Landscape architecture students were afforded a unique opportunity to participate in a design charrette focused on the campus edge condition and entrance gateways to the University of Florida. Carol R. Johnson Associates (CRJA) and GAI’s Community Solutions Group lead the design charrette. The CRJA team has been hired by the University of Florida to develop […]
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The modern rendition of UF’s urban and regional planning program owes a special debt to one faculty member in particular, Emeritus Associate Professor Orjan Fredrik Wetterqvist. In 1973, at the request of the chair of the School of Architecture, Arnold “Arnie” Butt, Wetterqvist was asked to prepare a proposal for a new Master of Arts
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It’s not every day that our college is visited by a world famous alum. But that was the case recently as landscape architect Raymond Jungles, BLAE ’81, came to DCP and shared his knowledge with our students, faculty and staff. Raymond Jungles is the founder of the Miami-based landscape architecture firm, Raymond Jungles, Inc. (RJI),
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The 2018 DCP Career Fair was held at the UF/IFAS Extension Straughn Professional Development Center. The event hosted a packed house of students looking for positions and companies wanting to meet them. There were 32 vendors and more than 300 students registered for the event. The companies complemented the quality of our students. They were
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Nathan Blinn, Ph.D. candidate in construction management, has made invaluable connections during his time at DCP. While his classes have certainly taught him plenty, it is these personal connections with passionate faculty and staff that have best prepared him for his future career. 1. What have you valued most about your time at the College
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Faculty Profile – Genesis Okken, Interior Design Although her faculty position may be new, Genesis Okken, BDES ’13, MID ’15, has been a part of the DCP family for a long time. Okken’s involvement with DCP as a student combined with her passion for people and human-centered design has led her to become a lecturer
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On Tuesday, doctoral and master’s students from all areas of the college came together to establish the DCP Graduate Student Association. The organization’s vision is to be a unified voice for DCP graduate students and promote interdisciplinary academic and professional advancements. The students established a mission and bylaws and elected their officers. For more information,
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Good Will Reconsidered is a collaboration of the University of Florida’s CityLab-Sarasota, Newtown Alive, Goodwill Industries Sarasota/Manatee and the Center for Architecture Sarasota. UF student teams from the School of Architecture and Rinker School of Construction Management will develop speculative proposals for a new cultural arts center in the heart of the Newtown neighborhood on
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Chimay Anumba, dean of the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning, has been honored with the 2018 Computing in Civil Engineering Award, presented by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). The ASCE recognizes Anumba as one of the world’s leading experts in developing artificial intelligence solutions to construction and civil engineering
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The Historic Preservation Program at the University of Florida is undertaking a groundbreaking, multi-tiered analysis of significant buildings, sites and landscapes of the Modern movement and the recent past (1945-1975), examined on a statewide level. The primary objectives of the “Florida’s Mid-Century Modern Resources” project, better known as “My Florida Modern,” are to understand and
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