DCP members of Team Florida stand inside FLeX House on the construction site outside The Beck Group office in Tampa on August 18, 2011. Left to right: Krista Farmer (senior, IND), Julie Emminger (master's student, IND), Eduardo Lam (master's student, IND), Robert Ries (interim director and professor, BCN), Maruja Torres-Antonini (associate professor and graduate coordinator, IND), Nam-Kyu Park (assistant professor, IND), Melissa Sheppard (senior, IND).

Team Florida introduces FLeX House

A group of DCP students and others from Team Florida, a collaboration of four major Florida research universities, unveiled their entry for the 2011 Solar Decathlon this month in Tampa. FLeX House, a flexible modular, pre-fabricated building system that can adapt easily to different site situations and resident needs, was devised from a partnership between students and faculty from UF, USF, FSU and UCF for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011.

> View photo slideshow of FLeX House and Team Florida

> Check out Team Florida's website

Roy Graham receives the Carl Weinhardt Award

Linda Stevenson, UF Ph.D. Historic Preservation student, pins a boutonniere on Roy Eugene Graham, FAIA, prior to receiving the Carl Weinhardt Award.

Roy Eugene Graham, FAIA, Beinecke-Reeves Distinguished Professor in DCP's Historic Preservation Program, received the Carl Weinhardt Award in May as part of the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation's 2011 Statewide Preservation Awards Program. The award acknowledges an individual's lifelong achievements and leadership in state and national preservation arenas and was presented at the Preservation Awards Ceremony at the organization's annual meeting in Winter Park, Fla. During spring and summer 2011, Graham has been working on a research initiative to add St. Augustine's Castillo de San Marco to the World Heritage List, a project funded by a Faculty Enhancement Opportunity grant from the University of Florida provost. Graham serves as director of the Center for World Heritage Research and Stewardship and served as director of the DCP's Historic Preservation Program from 2003 until 2011.

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Department of Interior Design earns reaccreditation

Dr. Margaret Portillo, professor and chair of the Department of Interior Design, is pleased to announce that the CIDA commission has re-accredited DCP's interior design program for six years. "Thanks to all the support from students, faculty, alumni and friends of the program during this intensive process," Portillo said.

Left to right: Breck A. Weingart, John V. Carlson, Domenic E. Scorpio, and Brian Leslie

Charles Perry and PPI join forces

Two big names in the construction industry and longtime contracting affiliates Charles Perry Construction, Inc., and PPI Construction Management have joined forces to become Charles Perry Partners, Inc. (CPPI). This makes CPPI the fourth largest Florida-based general contracting and construction management firm with revenues of $202 million, according to ENR Southeast magazine's latest survey.

Founded by Charles R. "Chuck" Perry, BCN 1960, and operated separately since 1968 and 1993, respectively, under the ownership of Principals Breck A. Weingart, BCN 1980, John V. Carlson, Domenic E. Scorpio, BCN 1998, and Brian Leslie, BCN 1994, the companies have long shared estimating/cost management staff, with CPC offering general contracting and design-build services and PPI offering construction management services.

The companies specialize in commercial, educational, healthcare, governmental and institutional construction, with a client list that includes HCA, the University of Florida, Santa Fe College, the University of Central Florida, University of North Florida, University of South Florida, as well as other colleges, K-12 school districts, and state and local governments.

Faculty books

Dr. Margaret Portillo, professor and chair of the Department of Interior Design, has written a new book titled, "Design Thinking for Interiors: Inquiry, Experience, Impact" released by John Wiley & Sons. According to the publisher, the book "brings interior design theory and research to life utilizing a narrative inquiry approach that offers highly accessible coverage of the interior design world as it exists today" and looks "at real-life stories that demonstrate what makes a memorable design, coupled with illustrations and drawings to further illustrate these concepts." Portillo said that her new publication goes beyond form and function to reveal "six key markers defining memorable design, emphasizing the experience and perceptions of those who engage in the space and demystifying the design process." To promote the book, Portillo will be giving a virtual guest lecture on October 12 (3 p.m. EST) this fall in the Wiley Faculty Virtual Guest Lecture Series.

Guy Peterson | Office for Architecture to be featured in book

Guy Peterson, M.Arch 1978, adjunct professor for the School of Architecture, will be featured in the upcoming hardcover book 50 US Architects: Residential & Planning, slated for publication in winter 2011. Guy Peterson | Office for Architecture was selected to represent Florida in the book, which features the residential and planning work of talented architects practicing throughout the United States.

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