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SoA Wins the 33rd Annual AIA Sandcastle Awards

This past Saturday, August 24th, 2019, the 33rd annual American Institute of Architecture Sandcastle Competition was held at East beach Galveston, TX.  Our students were there representing the school of Architecture. They chose to commemorate recently passed architect I.M. Pei’ who designed the new addition of the iconic Louvre museum building in Paris. Altogether, 50 teams of [...]

SoA Wins the 33rd Annual AIA Sandcastle Awards2019-12-15T15:04:42-06:00

Architecture Professor Inspires Students to be World Changers, One Design at a Time

When Assistant Professor of Architecture Shelly Pottorf left ‘Corporate America’ five years ago to begin her teaching career at Prairie View A&M University, she sought out to make a difference. “Before I came to PVAMU, I was an architect who was solely in professional practice for 15 years,” said Pottorf. “I was working in a [...]

Architecture Professor Inspires Students to be World Changers, One Design at a Time2019-12-15T15:04:43-06:00

School of Architecture Professor Shares Love of Art with Students

Prairie View A&M University Assistant Professor of Practice Ann Johnson is a practicing visual artist who continually has her work featured in art exhibitions across the country. She also curates numerous art exhibitions and is an annual national fine arts judge for NAACP Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics or ACT-So. "Most recently, I chaired [...]

School of Architecture Professor Shares Love of Art with Students2019-12-15T15:04:43-06:00