Architecture & Sustainable Design Articles

Pennsylvania College of Technology was well-represented at Autodesk University 2007, held Nov. 27-30 in Las Vegas. Autodesk University is the world's largest annual gathering of computer aided design and related professionals, with more than 10,000 working professionals, industry experts and Autodesk executives in attendance.

Dorothy J. Gerring, associate professor of architectural technology, will give a presentation on "Defining Sustainable Practices" on Wednesday during the Bucknell University Summer Institute on Sustainability in Building Design, Construction and Operation. An event schedule follows:

A team of architectural technology students won the 17th annual "Bridging the Gap" competition, with a construction-paper bridge that carried 119.39 times its weight. Team members, whose creation came out on top after Tuesday's weight-bearing tests, are Jared T. Sims, Souderton; Jessica L. Cruise, Scranton; Jason T. Detwiler, Liberty; Gregory E. O'Connor, Islip Terrace, N.Y.; and Brendan J.

The American Institute of Architects' Middle Pennsylvania chapter met in Penn College's Professional Development Centeron Friday night, discussing the architectural design of The Madigan Library. Benedict H.

An associate professor of architectural technology at Pennsylvania College of Technology will be featured in the 2007 "Who's Who in America." The biography of Tuna Saka will appear in the latest edition of the annual publication, which provides information on more than 110,000 of the nation's highest achievers.Inclusion is accorded by the position of responsibility held or level of significant ac

What would you tell your friends and family if you could leave them with one last thought? Would you impart a lesson from experience? Maybe tell some jokes or list the top five items you think everyone should own?

An associate professor of architecture at Penn College will offer a presentation, "How Architecture Reflects Cultural Values," at 2 p.m. Sunday, July 16,in the Thomas T. Taber Museum (858 W. Fourth St.) The presentation by Dorothy J. Gerring will look at how buildings and architectural ideas are a reflection of and response to cultural values.

Students from the School of Construction and Design Technologies are displaying their knowledge and skills by creating an area of respite to be enjoyed by the Penn College community. A Remembrance Garden, designed by students in the architecture program at the college, is being constructed on the east side of the Carl Building Technologies Center.

"Green for the Mainstream," an overview of environmentally responsible building projects, will be presented March 28 at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport. The presentation, by Margo Thompson of the National Association of Home Builders Research Center, is free and open to the public. It will be offered at 3:30 p.m.

Four architectural technology majors are the winners of the 2006 "Strongest Bridge" contest: Corey N. Andreas, of Bloomsburg; Ryan L. Lewis, of Abbottstown; Matthew C.Toth, of Lancaster;and Henrik L. Berger, of RR 1, Huntingdon. Their bridge, made of construction paper and glue as outlined in the annual competition, weighed .35 of a pound and carried 136.2 pounds 389 times its weight!