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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Cammy Brothers Authors Book on Michelangelo and Architecture

Assoc. Professor of Architectural History Cammy Brother’s new book examines Michelangelo’s drawings as demonstrative of his dynamic thought processes. In "Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture" (Yale Univ. Press, 2008), "unlike previous studies, which have focused on the built projects and considered the drawings only insofar as they illuminate those buildings, this book analyses his designs as an independent source of insight into the mechanisms of Michelangelo’s imagination," said Yale University Press. "Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture" is available for purchase at the University of Virginia bookstore and will soon be available at New Dominion in downtown Charlottesville.

Friday, August 22, 2008

Thomas Woltz’s Sustainable Practices Featured in NYT

Alumnus Thomas Woltz, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Partner, NBWLA is featured in a NYT article entitled, "A Sustainability that Aims to Seduce," from this week’s Home & Garden section. Follow the link below to the article.

Friday, August 15, 2008

Eric Field Designs Book on Japanese Buddhist Temple

Eric Field (MArch ‘01 and Teaching Resources Coordinator) and Associate Professor Dorothy Wong in the Department of Art History have just published a new volume of essays on the Hōryūji temple complex of Japanese Buddhism. The collection is the product of a symposium held in 2005 at the University of Virginia, "The Dawn of East Asian International Buddhist Art and Architecture: Horyuji (Temple of the Exalted Law) in Its Contexts." (http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/horyuji.html) Edited by Wong and designed by Field, "Hōryūji Reconsidered" examines the Hōryūji temple complex - a UNESCO World Heritage site including some of the oldest and largest surviving wooden buildings in the world - across perspectives of archaeology, architecture, architectural history, art history, and religion. The essays aim to shed new light on the Hōryūji complex by (1) examining new archaeological materials, (2) incorporating computer analysis of the structural system of the pagoda, and (3) including cross-cultural, interdisciplinary perspectives that reflect current research in various fields. Beyond the book’s overall design and layout, Field’s contribution, "The Central Core Structural System: A Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Five-Story Pagoda of Hōryūji", uses three-dimensional computer modeling to uncover the mystery of the well known pagoda’s central core post - originally thought to be structurally bearing, but found in 1925 to be rotted away at its base and dangling 4.5 meters above the base stone. Field’s analysis explains the pagoda’s framing and sheds new light on the core post’s function. Hōryūji Reconsidered Edited by Dorothy C. Wong with Eric M. Field (design) Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 9781847185679

Monday, August 11, 2008

Class of ‘83 Breaks Records with Reunion Gift

At the June Reunion 2008 lunch on Grounds for UVa School of Architecture alumni, a trio of friends celebrating their 25th Reunion listened intently to Dean Karen Van Lengen’s appeal for giving in light of declining state contributions to the University. As the dean explained, rising costs combined with reduced state funding means that financial support from private donations will be critical to advance the top-level academic programming for which the Architecture School is so highly regarded. Stephanie Mashek (BSArch’83) was moved by the dean’s words to make a difference. She spoke with fellow classmates Mary Horst Buchanan and Lisa Gould about working together to challenge all alumni from the School’s Class of 1983 to raise $50,000 in unrestricted funds by the end of the fiscal year. Adding to the challenge was the fact that the end of the fiscal year was only a couple weeks away. To jump start the two week campaign, Mashek, Horst Buchanan, and Gould joined Dean’s Forum, the School’s giving society, with a pledge of $5,000 each across the next five years. Upon returning home, the friends e-mailed the entire class to announce their hopes for a substantial class gift, and to share the challenge, “Please join us in this effort to ensure that all the great memories we have of the A-School will be experienced by future generations, and that its great legacy will endure.” Kim Wong, Assistant Director of Operations and Alumni Relations for the UVa School of Architecture Foundation, who assisted the Class of 1983 in reaching their goal, attributed their success to a vibrant connection to the School and to each other. “All weekend they expressed gratitude to the School for challenging them as students 25 years ago, so when they saw the opportunity to help the students and faculty for five years until their next reunion year, they stepped up and took the challenge,” she said. The UVa School of Architecture Class of 1983 raised $49,500 in just 17 days, for a total 25th Reunion Gift of $59,483. The grand total includes approximately $10,000 raised by Tony Santoro (BSArch’83) in the weeks leading up to Reunion. In a message to the alumni following their remarkable gift, Dean Van Lengen expressed her gratitude, “The money you donated will support new faculty projects, allow for more travel, provide the right supplies and technological advances and give them the tools to better educate our students and the architectural community as a whole. I cannot thank you enough. “This amazing accomplishment is a testament to the generosity and lasting camaraderie of the School of Architecture Class of 1983 and truly exemplifies how one group of people can join together and significantly impact the School,” she said. The Class of 1983 gift contributed greatly to a banner fiscal year 2008 for unrestricted gifts to the UVa School of Architecture Foundation.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Alumna Appointed Director of Woodlawn and Pope-Leighy House

