Architecture Students Judged Tops in Bayer Stone Competition

Thursday, October 25th, 2007

Four architecture students received top honors in the recent Bayer Stone Competition, held by the Kansas State University Department of Architecture.

Selected to receive first place and $1000 was Jill Maurer, Topeka, Kansas. Second place and $500 went to Jesse Husmann, Plainville, Kansas. Jason Rivera, Vero Beach, Florida, was selected to receive third place and $100. Honorable mention and $50 went to LaQuita Jackson, Grandview, Missouri. All are in their second year of architecture studies in K-State’s College of Architecture, Planning and Design.

Sponsored by Bayer Stone of St. Mary’s, Kansas, the 2007 project program asked students to design a small, theoretical limestone plaza to be placed on the K-State campus. The project, “The Plaza of the Consummate Pedagogue,” was to honor teachers and the tradition of academic excellence, as evidenced by the number of Rhodes, Marshall and Truman scholars from K-State.

While they were working on the two-week studio project, all second-year architecture students spent a day working with masons and building a stone wall at Pottorf Hall in Manhattan’s CiCo Park.

Each of four studios selected two projects to be considered for award. Studio faculty included Professors Robert Condia, Miriam Neet, Susanne Siepl-Coates and Don Watts.

Competition jurors included David Reed, David Reed Landscape Architects, San Diego, California; Jeff Chaffee, Master Landscape Inc., Manhattan; and Professor Matthew Knox, K-State Department of Architecture.

Fifth-year architecture students in Professor Matt Knox’s studio also used the project as the subject of videos they developed. Receiving a “RACSO” (Oscar spelled backwards) for the best film was the team of Lauren Anderson, Liberty, MO; Colette Hamilton, Kansas City, MO; and Jamie Hayes, Colorado Springs, Colorado.

At the end of the project, the competition entries were displayed, videos viewed and prize winners announced at a reception sponsored for the students and faculty by Bayer Stone.

For more information, contact:
Robert Condia, 785.532.1106
Diane Potts, 785.532-1090