News
Thu, 12/05/2024
Authors show how health care can revive small downtowns
A KU School of Architecture & Design professor and alumnus promote leveraging health care to radically revamp small-town main streets in a new journal article.
Mon, 12/02/2024
Class of 2025 honors associate professor Betsy Barnhart with HOPE Award
Betsy Barnhart, associate professor and director of the Industrial Design Program in the School of Architecture & Design, was presented with the award Nov. 23 during halftime of the football game between KU and Colorado.
Wed, 11/06/2024
New Studio 804 book details sustainable home design, construction methods
A new book featuring Dan Rockhill — a proponent of D.I.Y. architecture education — shows builders how Studio 804 builds sustainably. The book details East Lawrence homes built by the School of Architecture & Design classes of 2022 and 2023.
Fri, 10/25/2024
Announcing KU Architecture & Design Alumni Award winners
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced the recipients of the 2023 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards.
Wed, 10/23/2024
Read the September-October newsletter
2023 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Award honorees,
Interior Architectures studios designing and building furniture for Lawrence shelter, remembering architecture professor David Griffin, alumni news, more.
Wed, 10/23/2024
Design student projects featured on Dezeen
Footwear, packaging, publication design, and an exhibition showcasing cardboard furniture inspired by the late design iconoclast and KU professor Victor Papanek are among the KU Design student projects featured in Dezeen's latest school showcase.
Wed, 09/18/2024
Study links operating room environment to shorter surgery
A study from a University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design researcher shows a better-designed operating room shaves time off of orthopedic surgery, implying better outcomes and reduced costs.
Fri, 09/06/2024
Building Futures Together - Q&A with KU Dirt Works Studio and Apex Engineers
For over a decade, Apex Engineers has worked with architecture professor Chad Kraus’s Dirt Works Studio to create internationally recognized projects that have expanded the limits of what university design-build students can accomplish. Read how this industry partnership has allowed third-year students at KU to make lasting impacts in the community while preparing for careers.
Fri, 09/06/2024
School of Architecture & Design announces fall 2024 Architecture Lecture Series
Elizabeth Diller, founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Wolf Prize laureate and recipient of the first MacArthur Foundation fellowship awarded for architecture, will present the opening lecture of the fall series Sept. 13 on the KU Lawrence campus.
Tue, 09/03/2024
Denver Alumni Event, Thursday, Sep. 5
Denver-area alumni designers and architects are invited to a reception at La Victoria Healing Kitchen in Aurora on Thursday, September 5th. Learn about what is happening in the School of Architecture & Design from Dean Mahbub Rashid, Professor Shannon Criss, and students in her ARCH608 studio.
Mon, 08/26/2024
School of Architecture & Design announces fall 2024 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series
The first Design Symposium lecture of the fall 2024 series will feature Colie Wertz, a concept artist whose film credits include six "Star Wars" films, Marvel's upcoming "The Fantastic Four" and the two-part adaptation of the sci-fi classic "Dune," directed by Denis Villeneuve.
Wed, 07/17/2024
Architecture professor Nilou Vakil among five educators recognized as Kemper Fellows
KU this week is celebrating five outstanding faculty members as winners of the William T. Kemper Fellowship for Teaching Excellence. Each of the five awardees receives $7,500.
Mon, 06/03/2024
Architecture & Design Alumni Award nominations are now open (Opens in new window)
Recognize the impact of Jayhawk designers, architects, and multidisciplinary leaders by nominating exceptional alumni for a 2023 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Award. Nominations are open through August 23, 2024.
Wed, 05/29/2024
Read the April-May 2024 ArcD newsletter (Opens in new window)
BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group unveils new building and renovation plans for the School of Architecture & Design. June 6th alumni event in Washington D.C. Alumni-owned firm announces rebrand. Design lecturer’s work acquired by museum. Graduate design program ranked in top ten.
Wed, 05/29/2024
Announcing the 2024 KU Architecture Student Portfolio Awards (Opens in new window)
Since 2021, alumni architects, faculty, and final-year students have donated time to help 3rd-and-4th-year M.Arch students develop presentation skills and refine their portfolios through this review process.
