News
Thu, 09/29/2022
Learn how to support KU in the 2023 Solar Decathlon
A team of students in Chad Kraus’s Dirt Works Studio has advanced to the build phase of the U.S. Department of Energy’s 2023 Solar Decathlon Build Challenge. The students have launched a campaign through KU Endowment’s LaunchKU crowdfunding platform to help fund the project.
Wed, 09/28/2022
New study abroad funding program established in honor of architecture alumnus Richard Peters
Students in the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design may now benefit from a fund that’s been established to help them study abroad.
Thu, 09/22/2022
Human-centered design guides new interior architecture professor Mohammad Dastmalchi's teaching and research
Dastmalchi has collaborated with interdisciplinary teams of different sizes to design and build commercial and educational projects. His research focuses on collaborative design thinking and how emerging technologies like Virtual Reality (VR) can influence design communication and process.
Wed, 09/21/2022
Week of activities for KU Homecoming begins Sept. 26
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas will host its 110th Homecoming Sept. 26-Oct. 1. The week will feature a variety of events for alumni and students, culminating in the KU football game against Iowa State at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, in David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium. ...
Mon, 09/19/2022
Healthcare design expert Herminia Machry joins KU interior architecture faculty
In the past 18 years, Machry worked as a design practitioner on several healthcare facility projects. She focuses her research on improving design to ensure better safety, engagement, and cognition outcomes within healthcare environments.
Mon, 09/19/2022
Kurt Hong joins KU School of Architecture & Design to focus on computational design
As a researcher and professor at KU, Hong’s goal is to bridge the worlds of design and computing and to ensure KU remains a leader in research and innovation within its design/build studios.
Mon, 09/19/2022
ARCC King Medals awarded to 2022 PhD graduate and new faculty member (Opens in new window)
2022 PhD in Architecture graduate, Muhammad Fajri Romdhoni, and new architecture faculty member, Tzu-Chieh Hong, have been named as recipients of 2022 King Medals by the Architectural Research Centers Consortium.
Mon, 09/19/2022
Studio Spotlight: Design Outside Studio in Rocky Mountain National Park
Students in the Design Outside Studio collaborate with government agencies, community organizations, and others on real-world design projects that promote and enhance visitor experiences in parks and public lands.
Mon, 09/19/2022
KU Architecture students awarded 2022 Kansas City Architectural Foundation scholarships
Among the 12 Kansas City-area students pursuing degrees in architecture who were awarded 2022 Kansas City Architectural Foundation scholarships, seven were from the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design.
Fri, 09/16/2022
Studio 804 featured in Metropolis Magazine (Opens in new window)
"At first, Studio 804 may sound like a reality television show. There’s a challenge, competition, time pressure, high stakes. But opposed to airing on Netflix, Studio 804 takes place on the drawing tables of University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design students.
Wed, 09/07/2022
Fall 2022 Architecture Lecture Series lineup
The Architecture Lecture Series welcomes architectural and experiential design leaders from across 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.
Tue, 09/06/2022
Tim Hossler named chair of the Department of Design
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced that Tim Hossler, associate professor of visual communication design, has been named the new chair of the Department of Design.
Tue, 09/06/2022
Collaborative student project with Lawrence Public Library is making a difference (Opens in new window)
The Lawrence Public Libraries’s new bookmobile—designed and built by third-year students in architecture professor Nils Gore's studio—begins making stops around Lawrence.
Mon, 08/29/2022
Alumni News: Bob Berkebile awarded 2022 Edward C. Kemper Award (Opens in new window)
Distinguished alumnus and co-founder of BNIM, Bob Berkebile, FAIA, was awarded the AIA's 2022 Edward C. Kemper Award to recognize a career of leadership and advocacy for ecologically sustainable and socially responsible architectural practice.
Wed, 08/24/2022
Fall 2022 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series lineup
This fall, the KU Design Symposium Lecture Series will feature seven multidisciplinary practitioners working on the forefront of human-centered design to illuminate challenges, engage communities, and develop solutions.
