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Marquart takes over as head of Interior Architecture

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Katja Marquart was appointed as the associate dean and department head of the UW-Stevens Point Division of Interior Architecture, announced College of Professional Studies Dean Marty Loy. Marquart, an associate professor, has been at UWSP since 2005. She replaces Nisha Fernando, who is allocating her time to research. “It is an honor to be able […]

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Brown designs new bell tower at historic firehouse

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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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Interior Architecture students experience the designs of Chicago

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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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Exploring career options for Interior Architecture specialties

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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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We are done

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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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The end is near!

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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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IA faculty member earns Green Building Award

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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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Phase 3: Project Manual

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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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Phase 2 Begins!

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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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