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  • New Student Chapter of U.S. Green Building Council

    We have just formed a Student Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council.  DCTC is one of a handful of 2-year colleges that has taken this step.  Watch for our G-Team blog in the near future.  Go Green! USGBC Students –

    January 21, 2011 • News • Views: 2096

  • Striving for Green

    Architectural Technology is not the only place on campus where you’ll find an interest in sustainability, going green, and green jobs. In June 2007, DCTC Pres. Ron Thomas signed the American College & University

    January 21, 2011 • News • Views: 2509

  • Cantilevers

    Dezeen’s top ten: cantilevers These are examples of buildings that have large areas projecting horizontally into space and are supported or anchored on only one end (cantilevers).   MVRDV’s Balancing Barn holiday home with a

    January 17, 2011 • News • Views: 3213

  • We Have a Facebook Group

    Did you know that we have a Facebook group?  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/group.php?gid=147270095285961   We are an open group, so no formal invitation is necessary.  Come join us! Drawing by Matt Olson

    January 13, 2011 • News • Views: 2172

  • GreenSource Magazine Highlights Best Green Homes

      Photo by Rothschild Schwartz Architects  Best Green Houses: Grounded Rothschild Schwartz Architects …”We wanted the house to feel like it had always been there, something that had been rooted to the beautiful

    January 13, 2011 • News • Views: 2200

  • Architectural Technology Grad Wins Design Competition

    Public Art Citizen Advisory Committee selects Nicole Ausley to design portable art gallery Nicole Ausley  Nicole Ausley, a 2010 graduate of the Architectural Technology program at Dakota County Technical College, won a design

    January 11, 2011 • News • Views: 2557