Mon, 08/22/2022
Ancient aqueducts offer lessons for future
Qanats are networks of underground tubes that use gravity to move groundwater from their subterranean hillside sources. Though developed in the 1st millennium BCE, architecture professor Nilou Vakil says in a new book that qanat systems can inform innovative solutions to meet global water demands.
Wed, 08/17/2022
KU's Dotte Agency co-founder discusses wind power and community in KC Star op-ed
Matt Kleinmann discusses how engaging communities can help solve complex issues, such as climate change, in an op-ed for the Kansas City Star.
Wed, 08/17/2022
Class of 2022 Post-Graduation Survey
Our 2022 post-graduation activities survey is live! This anonymous survey only takes a few minutes, and will help current students and faculty for years to come.
Tue, 08/16/2022
KU Architecture students awarded AIA-St. Louis scholarships
LAWRENCE — Eleven University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design students have received scholarships from the American Institute of Architects’ St. Louis chapter. ...
Thu, 08/11/2022
Interior Architecture program director Nisha Fernando receives 2022 EDRA Service Award
LAWRENCE — Nisha Fernando, associate professor and director of interior architecture at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design, is the recipient of the 2022 Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) service award. ...
Thu, 08/11/2022
Bookmobile created by ArcD students to be unveiled Aug. 20 in downtown Lawrence
Dottie, the Lawrence Public Library’s new bookmobile, designed and built by University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design students and architecture professor Nils Gore, will be officially introduced to the public on Saturday, Aug. 20, in downtown Lawrence.
Thu, 07/28/2022
New book explains cultural landscape approach to Asia-Pacific heritage conservation
Professor Kapila D. Silva and co-editors set the stage for 30 chapters by 38 different authors/co-authors, including Silva, that explore how the guidelines set out in UNESCO’s foundational documents have played out across the Asia-Pacific region in the last three decades.
Tue, 07/26/2022
Architecture professor Kent Spreckelmeyer honored with EDRA Career Award
The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) has honored Professor Kent Spreckelmeyer with the 2022 EDRA Career Award in recognition of his sustained and significant contributions to environmental design research, practice and teaching.
Mon, 07/25/2022
Design professor Barry Fitzgerald's recent work featured in galleries and magazines
Inspired by efforts to communicate despite the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020, he created a group of paintings titled “Interrupted” that he showed in January at the 30 South Gallery in Pasadena, California.
That began a sort of log-rolling process.
Fri, 07/08/2022
KU architecture students use spring studio to reimagine transit in Kansas City
Could a gondola transit system be a practical solution to connect neighborhoods and create economic opportunities in Kansas City? Graduate architecture students at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design used a solutions-based approach to this imaginative idea to show how it could work.
Fri, 06/17/2022
Studio Spotlight: interdisciplinary studio examines the relationship between humanity, food, and nature
During the 2022 spring semester, Architecture, Industrial Design, and Visual Communication Design students took expeditions into the culture of food, craft, production, and communication in new interdisciplinary studio.
Thu, 06/16/2022
Celebrating Juneteenth, from the KU Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging (Opens in new window)
The KU Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging has created an online hub for information about Juneteenth events in Lawrence and Kansas City, and historical resources about this annual commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. ...
Thu, 06/16/2022
Announcing KU ArcD Alumni Award winners
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced the recipients of the 2021 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards. ...
Thu, 06/09/2022
Advertising professional organization awards scholarships to KU design students
Visual Communication Design students Isaac De La Rosa, Tim Do, Abigail Miles and Ethan Schreiber were awarded American Advertising Federation of Kansas City Foundation scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year.
Wed, 06/08/2022
Alumni News: Gould Evans rebrands as Multistudio expanding on its collective strength
National design practice Gould Evans, founded by KU architecture alumni, has transitioned to Multistudio – an impact-focused, multidisciplinary design practice that embraces interconnectedness and celebrates collaborative possibility.