The KU School of Architecture & Design (ArcD)
ArcD academic programs, studios, and research centers are driven to meet challenges through relentless creativity and solutions-based design.
Immerse yourself in a creative studio culture and make real work that has real impact while enjoying a one-of-a-kind college experience at KU.
Aspiring architects, designers, creatives, and multidisciplinary leaders form an inclusive community inspired to create what has never been seen and discover solutions the world needs.
Design For Next
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design is building a new hub for learning and collaborative discovery in the heart of campus.
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Alumni spearheading KU’s Gateway District and the School’s new building project. Students win AIA Kansas and AIGA Kansas City awards. Annual career-building event welcomes 40+ firms to campus. Students present at national healthcare design conference. Industrial design students create custom guitars with a combination of digital fabrication and hand assembly. And much more.
Student projects honored in student and professional categories at annual AIA Kansas awards
The KU Department of Architecture dominated student categories at the annual AIA-Kansas Excellence in Design Awards earlier this fall, including two top-prize honor awards. And notably, two student design-build projects were recognized with top-prize honor awards in professional categories.
Submission Call: KU Health & Wellness Design student design competition focused on using principles of nature to create healthy environments
The KU Institute of Health & Wellness Design is sponsoring a student design competition to explore ways nature can enhance human health and well-being in the creation of built environments. Cash prizes of $1,000, $500 and $300 will be awarded to the three top entries. Open to students in all KU architecture and design academic programs.
Five architecture and design students receive KU Libraries art awards
KU Libraries’ LibArt program, a year-round, juried exhibition of student art in library spaces, celebrated its largest-ever display of student artwork and named award recipients at a reception Oct. 28 at Watson Library.
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