Faculty teams honored for collaborations
Mississippi State University faculty won the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture's Collaborative Practice Award for leadership in the design and construction of the Green Building Demonstration Pavilion, left, at Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum in Starkville. MSU faculty received the ACSA Design Build Honorable Mention for development of public transit shelters, including the one shown at right, for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Philadelphia.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture recently honored two Mississippi State faculty teams with education awards.
The Washington, D.C.,-based association annually recognizes university architecture faculty who complete exceptional projects in building design and community collaborations, among other categories.
MSU's team from the College of Architecture, Art and Design and the MSU Extension Service received the 2014-15 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award for the Green Building Demonstration Pavilion at the Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum in Starkville.
Recognized faculty include Cory Gallo, assistant professor of landscape architecture; Hans C. Herrmann, associate professor of architecture; Suzanne Powney, assistant professor of art; Justin Taylor, assistant clinical professor of architecture; Brian Templeton, extension associate in landscape architecture; and Wayne Wilkerson, associate extension professor.
The Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum, the regional demonstration site for green infrastructure and sustainable building technologies, took four years and more than 100 MSU students to complete. The Starkville museum was cited in the award for following best practices in school-based community outreach programs.
In 2013, the museum project also received major national recognition with the American Society of Landscape Architecture's Award of Excellence in Student Collaboration, the highest honor bestowed by the ASLA.
Additionally, the 2014-15 ACSA Design Build Honorable Mention went to MSU faculty members who oversaw the project to build public transit shelters a student team developed for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians in Philadelphia.
In addition to Herrmann, the group of honored faculty are Alexis Gregory and Emily M. McGlohn, both assistant professors of architecture, and assistant professor Tom Leathem and lecturer Lee Carson, faculty in the college's building construction science program.
"Award winners inspire and challenge students, contribute to the profession's knowledge base and extend their work beyond the borders of academy into practice and the public sector," according to the ACSA's website, www.acsa-arch.org, where the winning applications are available.
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Leah Barbour | Public Affairs