Laurie Ossman was recently appointed as Director of Woodlawn Plantation and Pope-Leighey House, a National Trust Historic Site in Mt. Vernon, Virginia, and will be starting on August 1. Laurie has a broad background in preservation, historic site management and architectural history and most recently served as the Deputy Director at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami. Her previous positions include Chief Curator, The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach (Florida), and Curator and Restoration Project Manager, Ca d’Zan, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota (Florida). She also served in a variety of research and curatorial capacities at The Maryland Historical Society, the HABS/HAER Division of the National Park Service and the Preservation Office of the Old Executive Office Building. Laurie has a Ph.D and a Masters degree in American Architectural History from the University of Virginia, where she interned at Monticello, and an undergraduate degree from Brown University. She is presently completing a book on the historic homes of the South.

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	Home > Calendar > In the News Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Cammy Brothers Authors Book on Michelangelo and Architecture Assoc. Professor of Architectural History Cammy Brother’s new book examines Michelangelo’s drawings as demonstrative of his dynamic thought processes. In "Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture" (Yale Univ. Press, 2008), "unlike previous studies, which have focused on the built projects and considered the drawings only insofar as they illuminate those buildings, this book analyses his designs as an independent source of insight into the mechanisms of Michelangelo’s imagination," said Yale University Press. "Michelangelo, Drawing, and the Invention of Architecture" is available for purchase at the University of Virginia bookstore and will soon be available at New Dominion in downtown Charlottesville. Friday, August 22, 2008 Thomas Woltz’s Sustainable Practices Featured in NYT Alumnus Thomas Woltz, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and Partner, NBWLA is featured in a NYT article entitled, "A Sustainability that Aims to Seduce," from this week’s Home & Garden section. Follow the link below to the article. Friday, August 15, 2008 Eric Field Designs Book on Japanese Buddhist Temple Eric Field (MArch ‘01 and Teaching Resources Coordinator) and Associate Professor Dorothy Wong in the Department of Art History have just published a new volume of essays on the Hōryūji temple complex of Japanese Buddhism. The collection is the product of a symposium held in 2005 at the University of Virginia, "The Dawn of East Asian International Buddhist Art and Architecture: Horyuji (Temple of the Exalted Law) in Its Contexts." (http://www.virginia.edu/artmuseum/horyuji.html) Edited by Wong and designed by Field, "Hōryūji Reconsidered" examines the Hōryūji temple complex - a UNESCO World Heritage site including some of the oldest and largest surviving wooden buildings in the world - across perspectives of archaeology, architecture, architectural history, art history, and religion. The essays aim to shed new light on the Hōryūji complex by (1) examining new archaeological materials, (2) incorporating computer analysis of the structural system of the pagoda, and (3) including cross-cultural, interdisciplinary perspectives that reflect current research in various fields. Beyond the book’s overall design and layout, Field’s contribution, "The Central Core Structural System: A Three-Dimensional Analysis of the Five-Story Pagoda of Hōryūji", uses three-dimensional computer modeling to uncover the mystery of the well known pagoda’s central core post - originally thought to be structurally bearing, but found in 1925 to be rotted away at its base and dangling 4.5 meters above the base stone. Field’s analysis explains the pagoda’s framing and sheds new light on the core post’s function. Hōryūji Reconsidered Edited by Dorothy C. Wong with Eric M. Field (design) Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2008 ISBN: 9781847185679 Monday, August 11, 2008 Class of ‘83 Breaks Records with Reunion Gift At the June Reunion 2008 lunch on Grounds for UVa