{"449231":{"#nid":"449231","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Architecture professors named best architect by Creative Loafing","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ECreative Loafing\u0027s \u0022Best of Atlanta: Cityscape\u0022 gave the Critic\u0027s Choice award for \u0022Best Architect\u0022 to BLDGS, an Atlanta architecture firm founded by two Georgia Tech School of Architecture professors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDavid Yocum and Brian Bell founded BLDGS in 2006 and have transformed buildings in Atlanta from midtown to Sandy Springs.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cTeaching at the School of Architecture has been pivotal to our development as a firm in Atlanta,\u0022 said Yocum. \u0022As Professors of Practice we are able to move fluidly from professional work in the office, to the discourse and dialogue of the studio classroom, with each setting richly informing the other.\u0026nbsp; This is especially important when we are involved in projects on the campus of Georgia Tech itself.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EYocum and Bell aim to use their buildings as teaching tools for their students, since they are \u0022examples of the varied opportunities and complex challenges of contemporary architecture, right at the doorstep of the studio,\u0022 said Bell.\u0026nbsp; The new Caddell Building, home of Georgia Tech\u0027s School of Building Construction is just such an example, he said.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022During construction we were able to take our students through the building in the midst of the work and at the conclusion, discussing both broad goals and the smallest of construction details.\u0026nbsp; It is precisely this kind of educational interaction in the setting of professional practice that challenges us, and empowers our students to develop the creativity and skills necessary for their own careers.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESee the full story \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/clatl.com\/atlanta\/the-well-built-environment-best-architect\/BestOf?oid=15353147\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"David Yocumm and Brian Bell, professors of practice for the School of Architecture and partners in the BLDGS architecture firm, praised in Creative Loafing."}],"uid":"27803","created_gmt":"2015-09-17 15:34:33","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:33","author":"Ann Hoevel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"449171":{"id":"449171","type":"image","title":"BLDGS","body":null,"created":"1449256264","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:11:04","changed":"1475895189","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:53:09","alt":"BLDGS","file":{"fid":"203284","name":"bldgs.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bldgs_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bldgs_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":30350,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bldgs_0.jpg?itok=Hz8emJN-"}}},"media_ids":["449171"],"groups":[{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"}],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39531","name":"Energy and Sustainable Infrastructure"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}