North Carolina's Piedmont Triad Region could soon establish a new school of architecture thanks to some help from a FAMU professor.FAMU School of Architecture Dean Rodner Wright is co-directing a consulting team that will examine the feasbility of bringing an architecture program to the area. His services were requested by the Piedmont Triad Partnership, an economic development alliance that represents the more than 1.5 million residents in the Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point metros.
"Our industry leaders have difficulty finding fully- trained architects in our region and the prospects for developing a pipeline are slim," says Margaret Collins, Piedmont Triad Partnership's Creative Enterprises and the Arts Director.
Wright’s expertise will be particularly helpful since the proposed architecture school would likely attract large numbers of students from nearby HBCUs such as North Carolina A&T, Bennett College, and Winston-Salem State. There’s also the possibility that the new school could be run by a HBCU.
The consulting team is scheduled to make recommendations in mid-May.