News
Thu, 07/13/2023
Professor's innovative solution to improve water quality and create habitat deployed in Florida (Opens in new window)
Prefabricated mangrove panels, designed by professor Keith Van de Riet to improve the health of coastal ecosystems and protect shorelines, are being installed in Florida's Sarasota Bay.
Thu, 07/06/2023
Celebrate alumni design impact: Alumni Awards nominations are now open (Opens in new window)
From rising stars to industry icons, the KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards recognize the contributions and achievements of Jayhawk designers, architects, and creative leaders. Submission deadline is Friday, August 25, 2023
Thu, 07/06/2023
ArcD students receive U.S. Department of State scholarships to travel abroad (Opens in new window)
Five University of Kansas Department of Architecture students have received the prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship to study or intern abroad.
Wed, 07/05/2023
Architecture professor's research awarded by international design magazine (Opens in new window)
Azure Magazine honored architecture professor Keith Van de Riet’s digitally fabricated Mangrove Reef Wall project with an Environmental Leadership Award. Azure readers also selected the project for a People’s Choice Award.
Fri, 06/30/2023
Read the June 2023 KU ArcD newsletter (Opens in new window)
Alumni Award nominations open. Design grad's new collection at Target. Azure Magazine honors faculty research project, much more.
Thu, 06/29/2023
Long-awaited second volume of ‘Embattled Lawrence’ now available (Opens in new window)
Compiled and edited by former architecture professor Dennis Domer and designed by design chairperson Tim Hossler, the new book includes chapters on anti-slavery efforts and other local battles for freedom and equality that had yet to be fully explored.
Wed, 06/21/2023
Pollinator Pavilion takes flight at Discovery Center, dedication June 22 at 7 pm (Opens in new window)
Designed and built by architecture students, the Pollinator Pavilion welcomes pollinators and people to a little piece of prairie at the Kansas Children's Discovery Center in our state's capital.
Mon, 06/12/2023
Design lecturer’s interactive children’s book series published by Simon & Schuster
“Just as I wish for my design students at KU, I wish the same for each young reader engaged with these books: that they embark on creative explorations of their own and celebrate their individual and authentic voices" Stephen T. Johnson, design lecturer.
Thu, 06/08/2023
Studio Spotlight: Trash, computing, and craft realize sculptural expressions of data in KU Designbuild studio
In a third-year designbuild studio – led by professor Kurt Hong and practitioners Matthew Hufft and Josh Ogren of the design and fabrication studio, Hufft – students learned to apply parametric design to repurpose materials otherwise destined for the landfill.
Thu, 06/08/2023
HOK awards architecture student with Diversity x Design scholarship (Opens in new window)
The global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm, HOK, has named KU architecture student Sarah Montes as one of ten recipients of a 2023 Diversity x Design scholarship.
Tue, 06/06/2023
Public invited to experience new Clinton Lake Marina designed and built with the help of KU students, June 6
University of Kansas architecture students in Nils Gore’s third-year Designbuild studio have helped to transform marina facilities at Clinton Lake. The public is invited to a ribbon-cutting on Tuesday, June 6, 4–6 p.m. at Clinton Lake Marina.
Thu, 05/25/2023
Professors and PhD student receive KU International Affairs grants for research, collaboration abroad
KU International Affairs has announced that professors Jae Chang and Elise Kirk and doctoral student Ifeloju Olusanya have received travel grants to support research and collaboration abroad.
Tue, 05/23/2023
Alumni: Join us for a gathering of Jayhawk designers and architects in San Francisco [June 8, 7-9 pm]
This is an exciting time at the University of Kansas. Learn more about recent developments in the School and get a preview of the future of design education at KU. Connect with alumni designers and architects, reconnect with classmates and professors at Multistudio's SF office.
Fri, 05/12/2023
KC Studio features the immersive artwork created by MacArthur Genius Grant recipient with the help of ArcD students (Opens in new window)
Artist Janine Antoni partnered with the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecological Research, KU Indigenous Studies, ArcD professor Keith Van de Riet's Designbuild studio, and Architecture PhD student Suzan Hampton to develop the labyrinth project commissioned by the Spencer Museum of Art.
