The Historic Fire Station No. 2 was topped off with a new bell tower, designed by Tom Brown, a senior lecturer in the Division of Interior Architecture at UW-Stevens Point. Now a museum operated by the Portage County Historical Society, the fire station was built in 1885 and is the oldest municipal building in Stevens […]
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A group of second-year interior architecture students from UW-Stevens Point participated in a three-day study tour in Chicago with Prof. Nisha Fernando and Prof. Aaron Kadoch April 12-14. The trip included tours of Frank Lloyd Wright’s Studio and Home in Oak Park, Unity Temple by FLW, Farnsworth House by Mies van der Rohe, Ford Residence […]
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Sometimes students are left to wonder what they can do with a particular major. Third- and fourth-year interior architecture students in Professor Wendy Redeker’s IA 395 (Professional Practice) class were fortunate to explore future careers through research papers focused on “Career Options for Interior Architecture Specialties” during the fall 2011 semester. Students selected a current […]
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Students in the UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture took on community design projects featuring the UWSP Chancellor’s Suite and the Stevens Point Greenhouse Project this semester. Watch the video below to learn more about their projects:
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We are done. Our drawings, boards and project binder have all been turned in. We have presented to our class, professor and two design professionals. Our grades have been posted. And we rocked this project. Our group, consisting of Mandy, Lauren, Jess and myself managed to stay close friends and fully design and create an entire […]
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We have finally made it to Phase 4 of our IA 311 project. THE END IS NEAR!! This phase consists of tweaking, proofreading and tweaking our final technical drawings once again. Our technical drawing packet includes: dimensioned floor plan, coded furniture plan, coded finish plan, elevations, detail drawings, section cuts, lighting plan, reflected ceiling plan, […]
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A design by Stevens Point architect and UWSP Senior Lecture of Interior Architecture Thomas Brown of the Mead Wildlife Area Education and Visitor Center has been honored with the “2011 Green Building Award,” from the WoodWorks Central United States Region this week. WoodWorks is an initiative of the Wood Products Council, which is a cooperative […]
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Hi, my name is Mandy and I am the fourth and final group member. We finished up our phase 2 of final drawings and final selection of materials, ordered samples and then moved onto the next phase. Phase 3, much to our liking, was pounded out very quickly because it only consisted of completing a […]
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Hello everyone! My name is Kate Wilfahrt. That’s Wil-FERT not Wil-FART, don’t be deceived by spelling, I’ve gotten a lot of laughs out of its German origin. I grew up not too far from Stevens Point in Oshkosh, Wis., about an hour east from Stevens Point. I am a double major pursuing my BFA in […]
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Home improvement TV shows are all the rage nowadays. From “Designed to Sell” to “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” these shows highlight the interior design profession. Earlier this semester, the UW-Stevens Point Interior Architecture 301 class (Design Charrette) completed mock plans to redesign a house to sell during a one-day, one-credit class. For Prof. Pat Kluetz, […]
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