"Designing for Good"
By Mary Winstead, Legacy, Fall 2008

Design in the 21st century, Winstead writes, is a "socially conscious discipline that is aiming to improve quality of life, solve problems of global significance, and sustain a healthier world."

Winstead focuses on the college's involvement in the Solar Decathlon, led by architecture student Shengyin Xu; the Metropolitan Design Center's Direct Design Assistance (DDA) program; and the work of architecture students and faculty in the Gulf Coast area following Hurricane Katrina (including a narrated slide show about architecture teaching assistant Catherine Sandlund's efforts).