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Experiencing the Architecture of Chicago

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Students from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture spent three days experiencing the architecture of Chicago that has influenced and reflected the history of American architecture April 18-20. [Photo Gallery] The group of 28 students from IA 393 (Comprehensive Design Study Tour) toured Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio in Oak Park, visited […]

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Life is a Highway

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Through the words of the song Life is a Highway, “Life’s like a road that you travel on. There’s one day here and the next day gone.” Time continues to fly as I travel on life’s highway toward the rest stop called “graduation”. While enjoying the ride, I love to look in the rearview mirror […]

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Buchmann named UWSP Student Employee of the Year

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The College of Professional Studies at UW-Stevens Point prides itself on being proactive, resourceful, connected and caring. That is epitomized in our students, including dean’s assistant for design Meg Buchmann who was selected as the 2012-13 UW-Stevens Point Student Employee of the Year. “I’m in awe of the work Meg has done for us,” said […]

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Using Whole Trees in Architecture

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What building material is a self-replicating carbon nano-fiber as strong as steel, sequesters carbon, and cleans the environment while it is being produced? Stumped? Its production also provides habitat to over half of earth’s species and is likely being made in your neighborhood? The answer is wood. [Photo Gallery] The UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior […]

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IA alumna receives state design award

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A UW-Stevens Point interior architecture alumna has been honored for designing an alternative to home care for low-income seniors and people with disabilities. Kristy Yang ’99 received a Wisconsin Chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Gold Award for her work in health care design at the 37th Annual ASID Celebration in Design […]

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Solving Problems in Architecture

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Redesigning spaces for real clients in the community, students in the interior architecture program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point not only gain valuable experience, but also leave a lasting impact. Students in Associate Lecturer Wendy Redeker’s IA 415 Problems in Architecture worked in groups on two projects this semester: Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church in Plover […]

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IA and iPads

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Students in interior architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point put a new spin on finger painting. Prof. Kathleen Julin introduced the iPad app Brushes to her Architectural Watercolor (IA 331) class and the creative juices started flowing. [Photo Gallery] By simply taking a photo of their artwork with an iPad, students could edit and […]

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The final countdown

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In my final few months left at UW-Stevens Point I have laid awake many nights thinking about my time here–truly I have. I do not think much about the horrible classes I took, the ones I skipped or the times I excelled. I have mostly been thinking about who I was when I came here […]

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Drawing inspiration from Yo-Yo Ma

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College is time for experiences that last a lifetime. For Carolyn Matthews, a fourth-year interior architecture student at UW-Stevens Point, that once-in-a-lifetime experience came in the form of world-renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma. Yo-Yo Ma and the Silk Road Ensemble visited UWSP Oct. 15-18, 2012, as part of the Sentry Insurance Invitation to the Arts in […]

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Kluetz earns ASID Honorable Mention

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Prof. Pat Kluetz, who retired from the UWSP Division of Interior Architecture at the end of the 2011-12 school year, is adding one more award to her collection. Kluetz was named Honorable Mention National ASID Faculty Advisor of the Year. The ASID Student Chapter Awards are given to outstanding student members and chapters responsible for […]

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