(l to r) Chris Sorce, Alex Ruhnau, Chris Anderson, architecture professor Mark McGlothlin, and Clay Anderson package the model pieces into a suitcase that will be escorted to Spain by Alex Ruhnau.

Carrying precious cargo

How do you transport a model from Gainesville, Fla., to Madrid, Spain? As a carry-on, of course.

This month, as part of the two-year international competition, the UF Solar Decathlon Team needed to deliver their house model for a workshop in Madrid. After researching the costs for shipping the model, they discovered it was cheaper to send the model on a commercial airline with a team member. So on May 9, Alex Ruhnau boarded a flight with two specially designed carry-ons which housed components of the model.

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DCP Top 3 at ASC Conference

The M.E. Rinker Sr. School of Building Construction hosted the Associated Schools of Construction's 45th Annual International Conference April 1 to 4 in Gainesville. Besides being the host, here are the Top 3 BCN connections to the conference:

1. Keynote speaker Mike Wozney, MBC 1970 and BCN 1966. Wozney is a project executive at Clark Construction Group's Southern Division, managing business development in 12 states. He received the BCN Distinguished Alumnus Award in 1999.
   
2. The ASC's three-day Mechanical Electrical Academic Consortium Workshop, featuring Paul Oppenheim, director of undergraduate programs at the Rinker School (pictured above).
   
3. The ASC was born at UF! On March 19, 1965, 14 representatives from nine universities met at UF and formed the organization. Loys A. Johnson, BCN chair from 1963 to 1973, was the chairman of that historic meeting.
   

Distinguished Alumni

Congratulations to the distinguished alumni award winners for the 2008-2009 school year! Read more about the honorees.

• Architecture
  Glenn Dasher, M.Arch 1987
  Jeet Singh, M.Arch 2004 and ARC 2002 (Young Architects Design Award)
  
• Building Construction
  Timothy A. Good, BCN 1972
• Landscape Architecture
  Michael A. Gilkey, LAE 1999
• Urban and Regional Planning
  Scott Lagueux, MAURP 2002

Interior Design: Call for Nominations
The Department of Interior Design is currently accepting nominations for its 2009 Distinguished Alumni award. Visit the Web site for criteria and a list of past recipients. Email your nominations to Jeannie Summers by July 1, 2009.

Alumni on HGTV

HGTV's Ground Breakers May 2 episode, "A Small Square Backyard Receives a Dramatic Makeover," featured Suzanne R. Barnes (pictured, middle), M.Arch 1985 and ARC 1982, and a $100,000 makeover of her backyard in Orlando's Baldwin Park.

Scott Redmon (pictured, right), LAE 1988, owner and president of Redmon Design Company in Maitland, Fla., was the episode's landscape architect.

Check out the before-and-after photos on the Orlando Sentinel's Web site. The episode, hosted by Justin Cave (pictured, left) will air again June 7 at 7 a.m.

Follow-up: BCN alumni make Fla.'s 1st net-zero energy building a reality

Larry Folsom, BCN 1974, and Timothy Milcich, BCN 1975, of Folsom Construction Inc. in Lakeland were the contractors for the city's new Community First Credit Union, bringing Florida's first source and emissions net-zero energy building to life.

Learn more about the project from Tampa Bay's Fox 13.

Faculty and Alumni Books

	John E. Jarvis Jr., ARC 1962, had his book, The Next Larger Picture, published by the University of West Florida Foundation Inc. The book details his 30-year career as campus planner for UWF as well as the architectural and planning history of the campus. To order, contact vstraughn@uwf.edu.
	Margaret Portillo, chair of the department of interior design, had her new book, Color Planning for Interiors: An Integrated Approach to Color in Designed Spaces, published by Wiley. The book presents an evidence-based approach to color planning. The author sets forth a color planning framework that integrates multiple criteria, enabling the reader to fully consider the complex role that color plays in interior design.
	Doug Seidler, M.Arch 2000 and ARC 1997, is an assistant professor of Interior Design at Suffolk University. He recently had his book, Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual Guide to AutoCAD,published by Fairchild Books. More than 60 universities have adopted the textbook, which was written to create solid connections between hand drawing and digital drawing in AutoCAD.
	Earl M. Starnes, ARC 1951 and URP professor emeritus, and Richard G. RuBino had their book, Lessons Learned? The History of Planning in Florida, published by Sentry Press. The book analyzes the successes and failures of efforts to achieve a balance between competing interests and offers an opportunity to learn from Florida's long and arduous history of planning and growth management.
	Philip Walker, MAURP 1986, had his book, Downtown Planning for Smaller and Midsized Communities, published by the American Planning Association's Planners Press. The book features interviews with planners, officials and citizens and offers practical tips for preserving a sense of place, improving fiscal efficiency, and enhancing quality of life.

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