Thu, 05/11/2023
Public invited to open house May 13 for Studio 804's latest design-build project
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design's Studio 804 invites the public to an open house for the design-build studio's latest project at 432 Indiana in Lawrence – Saturday, May 13, 9 a.m.– 3 p.m., rain or shine.
Wed, 05/10/2023
2023 Architecture Student Portfolio Awards (Opens in new window)
A panel representing firms from around the country has chosen the winners of the 2023 University of Kansas Architecture Student Portfolio Awards.
Mon, 05/08/2023
Graduating KU design students showcasing work in Kansas City gallery, May 11
Graduating seniors in Illustration & Animation, Industrial Design, and Visual Communication Design will be showcasing work at The Guild in Kansas City's Crossroads District on Thursday, May 11.
Mon, 04/17/2023
ArcD students present at KU's 2023 Undergraduate Research Symposium, April 17-21
Building research skills happens at all levels of the ArcD educational experience at KU. See how research supports the design process in online presentations by ArcD undergrads at this week's KU Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Mon, 04/17/2023
Designbuild students introduce KU's Solar Decathlon project to the public (Opens in new window)
Third- and fourth-year students and architecture professor Chad Kraus discuss their Solar Decathlon Build Challenge project in the latest episode of The Lawrence Times TV.
Thu, 04/13/2023
‘Typography as image’ gets results on trailside signs
Students and faculty from the KU School of Architecture & Design and the University of Montana teamed up on an investigation of how to most effectively communicate messages essential to the health of park ecosystems and surrounding communities.
Wed, 04/12/2023
Watch Bjarke Ingels Group presentation to KU leaders, April 14
Architects from Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) will present initial findings on the ArcD space planning and design project to KU leaders and the ArcD Professional Advisory Board on Friday, the 14th of April, from 9-10am CST.
Thu, 04/06/2023
2023 KU Design Week: Interference [April 10-14]
A week of talks, workshops, and networking events. Participation is free and open to all ArcD students, but registration is required. Tickets available April 6, at precisely 12 p.m. and close at 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 9.
Mon, 04/03/2023
Doctoral student awarded research funding to further future pandemic knowledge
To ensure hospitals can respond to any future pandemic situations, PhD in Architecture student Marzia Chowdhury's research investigates emergency department design.
Mon, 04/03/2023
Doctoral student awarded research funding to further future pandemic knowledge
To ensure hospitals can respond to any future pandemic situations, Marzia Chowdhury's research investigates emergency department design.
Fri, 03/31/2023
Alumni News: new book by Tucker Trotter, KU ID grad and ArcD Professional Advisory Board co-chair
From intern to CEO, ArcD Professional Advisory Board co-chair Tucker Trotter applies insights from his professional journey in the book, Go Big or Go Home: 5 Ways to Create a Customer Experience That Will Close the Deal.
Fri, 03/31/2023
MEDIA ADVISORY: View a house powered by renewable energy, meet the KU students who built it on April 15
Area media are invited to view Haven Studio–a zero energy house powered by renewable energy designed and built by KU ArcD architecture students for the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon Build Challenge competition–on Sat., April 15, in Lawrence.
Thu, 03/23/2023
Watch campus presentation by Bjarke Ingels Group project team
March 9 through 10, architects from BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group came to campus to begin working with School and University stakeholders to plan, design, and visualize the future of design education at KU. The team conducted workshops, toured campus, and introduced the project.
Fri, 03/10/2023
Visual essay by Tim Hossler, chair of design, captures makeshift home offices in the first days of COVID
With frame after frame of rooms without any people in them (there is an occasional pet), Hossler said the essay is melancholy, at best, in terms of its emotional effect.
Wed, 03/08/2023
KU School of Architecture & Design announces appointment of Bjarke Ingels Group to complete space planning and design
After a decade of increasing enrollment numbers and expanded program offerings, the school is working with Bjarke Ingels Group to transform its facilities to accommodate recent growth and upgrade academic spaces in alignment with KU's 2024 Master Plan.
Tue, 03/07/2023
Architecture professor Kent Spreckelmeyer named a 2023 Icon of Education by Ingram’s Magazine
The Icons of Education award recognizes educators who have demonstrated the exceptional ability to influence students and elevate their academic performance, or whose administrative contributions have enabled teaching staffs to do the same.