Selected Alumni Scholarship
WRNS Studio (2010)
"We've had a good start.
Five years ago we set out with the intent to build a studio with common purpose, a place where the most talented could find a home building critical architecture. Well, we started anyway, and we think there was intent...
This is just a snapshot of the beginning, a marker, Let us know what you think of the first five."
Architect John Ruffo (B.Arch 76), FAIA, RIBA, FACHA ,LEED AP, is a Partner at WRNS Studio in San Francisco, CA. WRNS Studio can be obtained at WRNS Studio.
Robert Condia (2009)
"Not Simply Every Sunset Over Eden suggests that imagination can be a terrible thing. Cataloged are 31 complex watercolor illustrations; and 17 Dinner Sketches finger painted in ink, wine and coffee. The designs are small exigent pages made by the hands while under the influence of a poetic will. The images are proposed of an architect’s imagination and interrogated by close inspection. There is poetic intent: that each illustration carry a 3-way burden of face, place, and horizon. A face is what it seems, a mask looking back at you from the page. The invitation of human scale into the scene is making place. A collection which tenders a glimpse into an imagination revealed as illustrated daydreams of poetic caption."
Robert Condia (B.Arch 80), AIA, LEED AP, is Professor at the College of Architecture, Planning & Design, at Kansas State University, and partner and design principal with Condia + Ornelas Architects in Manhattan, KS. Not Simply Every Sunset Over Eden can be purchased at NotSimplyEverySunsetOverEdenLulu.com web page.
100 Hotels + Resorts: destinations that lift the spirit (2008)
"For more than 60 years, the destination firm WATG has not been following trends; it has been setting them. Rejecting the idea that a hotel has to look functional to be functional, WATG has deconstructed the old notions about what made a hotel or resort popular and profitable. WATG stopped seeing architecture as a barrier and rethought it as a strategic interface between the world without and the word within What WATG has taught guest, managers, and investors is that different is better, and that memorable is better still."
Architect Ron van Pelt (B.Arch 1976), AIA, LEED AP, is a principal of the Irvine WATG office. 100 Hotels+ Resorts: destinations that lift the spirit can be purchased at 100HotelsAmazon.com web page.
LPA (2009)
"An excellent insight to one of the most outstanding Architects from California. It's refreshing to see a body of work so well presented."
Architect David J. Gilmore (BS. 1976), AIA, LEED AP, is a principal of the Irvine LPA office. Mainstream Green: Sustainability Design by LPA can be purchased at GreenSchoolPrimerAmazon.com web page.
Lorcan O'Herlihy (2008)
"An excellent insight to one of the most outstanding Architects from California. It's refreshing to see a body of work so well presented."
Architect Lorcan O'Herlihy's (B.Arch 1985 Cal Poly SLO) monograph can be purchased a the LorcanO'HerlilyAmazon. com web page.
Marmol Radziner + Associates:
Between Architecture and Construction (2008)
"Praised as "modernist savants" by the New York Times, Marmor Radziner + Associates has redefined the indoor-outdoor California lifestyle made famous by legendary mid-century modernists such as Richard Neutra and Albert Frey. Their multifaceted projects include not only residential, commercial, and institutional buildings but also mid-century modern restorations, furniture, and prefab home manufacturing. Whether a Hollywood hideaway that floats ethereally over a lush garden or a child-care center for LAX airport employees, each project embodies the philosophy of the firm by integrating finely crafted details with technically inventive modern spaces."
Architects Leo Marmol (B.Arch 1987 Cal Poly SLO) and Ron Radziner's (B.S College of Engineering) monograph can be purchased at the MarmolRadziner+AssociatesAmazon.com web page.
The Passive Solar Primer: Sustainable Architecture (2008)
"Architect David Wright (B.Arch 1964 Cal Poly, SLO) helped pioneer the concept of passive solar architecture, and his thoughts and experiments have helped shape the evolution of solar design throughout the world. His years of exploration are distilled in this comprehensive book, which provides simple graphics and language to illuminate concepts including greenhouse effect, heat storage, surface-to-volume ratio, ventilation, and cooling. Tips, rules-of-thumb, regional characteristics, and many other considerations are presented to help readers, from initial site selection to visionary design. Written for architects, designers, and others who seek to tap the free resources offered by earth and sun, this invaluable tool will help reduce dependence on outside energy sources. You will be inspired."
Architect David Wright's (B.Arch 1964, Cal Poly, SLO) book The Passive Solar Primer: Sustainable Architecture can be purchased at the ThePassiveSolar PrimerAmazon.com web page.
LPA (2005)
"The green building movement is one born of passion—of the desire to make a radical change in the way we think about and design buildings. Just over a decade ago, before we founded the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), a growing awareness of the huge threats posed to our natural world by our built environment made it obvious that radical change was imperative. less obvious was how to make that change happen—we needed a way to turn our passion into the transformation of an entire industry and lead a national consensus on green building, and 12 years later the transformation is well underway. Firms like LPA have been instrumental in that transformation, helping to make "green" an indispensable part of our lexicon..."
Architect David J. Gilmore (BS. 1976), AIA, LEED AP, is a principal of the Irvine LPA office. Mainstream Green: Sustainability Design by LPA can be purchased at MainstreamGreenAmazon.com web page.
LPA (2000)
"At LPA, creating places and spaces that enrich the lives of the people who use them is the foundation of our work. We believe that every building can and should engage itself in a dialogue with the history, beliefs, and needs of a particular place and time.LPA's collaborative process to discover a sense of community is driven by the beliefs and values of our firm: Collaborative Engagement; Context as Abstract Imagery; and Holistic Narrative."
Architect David J. Gilmore (BS. 1976), AIA, LEED AP, is a principal of the Irvine LPA office. LPA: Meaningful places and Spaces by LPA can be purchased at MeaningfulPlacesandSpacesAmazon.com web page.