Seeking an alternative to FEMA trailers after the next climate catastrophe visits Houston’s historically segregated neighborhoods, students in the School of Architecture at Prairie View A&M University designed a single-family accessory dwelling unit that was selected as a winner in the student category of the City of Houston ADU|HOU Design Competition.

Prairie View A&M University senior Terrence McCaskey, Jr., has solid advice for students entering their college career at Texas’s most renowned HBCU: “Please network even if you’re introverted—trust me, I am too,” said McCaskey, a double major in the School of Architecture at PVAMU. “Networking can be the determining factor between you landing an internship over another

Tiffany D. Thomas ‘08 could barely hide her excitement when she learned she would receive the UNCF’s John and Drucie Chase Young Builders Award, which annually honors a leader in education.

Garnett Johnson, who is on the verge of earning her master’s degree in community development from Prairie View A&M University, has been appointed assistant director of community and economic development for the city of Marshall, Texas. Johnson’s full-time role began just as she was entering her final month in the School of Architecture.

A trio of Prairie View A&M University architecture students recently took second place in a statewide student architectural design competition. Alexis Adjorlolo, Jimena Duran Castellanos and Carlos Manuel Vivero, led by faculty advisors William Batson and Stephen Song, won a cash prize and invaluable exposure during the 16th annual Gulf Coast Green Symposium, which AIA Houston hosted virtually.

William Batson was a master’s degree candidate at Ohio State University when he first visited Isthmia, Greece. Twenty-six years later, the Prairie View A&M University School of Architecture (SOA) associate professor returned to Greece, joined by Yunsik Song, director of the SOA’s Fabrication Center. In tow, PVAMU’s state-of-the-art 3D laser scanner.

In this week’s episode (Season 2 Episode 3) of Around Texas with Chancellor John Sharp, we visit the tree-lined campus and Prairie View A&M University to see how it is being reborn under the leadership of President Ruth Simmons. We also meet a student-designer from Prairie View A&M University and some construction science students from

As befits a new Master of Architecture, Yesenia Davila has methodically designed a career during her years at Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Davila came to PVAMU in 2015 from her hometown of Houston, the first member of her family to attend college. She graduated in May 2020 with undergraduate degrees in architecture and construction science

When Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) graduate student Kennedy Wallace was in middle school, she already had her sights set on college. Although she was interested in a career in photography, a chance meeting with a historic preservation representative from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) shifted her focus to a new world

Brooke Meshack is building on a solid foundation—literally, since she’s an architecture student. A native of Dallas, Meshack will be receiving her bachelor’s of science in architecture and construction science — a double major – this spring from Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU). Meshack plans to work in sustainable or “green” architecture.