine at Living City
Competition
 A team of graduate architecture
students and a team of designers led by Assistant Professor Gundula Proksch
both won significant awards in the Living City Design Competition, while two other teams with CBE connections each
received the Living Building Commuity Choice Award. Held in Vancouver, BC in late April, the competition
called for teams worldwide “to create powerful visualizations of how existing
cities might be transformed to achieve and transcend the Living Building
Challenge 2.0, the built environment’s most rigorous performance standard.” Read more...
BLA Program Ranked Fourth in Nation
DesignIntelligence’s Dean's Survey ranked the
University of Washington BLA program fourth
in the country in the
2011 edition of America's Best Architecture
and Design Schools. The UW program was cited for its urban
ecological focus, substantive community engagement, and Green Futures Lab.
Also in College News:
- Scan|Design Master Studio Re-Envisions Seattle Waterfront
- Scan|Design Interns Blog on Activating Alleys, Seattle Snapshots
- UW NECA Chapter Wins Second in Green Energy Challenge
Faculty News
Migliaccio Joins CM
Faculty
 Giovanni C. Migliaccio joined the Department of Construction
Management faculty last August as an Assistant Professor. He previously held an assistant professor
position at the University of New Mexico at Albuquerque. Migliaccio holds an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Civil
Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a master-level degree
from Politecnico at Bari in Italy. Read
more about Migliaccio here.
Corser Leads
Workshops at American University of Sharjah
 In
mid-April, Assistant Professor Rob Corser was selected as one of six
international architects and educators invited to lecture and lead intensive
five-day workshops at the American University of Sharjah’s (United Arab
Emirates) annual Design Week. The American University of Sharjah, located
near Dubai, is the only NAAB-accredited architecture program outside of North
America. Read Corser’s account
of his experience.
Hou Receives CELA
Award for Service Learning
 Landscape Architecture Chair and Associate Professor Jeff Hou has
received the Award for
Excellence in Service-Learning Education from the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture (CELA). A member of the landscape architecture
department since 2001, Hou focuses on marginalized communities; his projects
have ranged from a children’s park in Seattle’s International District to the
rebuilding of an ethnic minority village in China following the 2008
earthquake.
Also in Faculty News:
- Friedman Co-chairs
National Summit on Health and Design, Invited to Speak at C40 Large Cities
Climate Summit in Sao Paulo
- Miller|Hull
Partnership Ranked 22 in Architect Magazine Top 50
- Heerwagen Honored by
New WOW
- Mugerauer Published in
Ecology and Society
- Shen receives Chester
Rapkin Award from ACSP
- Simonen Leads Carbon
Leadership Forum
In Memoriam
Folke E. Nyberg
 Architect,
author, civic activist, and CBE Professor Emeritus Folke E. Nyberg passed away
at his home August 15, 2010 after a two-year battle with cancer. Nyberg was a professor of architecture and urban
design at the University of Washington from 1969 to 1999. Read more...
Ralph D. Anderson
Known
by many as the "father of Pioneer Square," Ralph D. Anderson (BArch
'51) passed away on October 24, 2010 at the age of 86. Read more...
Daniel Richard Dierks
Alumnus Daniel Richard Dierks (BArch '71) died suddenly on December
2, 2010 while vacationing in Aruba. Read the obituary…
A. R. “Bob” Johnson II
Lifelong Seattle resident A. R.
“Bob” Johnson II (BS in Building Construction, ’79) passed away March 2,
2011. Read the obituary…
Gerald L. Allison FAIA
 Recognized
throughout the world for his contribution to the advancement of tourism and his
commitment to the environment, Jerry Allison FAIA (BArch ’55), passed away
April 22, 2011, at the age of 78, after a battle with gastric melanoma. Read more...
Upcoming Events
BE Involved
Please
join us for the BE Lecture Series, colloquia, industry speakers, and more. Keep up to date on the latest happenings by
visiting: www.be.washington.edu/Events
 Runstad Center Affiliate
Fellows Presentation
“The Success Damage Ratio: Rethinking the Balance Sheet,
Lessons From Hong Kong”
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Town Hall, 8th & Seneca
CBE
Graduation
Friday, June 10, 2011
4:30
pm - 7:30 pm (Ceremony and reception)
Exhibition
Hall, Seattle Center
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