An archive of past stories featured on the Architecture homepage

February 2008

Architecture Students Study Light and Architecture in Kansas City

On Feb. 15, 2008, students of the Explorations in Architectural Design class, taught by Assistant Professor of Architecture Nancy Chikaraishi, took a field trip to study architecture in Kansas City ...

April 2007

Architecture Students Commissioned to Design New Museum

When the Wilson's Creek Battlefield Foundation needed a new museum, they contacted Hammons School of Architecture for help with the designs, providing second-year architecture students with a golden opportunity for hands-on experience ...

March 2007

Extreme Makeover: Drury Edition

Twenty-five students from the Drury Hammons School of Architecture were invited to participate in an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build in Murfreesboro, Arkansas last month ...

Sustainable Habitat Project Still on Target

Drury's efforts to achieve sustainability have extended beyond the campus and the resulting collaboration with Habitat for Humanity to produce a sustainable structure for a local family is progressing nicely ...

February 2007

Challenges and Achievements: The Road to Sustainability

On Wednesday, February 28 at 1 p.m., Drury will sponsor guest speaker Don Moseley, special projects engineer for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. In his presentation “The Continuing Evolution of Sustainable Facilities at Wal-Mart,” Moseley addresses the corporation's ongoing aim to achieve sustainability in establishments across the nation ...

September 2006

Vintage Architecture

"Use this trip as an opportunity to work on sketching and observing skills. The wine region of northern California has a unique culture" ...

April 2006

Interesting Internships

One will research salmon behavior in Alaska. Another will research medicine in the world-famous Mayo Clinic. Two will study architecture in Japan ...

March 2006

Drury University Habitat for Humanity Chapter Plans Sustainable House Project

Drury University students are partnering with Springfield's Habitat for Humanity to build a house that will incorporate “sustainable” construction features for an environmentally friendly home ...

February 2006

Support Habitat for Humanity and Take it Easy During 12th Annual Beaux Arts Ball

The 12th annual Beaux Arts Ball and Charity Auction brings together arts, food and fashion to support a good cause ...

August 2005

“Extreme Makeover” visits the Ozarks; Drury Students Help

When Lindsay Barcomb received a phone call saying that she was selected to be a part of ABC's hit reality show, “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” she was in shock ...

July 2005

Drury Students Immerse Themselves in Japanese Culture During Trip

When Dr. Hue Ping Chin approached the dean about the possibility of creating a study abroad program to Japan, his first reaction was, "Why not China?" Because, Dr. Chin says, students can be themselves in Japan ...

November 2005

A Greener Student Center

Since last spring, architects have been designing a new $20 million student center to replace the aging Findlay Student Center on campus ...

March 2005

Re-inventing the Wheel

Trying to gain an understanding of how those with disabilities deal with architectural spaces and how those spaces help or hinder progress, Drury architecture students can be seen rolling around campus in wheelchairs ...

January 2005

Learning to Build, Sustainably, from the Ground Up

When Alison Buckley started her community studio work at Drury University's Hammons School of Architecture, she knew it was going to be different from her other classes. She had a client: The City of Springfield ...

Drury Architecture Students Present to City Council

Architecture students have recently, spent their time doing new things—making presentations to the Springfield City Council, for instance. Their client, the city’s Department of Planning and Development, requested that the students present their projects to the council and explain their recent efforts ...

June 2003

Designing A Memory

A team of students and faculty members from Drury’s Hammons School of Architecture has submitted a design concept for the World Trade Center memorial ...

April 2002

Students Practice Hands-on Architecture

Second year architecture students at Drury's Hammons School of Architecture are learning more than how to design structures - they're learning how to build them ...