Tue, 05/28/2024
Dyche Hall Grotesque Renewal Project honored with historic preservation award
The Dyche Hall Grotesque Renewal Project at KU recently received the Medallion Award, the highest award bestowed by the Kansas Preservation Alliance, at the 2024 Kansas State Preservation Conference.
Wed, 05/08/2024
Dirt Works Studio to introduce mass timber home on Saturday, May 11, 12-4 p.m.
The KU academic design-build studio, Dirt Works Studio, will unveil a new mass timber home designed and built by third-year architecture students. The open house event will take place on Saturday, May 11, 12:00 -4:00 p.m.
Wed, 05/08/2024
Public invited to tour Studio 804’s 2024 design-build project on Saturday, May 11
Studio 804, the award-winning graduate design-build studio at the University of Kansas, will reveal its third energy-efficient home built in Lawrence’s historic Pinkney Neighborhood on Saturday, May 11, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Tue, 05/07/2024
Class of 2024 graduation event details (Opens in new window)
On Friday, May 10, the KU School of Architecture & Design will host three events to recognize our 2024 graduates. KU’s university-wide Commencement ceremony on the Hill will take place on Sunday, May 12.
Mon, 04/22/2024
KU architecture students are building a small house with big ambitions
Dirt Works Studio, an academic design-build studio at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, has designed and is currently building Phoenix House, a small, solar-powered house designed to assist members of the Lawrence community in transitioning from houselessness to a secure home.
Mon, 04/22/2024
BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group unveils new light-filled studio building for the KU School of Architecture & Design (Opens in new window)
BIG, in collaboration with BNIM and the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, has envisioned a hub for learning and collaborative discovery in the heart of the historic KU campus.
Mon, 04/08/2024
Disciples pay tribute to pioneer of human-centered architecture
Amos Rapoport's architectural legacy is not a building or buildings, but, rather, a theory of environment-behavior studies, according to authors of a new book about the renowned scholar.
Mon, 03/18/2024
Read the February-March ArcD newsletter (Opens in new window)
Typographic Universe design studio highlight. Architecture student wins SOM Foundation Award. Dean Mahbub Rashid's new book. Health + Wellness Design Program celebrates 15 years. Alumni history. KU Design Camp registration.
Mon, 03/04/2024
Health + Wellness Design program celebrates 15 years and looks into the future
On February 19, more than 80 alumni, professional mentors, current master of architecture students, and faculty from the KU Institute of Health + Wellness Design gathered to celebrate 15 years of the Department of Architecture’s Health + Wellness program and plan for the next phase of its development.
Wed, 02/28/2024
Video: Photography student documents the habitat of home (Opens in new window)
As a 2023 Undergraduate Research Award recipient, KU senior Grace Worden set out to document the terrains and textures of Kansas for her film photography project “No Place Like Home." An exhibition of the work is on view at the Kansas Union Gallery through March 9.
Mon, 02/26/2024
On March 6th, inspire support for ArcD students as a One Day. One KU. ambassador
One Day. One KU. has been rescheduled to take place on March 6th. This annual university-wide, 24-hour fundraising campaign, will provide alumni and friends of the School of Architecture & Design (ArcD) the opportunity to directly support current and future students.
Thu, 02/22/2024
Architecture faculty candidate events, Feb. 23–March 1
Get to know the candidates for new architecture faculty positions and have a voice in the future of architectural education at the KU School of Architecture & Design.
Tue, 02/20/2024
Lessons in population health from small-city Kansas
A new book from KU's dean of the School of Architecture & Design examines 36 small cities in Kansas for the correlation between their spatial planning and design and residents' lifestyle behaviors and health indicators.
Thu, 02/15/2024
Annual KU Institute of Health + Wellness Design Symposium, Monday, Feb. 19
The present and future of artificial intelligence in architecture and design will be the focus of the annual University of Kansas Health + Wellness Design Symposium on Monday, Feb. 19.
Thu, 02/08/2024
One Day. One KU. postoned
In light of the tragic events following the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII Celebration, One Day. One KU. has been postponed. A future date will be announced in the coming weeks and will be shared with our KU community at that time.