Cal Poly Pomona’s Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies will research nanotechnology-based thermochromic materials that coat buildings in order to help them perform better under the stresses of climate change. The research will be funded by a $26,000 grant shared with…
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Ray Kappe, FAIA, the founding chair of the Department of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona and the founding director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), died Nov. 21. He was 92. Kappe left an indelible mark in Southern…
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The Cal Poly Pomona Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies is commemorating its 25 years and the legacy of founding director John T. Lyle with a series of sustainability-themed public events throughout October. Located on 16 acres, the Lyle Center was…
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The 2018 wildfire season was the deadliest and most destructive on record in California, according to CAL FIRE. Yet, after almost every wildfire, a house survives, somehow protected from the flames that consumed its neighbors. Douglas Kent, an adjunct professor…
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The campus community is invited to a public workshop on Monday, Oct. 7 to provide feedback on a proposed redesign of the Neutra Plaza in front of Building 7. Lecturer Keiji Uesugi’s third-year landscape architecture design studio is collaborating with…
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For his first solo exhibition, visual communication design student Ethan Moll wants you to experience synesthia – that peculiar condition in which one of the five senses is simultaneously perceived by at least one other. Design student Ethan Moll. Rhythm & Hues is…
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To mark September’s Hispanic Heritage Month, Architecture Professor Luis Hoyos highlights eight architectural sites in the West that are significant to Latino culture and history. Hoyos is a member of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation that advises Congress and…
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The urban and regional planning graduate program (MURP) in the College of Environmental Design secured top national rankings in the latest edition of “Planetizen Guide to Urban Planning Programs.” The Department of Urban & Regional Planning has the distinction of…
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Professor Lauren Weiss Bricker has been appointed interim dean of the College of Environmental Design following the retirement of Michael Woo. Her one-year appointment begins Aug. 19. Bricker, a professor of architecture for 20 years, is the current director of…
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Michael Woo, the first urban planner, the first Asian American and second-longest-serving dean of the College of Environmental Design, is retiring after 10 years of service. Lauren Bricker, professor of architecture and director of the ENV Archives-Special Collections, begins her…
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