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Third-year architecture student Liz Fraka profiled in AIAS feature
"Liz Fraka is truly a force to be reckoned with. The care she has for her members is only equally matched by her drive to run her chapter smoothly.
Liz is a third-year M.Arch student at the University of Kansas from Shawnee, Kansas. She chose architecture because its interdisciplinary nature…
KU Design Week 2022 kicks off Sunday, April 10 in the Marvin Hall Forum
KU Design Week 2022 kicks off this Sunday, April 10th at 5:30pm in the Marvin Hall Forum.
Organized and managed entirely by design students, KU Design Week is an annual weeklong series of workshops, social events, and discussion sessions that allows students to engage design thinking and making…
Multidisciplinary team of KU graduate students chosen as finalist in HUD competition
Though a community-focused understanding of services, economic contexts and zoning considerations, the students located innovative methods to employ design, research and civic engagement towards creating a practical approach to affordable housing development.
In March, the students…
KU architecture students featured in KU Libraries exhibition
Design proposals developed by 2nd-year architecture students among featured work at new exhibition. Opening reception on Thursday, March 31 at 3:30pm.
2022 Architecture Student Portfolio Awards
A panel representing firms from around the country has chosen the winners of KU's 2022 Architecture Student Portfolio Awards.
Professor Kapila Silva recognized for international education
Kapila Silva, professor of architecture at the University of Kansas, is the recipient of the 2021 George and Eleanor Woodyard International Educator Award.
Center for Design Research director discusses mixed reality robotics
Director of the KU School of Architecture & Design’s Center for Design Research (CDR), Professor Greg Thomas, recently discussed the wide range of possible applications for mixed reality and extended reality
Spring 2022 Architecture Lecture Series
The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Spring 2022 Architecture Lecture Series.
AAUW awards international fellowship to architecture doctoral student
The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded its 2021-22 International Fellowship to Bushra Nayeem.
Industrial design professor's wine barrel e-bike in Designboom
Industrial designer and professor Lance Rake has been building bamboo bicycles for over a decade. his typical method is to join cured bamboo with fiberglass, carbon fiber, and resin wraps. recently, he’s been experimenting with new geometries to achieve the stiffness needed…