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Department of Architecture Scholarships

Each year the Department of Architecture administers over $320,000 in scholarships and fellowships awarded to approximately 150 deserving undergraduate and graduate students. All Department of Architecture students in good academic standing may compete for the scholarships and fellowships. A Department of Architecture scholarship committee comprised of program coordinators, faculty, and professionals review all scholarship applications and rank them according to…

Department of Construction Science Scholarships

The Department of Construction Science is very fortunate to have numerous scholarships available for its students. In 2022-2023, the department awarded about 245 scholarships worth over $475,000. Any student in good standing is eligible to compete for these scholarships. To be considered for a construction science scholarship, students should submit the University Scholarship Application for Continuing Students.

Pointe du Hoc

The historical study the CHC did at Pointe du Hoc is composed of four distinct parts: (1) Surveying and recording of the historic structures, site, and site features, (2) Tilt meter installation and data collection, (3) Analysis of the cliff edge through survey and historic photographs, and (4) Laser scanning of cliffs and site surrounding the Observation Post. Though operation…

Sharrock-Niblo Farmstead

When the Niblo property was recently sold for housing development, the City of Dallas required that the limestone escarpment it was built upon be retained as city land, and was thus able to protect the buildings remaining on the site. These buildings may well be two of the oldest on their original sites within the city: a two-crib log barn…

San Ygnacio Project

In the late 1970s, inspired by the land, culture, and resources of Texas and Mexico, artist Michael Tracy took up residence in a three-room sandstone house in the historic village of San Ygnacio in the borderlands along the Rio Grande near Laredo. In this crucible of heat and cold, Tracy’s work flourished and he became a part of the fabric…

Raiford L. Stripling Collection

Raiford L. Stripling (1910-1990) was a 1931 graduate of the A&M College of Texas. After graduation he worked with College Architect Frederick E. Giesecke and staff architect Samual Charles Phelps Vosper and with the National Park Service in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with NPS staff member Charles E. Peterson, an opportunity that introduced him to the analytical examination of vernacular…

Disaster Housing Recovery Planning

Disasters often affect the housing stock of a community. Housing units from single-family homes to multifamily complexes may be destroyed or made uninhabitable for an extended period of time, leaving many residents in need of interim housing as well as long-term housing options. Housing is a basic need for post-disaster resettlement to help residents recover and bring a form…

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church

With St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church’s centennial approaching, the parish wanted a set of measured drawings documenting the historic structure for its archives. The 2008 summer ARCH647 class took on the project, spending the ten-week session surveying and drawing the church in downtown Bryan, Texas. The first week of class was used to develop a set of rough field drawings that…

School of Architecture Spring 2023 Dean’s List

Spring 2023 School of Architecture students who made the dean's list.

Bastrop Cabin

The Center for Heritage Conservation at Texas A&M proposed the following work to be completed on historic Cabin #6, and completed the work in January of 2010. Scope of Work: Perform laser scans of the exterior of Cabin #6 to produce a point cloud sufficient to produce a transverse and a longitudinal section. The scans will be coupled with survey…