Dak Kopec (Architecture) just returned from Prague in the Czech Republic and Vilnius in Lithuania where he delivered invited presentations. In Prague he spoke to more than 200 people for the European Federation of Psychology Students Associations on the importance of design within the psychosocial therapeutic process. He then flew to Vilnius to…

Alberto de Salvatierra (Architecture), working in conjunction with undergraduate student Carley Pasqualotto (Architecture), was selected as a finalist in the 10th Non Architecture Competition: Dying. Their speculative design, "Project OSSuary," calls for the design and construction of Orbital Space Stations (OSS) in low-Earth orbit within the…

Iman Ansari (Architecture) wrote a review of the CCA Channel, which was published in the latest issue of Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. CCA Channel is the YouTube channel of the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), an international research institution based in Montreal. The review discusses the CCA Channel…

Kendall Marsh, Dafne Odette, and Michael Sagun (all Architecture) pushed Top Tier initiatives through the presentation of original research at Clemson University’s International Nursing Conference for Excellence in Healthcare Design. Odette and Sagun presented on the development of an experimental memory-strengthening and enhancement device…

Ray Cho (Hospitality) and Glenn Nowak (Architecture) were recently awarded a mini grant for their proposed cross-disciplinary project, Hospitality Design - Professional Project w/ Professionals' Assessments. The grant was awarded by the office of the vice provost for academic programs. 

Iman Ansari (Architecture) is featured in the latest issue of Memari Ma journal. The Winter 2019 issue includes an interview with Iman Ansari on architectural education and pedagogy, with an image of ZERO.GRAVITY featured on the cover. Ansari's ZERO.GRAVITY, a project done for NASA JPL, was also exhibited at UNLV campus…

Alberto de Salvatierra (Architecture), working in conjunction with undergraduate students David Douglas (Landscape Architecture), Carley Pasqualotto (Architecture), and Kyle Saca (Architecture), was selected as a finalist in the 8th Non Architecture Competition: Learning. Their design, "UniverCITY," which called for the redensification of UNLV's…

Iman Ansari's (Architecture) work is a part of a new exhibition, the Impermanent Collection, at A+D Museum in Los Angeles. The impermanent collection is the A+D’s translation of a museum shop. It was conceived of as a means of creating a space where the lines between art and commodity can be blurred and dabbled with. The…

Iman Ansari (Architecture) has written a chapter, "Nature Versus Denture: An Ontology of Dental Prostheses," which has been published by Routledge as a chapter in a new book by titled Architecture and Anthropology, edited by Adam Jasper. This book attempts to locate the various points of departure that might be taken in a…

Attila Lawrence (Architecture) is one of the experts quoted in the article "A Habitat for Health" that appears in the online publication "Builder." He has done translational research that operationalizes the positioning of interior design as a therapeutic modality to support health and well-being. Progressive developers and home builders embrace…

Iman Ansari (Architecture) presented at the LoopTransport 2018 Conference. Organized by Hyperloop Advanced Research Partnership (HARP), as the first HARP International Conference on Hyperloop Transportation and Related Technologies, the conference aimed to initiate and facilitate communication between scientists with expertise in areas related to…

Iman Ansari (Architecture) is featured in the latest issue of Scraper Magazine. The interview with Ansari focuses on the work of his office, AN.ONYMOUS. Viewing at LA as a "magnetic metropolis," the issue, "Loaded Los Angeles," "takes an intimate look at the lives of the artists and architects that make the city so stunning."