School of Architecture alumni, a trio of friends celebrating their 25th Reunion listened intently to Dean Karen Van Lengen’s appeal for giving in light of declining state contributions to the University. As the dean explained, rising costs combined with reduced state funding means that financial support from private donations will be critical to advance the top-level academic programming for which the Architecture School is so highly regarded. Stephanie Mashek (BSArch’83) was moved by the dean’s words to make a difference. She spoke with fellow classmates Mary Horst Buchanan and Lisa Gould about working together to challenge all alumni from the School’s Class of 1983 to raise $50,000 in unrestricted funds by the end of the fiscal year. Adding to the challenge was the fact that the end of the fiscal year was only a couple weeks away. To jump start the two week campaign, Mashek, Horst Buchanan, and Gould joined Dean’s Forum, the School’s giving society, with a pledge of $5,000 each across the next five years. Upon returning home, the friends e-mailed the entire class to announce their hopes for a substantial class gift, and to share the challenge, “Please join us in this effort to ensure that all the great memories we have of the A-School will be experienced by future generations, and that its great legacy will endure.” Kim Wong, Assistant Director of Operations and Alumni Relations for the UVa School of Architecture Foundation, who assisted the Class of 1983 in reaching their goal, attributed their success to a vibrant connection to the School and to each other. “All weekend they expressed gratitude to the School for challenging them as students 25 years ago, so when they saw the opportunity to help the students and faculty for five years until their next reunion year, they stepped up and took the challenge,” she said. The UVa School of Architecture Class of 1983 raised $49,500 in just 17 days, for a total 25th Reunion Gift of $59,483. The grand total includes approximately $10,000 raised by Tony Santoro (BSArch’83) in the weeks leading up to Reunion. In a message to the alumni following their remarkable gift, Dean Van Lengen expressed her gratitude, “The money you donated will support new faculty projects, allow for more travel, provide the right supplies and technological advances and give them the tools to better educate our students and the architectural community as a whole. I cannot thank you enough. “This amazing accomplishment is a testament to the generosity and lasting camaraderie of the School of Architecture Class of 1983 and truly exemplifies how one group of people can join together and significantly impact the School,” she said. The Class of 1983 gift contributed greatly to a banner fiscal year 2008 for unrestricted gifts to the UVa School of Architecture Foundation. Tuesday, August 5, 2008 Alumna Appointed Director of Woodlawn and Pope-Leighy House Laurie Ossman was recently appointed as Director of Woodlawn Plantation and Pope-Leighey House, a National Trust Historic Site in Mt. Vernon, Virginia, and will be starting on August 1. Laurie has a broad background in preservation, historic site management and architectural history and most recently served as the Deputy Director at Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami. Her previous positions include Chief Curator, The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum in Palm Beach (Florida), and Curator and Restoration Project Manager, Ca d’Zan, The John & Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota (Florida). She also served in a variety of research and curatorial capacities at The Maryland Historical Society, the HABS/HAER Division of the National Park Service and the Preservation Office of the Old Executive Office Building. Laurie has a Ph.D and a Masters degree in American Architectural History from the University of Virginia, where she interned at Monticello, and an undergraduate degree from Brown University. She is presently completing a book on the historic homes of the South. For more please see the News Archive.	This Week This Month : August In the News Feature Stories Archive Lectures & Symposia Exhibits Podcasts UVa Academic Calendar UVa Events Calendar UVa Student Activities Calendar
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