Architecture Lecture Series
The Architecture Lecture Series welcomes architectural and experiential design leaders from around the country to the University of Kansas to illuminate new ideas and inspire purpose-driven design practice. Lecturers bring a wide range of expertise in areas such as sustainable building, digital environments, public interest design, historic preservation, health and wellness design, and more.
Spring 2025 Schedule
February 7 | Nader Tehrani, NADAAA
80 + 40
4:30 PM, Marvin Forum
For his contributions to architecture as an art, Tehrani is the recipient of The American Academy of Arts and Letters’ Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize, the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the United States. He is also the recipient of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the National Academy of Design, and the Design Visionary by Cooper Hewitt and the Smithsonian Museum of Design National Design awards. Tehrani is Founding Principal of NADAAA, an interdisciplinary practice with a body of work in infrastructure, urbanism, architecture, and installations. Tehrani is also the former Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at The Cooper Union. The works of Nader Tehrani have been widely exhibited at MOMA, LA MOCA and ICA Boston.
February 24 | Tye Farrow, Farrow Partners
Health & Wellness Symposium
2:00 PM, Jayhawk Welcome Center
Tye Farrow holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto, and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard University. He has gained international recognition for designing places that enhance our capacity to thrive—culturally, economically, mentally and physically. He has initiated a global “Cause Health” movement aimed at raising expectations for design as the basis for total health, which extends beyond environmental sustainability and physical health to encompass our mind health; connects the dots between neuroscience and architecture. Tye’s projects across North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East demonstrate leadership in this visionary quest. He has been invited to present his ideas at leading institutions including the Mayo Clinic and the Cleveland Clinic, as well as venues from Helsinki to Houston. His portfolio includes multiple international awards for designing some of the most technically advanced facilities in the world.
Webinar: https://kansas.zoom.us/j/83062954761 / Passcode: 309500
March 7 | Anne Patterson, University of Kansas
Faculty Spotlight
4:30 PM, Marvin Forum
Born in England and Schooled in Scotland, Anne Patterson lives in Lawrence, Kansas where she teaches Beginning Design at the University of Kansas School of Architecture. She loves her job: opening minds and unlocking the creative potential of students. Beyond that, she is a woman with many interests: Architectural drawing, Hats, Cake decorating, Topiary, Tailoring, Watercolors, Theater Design, Cartography, Gardening, Pianos, Cooking, Soccer, Paper sculpture, Costume Design, Sacred Places, Landscapes, Meat pies, Pop-up models, Magnolia trees, Children's drawings, Dark Beers, Edges, Architecture, and Making memories.
April 4 | Kathy Velikov & Geoffrey Thün , University of Michigan
80 + 40
4:30 PM, Marvin Forum
Kathy Velikov and Geoffrey Thün are Professors of Architecture at the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan where Kathy serves as Associate Dean for Research and Creative Practice, and Geoff serves as Associate Vice President for Research: Social Sciences, Humanities and the Arts. They are founding partners in the research-based practice RVTR. Their design-based research operates across scales from the material to the urban, advancing environmentally, technologically, and socially focused built environments through analysis, prototyping, and visualization for architectural material assemblies and urban infrastructures. Projects engage in a systems-based approach and foreground experience and interaction alongside climate adaptation and resilience. RVTR's projects have been exhibited nationally and internationally and have received multiple awards. Velikov and Thün have published two books (Infra Eco Logi Urbanism, Ambiguous Territory: Architecture, Landscape and the Postnatural), and multiple book chapters and journal articles