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Auburn University College of Architecture, Design and Construction

Create. Design. Build.

CADC offers undergraduate programs in architecture, building construction, environmental design, graphic design, industrial design, interior architecture and landscape architecture. Graduate programs in building construction, industrial design, landscape architecture, and real estate development allow both specialization and integration. In addition, signature pedagogies such as the Rural Studio,

the Urban Studio, and the Center for Construction Innovation and Collaboration are influential, distinguishing features of our academic programs.

06/04/2026

Join us for CADC’s Alumni & Friends Reception in San Diego next Thursday, June 11!

06/01/2026

This May, students from , and traveled to Germany, exploring Berlin, Dessau, Ulm and Munich.

The trip’s itinerary included tours of multiple sites and museums, a Berliner Philharmonic Orchestra concert and visit to the Bauhaus Building in Dessau.

05/29/2026

The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture is launching a new Master of Science in Architecture program, with a focus on Mass Timber Design, starting this month.

The one-year degree program is split into three semesters, with the first cohort of students graduating in May 2027. The first semester will focus on mass timber tectonics, and the second will cover mass timber ecologies. In the final term, the students will complete an externship with a professional firm at the forefront of Mass Timber practice and capstone research project.

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05/28/2026

graduate Aaron Wright ’03 ’04 and graduate Nate Justiss ‘05 first met in elementary school, bonded through years of playing soccer, then reconnected at Auburn University as roommates, where their friendship deepened alongside the foundations of two successful careers.

Their first collaboration came in 2004 when Justiss, founder of award-winning product design company Distil Union, designed the original logo for Wright’s company the Construction Channel, and since then, their collaboration has been less formal but equally meaningful: a decades-long exchange of encouragement, critique and shared ideas. That spirit was renewed earlier this year during a spontaneous trip through Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Tokyo, guided by their self-appointed motto: “No Edits, No Expectations.”

The trip became both reunion and design study that reinforced lessons first sparked at Auburn—stay curious, challenge assumptions and remain open to new ways of thinking—and never let go of the friends made along the way.

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05/26/2026

An interdisciplinary team from Auburn University’s College of Architecture, Design and Construction was awarded $875,000 by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine's Gulf Research Program to help Gulf Coast communities build healthful, resilient and thriving futures.

“Ready to Adapt: Building the Working Rural Coast through Design” is a project focused on rural working coast communities that need resources and tools to adapt to intensifying natural disasters and the socioeconomic disruptions they trigger: rising poverty, housing unaffordability, displacement and poor public health.

The team is being led by the Landscape Infrastructure Design Lab and Rural Studio - Auburn University‘s Front Porch Initiative in partnership with SCAPE. In this next phase, the team aims to deliver implementable design guidance for a partner community while working with the Gulf Research Program and the Bold Solutions Network to identify additional support that can scale the Ready to Adapt approach to other rural working coast communities around the Gulf.

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05/22/2026

Professional athletes are preparing for success through a new collaboration with The Wi******er Institute for Real Estate Development

Developed through Auburn’s Harbert College of Business and the Auburn University College of Architecture, Design and Construction, the program equips professional athletes with the knowledge and tools to explore investments and career opportunities in real estate development through Auburn’s Certificate in Real Estate Development.

The program’s first class recently completed its 10-week curriculum, building a foundation for long-term success beyond their playing careers.

🔗 Read more about the innovative program and its growing impact: https://harbert.auburn.edu/news/2026/05/auburn-providing-nfl-players-an-education-in-real-estate.html

05/08/2026

Two CADC faculty received a 2026 Auburn Author Award for their collaborative book about the design process.

Associate Professor Courtney Windham and Professor Margaret Fletcher were honored for their new book “Discovering the Design Process: Into the Beautiful Mess.”

Congratulations!

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05/07/2026

The School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (APLA) has announced the appointment of Tom Chung as the first Virginia Stephens March Eminent Scholar Endowed Chair.

“As a principal of a women-founded firm, it is very meaningful for me to in a way, carry on the legacy of Virginia Stephens March, who herself was a trailblazer as one of the first licensed women architects in Alabama and a role model for many,” Chung said.

“I am honored that CADC and Dean Finley have entrusted me as the inaugural appointment of the March Chair to set an example in teaching and research of a renewable and more sustainable way to design our built environment and hope to fulfill those expectations.”

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05/04/2026

Join us this June for a CADC Alumni & Friends Reception in San Diego, California!

05/01/2026

Claire Hardin of Auburn, AL, has been selected as the CADC student marshal at Auburn University’s spring 2026 commencement ceremony, scheduled for Saturday, May 2. 🎓

Hardin will receive a Bachelor of Architecture with a minor in Dance. During her time at Auburn, she participated in multiple service opportunities, from mentoring programs and teaching assistant roles within the College to volunteering in her church nursery and at local assisted living homes.

Congratulations! 👏

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Auburn University, AL
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http://cadc.auburn.edu/

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