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After years of research and development contributed by over 100 Virginia Tech students and faculty, the FutureHAUS Dubai team has officially built the world’s best solar home. The lone American team earned a first-place victory over 14 other selected teams and more than 60 total entrants of the 2018 Solar Decathlon Middle East, a competition […]

The home of the future is at its temporary residence in the desert — and the Virginia Tech students and faculty who built it are awaiting the results. FutureHAUS Dubai, the innovative, interdisciplinary, and ambitious project to design and build a futuristic, modular smart home, is the lone American team currently competing against 14 other […]

The International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) at Virginia Tech is issuing an open call to women architects worldwide to submit a seminal design or drawing to the university’s historical collection. The campaign, dubbed “A Seminal Piece,” is the latest in the IAWA’s three-decades-long effort to capture and preserve the contributions of women in architecture who […]

  “Social Commentary,” an exhibit by professor emeritus of architecture, Donald Sunshine, was on display in Cowgill Hall lobby this past week.  Watercolor paintings and his pen and ink sketchbooks combined to showcase innovative perspectives of big events from our country’s past and present that are meaningful to not only Donald, but to many others. “This […]

After many late nights, research, hard labor, and coffee runs, the FutureHAUS is complete! The competition called the Solar Decathlon is being held in Dubai from November 14th-29th, 2018. After winning the top collegiate prize for the world’s best solar house in 2010, Virginia Tech is planning to do it again this year. Virginia Tech […]

Ruiz-Geli says his new job at Virginia Tech is the logical next step in his career, allowing him to work with future generations of architects, designers, engineers, construction managers, and policymakers to reduce one of the planet’s most significant threats. […]

The journal, which is set to publish again this spring, covers democratic issues, including public policy, collective action, and physical or social infrastructure. […]

Now in its sixth year, winter session offers classes online, on-campus, and through an abroad experience at both the international and domestic levels. […]

Connor Mulligan, Timothy Cosby, Sydney Grace Miller, and Shafe Ahmed are the 2018-2019 University Innovation Fellows. The program, run by Stanford University's d.school, involves students globally who strive to make changes on their campuses and in their communities. […]

More than 85 alumni, students, and friends came together in the United Arab Emirates to meet fellow Hokies living in the Middle East and cheer on Virginia Tech's FutureHAUS team. […]

The double major has joined art with technology to make her vision come to life on stage. […]

Ralph Buehler, associate professor in urban affairs and planning, talks about how transportation played a key role in Amazon choosing Northern Virginia as a place for its headquarters. […]

Through collaboration and engagement, AAI is helping academic advisors serve students through identifying and cultivating informational, conceptual, relational and technological components of their practice. […]

After years of research and development contributed by over 100 Virginia Tech students and faculty, the FutureHAUS Dubai team has officially built the world’s best solar home. […]

In September, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded Virginia Cooperative Extension $1,099,260 to expand training on opioid prevention. The grant builds upon two current USDA-funded Cooperative Extension projects to expand training and technical assistance on opioid prevention to additional rural counties in the commonwealth. […]

Steve Hankey, assistant professor of urban affairs and planning at Virginia Tech, has developed a unique way to track air pollution by biking around town. […]

FutureHAUS Dubai, an innovative, interdisciplinary, and ambitious project to design and build a futuristic, modular smart home, is the lone American team competing against 14 other university teams at the Solar Decathlon Middle East in Dubai. […]