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Architecture students

[dropcap]C[/dropcap]ommitment to research, community partnerships, and the mantra “reuse, rebuild, return” vaulted a team of Ball State architecture students over the competition in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Race to Zero competition held in April. This is the second year in a row that College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) teams have placed in the competition; last year a team […]

Healthy Autism Design Lab

Inside a quiet room on the Ball State University campus, 5-year-old Camden wrinkles up his nose and frowns at the ceiling, looking for the source of a sudden noise. A few seconds later he’s back at play, seemingly untroubled, but on the other side of the darkened glass, autism researcher Shireen Kanakri closely watches the scene. Minutes […]

A portrait of Leonna Huddleston

[dropcap]L[/dropcap]eonna Huddleston started drawing at age 5 by tracing coloring books with her brother at their home in Indianapolis. Now a freshman at Ball State University, she loves drawing so much, she does it in her free time. Eventually, she hopes use her architecture major and business minor to start her own architectural firm, where […]

A professor and three students admire plants growing in a large wooden box.

The Maring-Hunt Library Community Garden is a resource to a Muncie neighborhood, so students partnered to design an enhanced space.

A library employee poses for a photo in front of a colorful wall with a mural of words.

Alumna Akilah Nosakhere returns home to work for the Muncie Public Library and partners with two immersive learning classes to help the community.

An architecture student builds a shelter she designed during a recent trip she and other students took to California's Death Valley

College of Architecture students tackle the challenge of creating a shelter that’s portable, easy to assemble and can keep people safe in extreme environments.

Ball State architecture Professor Timothy Gray is seen inside a mobile greenhouse.

An architecture professor and 17 students undertake the project to extend the growing season of a sustainable 1-acre plot in Indianapolis.