In The News: School of Architecture

A 性视界传媒 team took third place in a U.S. Department of Energy challenge to design and build a home powered by solar energy.
A student team from the University of Colorado-Boulder won the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge.
性视界传媒 students were racing to put the finishing touches on Mojave Bloom, a 628-square-foot home they鈥檝e built from scratch for the U.S. Department of Energy鈥檚 international 2020 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The biennial contest challenges colleges worldwide to design, construct and operate homes powered by renewable energy.

性视界传媒 is defining the idea of powerhouse, in terms of both dominance in a global home design contest and literally powering houses.

Helping build a small house powered by renewable energy was a life-changing experience for 性视界传媒 student Alejandro Munoz.

性视界传媒 students are building an energy efficient home that they designed as part of the Solar Decathlon project.

The walls of this house have sound-absorbing panels and multiple layers of thermal insulation. The home was designed to muffle jarring outside sounds and prevent disturbing echoes from bouncing off the interior walls.

Some of the best future architects in the world could be living right here in Las Vegas.
Nearly one year into the coronavirus pandemic, many architects believe COVID-19鈥檚 impact on building design may be set in stone.

Every fall, color experts and paint manufacturers reveal an exclusive color of the year. In the recent past, you could count on seeing a lot of grays and some attempts at finding the perfect accent for them. But after an unprecedented 2020, the 2021 selections are all over the board: red, blue, green, gold and more.

If you鈥檝e found yourself wistfully staring out of the window daydreaming of flower-filled fields as you wait for your sourdough to rise, you鈥檙e not the only one. This whole 鈥渟helter-at-home鈥 thing has gotten a lot of us rethinking what home and shelter really means to us.

So many millennials are working from home. But it鈥檚 hard to spend money on a place we don鈥檛 own.