News

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.

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

KU design course teaches real-life solutions for students

Innovative new interdisciplinary design course fills gaps employers find in hiring while giving students a chance to explore different career paths.

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.

Tue, 06/07/2022

Nine Jayhawks receive Undergraduate Research Awards for summer

LAWRENCE — This summer, nine University of Kansas students will receive an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRA). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...

Mon, 06/06/2022

KU hosting Public Digital Humanities Institute for scholars across the country

LAWRENCE — This week, the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities (IDRH) at the University of Kansas is hosting 24 scholars and community partners from across the country to participate in a program designed to strengthen collaborative projects in the public and digital humanities. The Public Digital Humanities Institute...

Thu, 05/26/2022

School of Architecture & Design hosting alumni reception in Chicago June 23

The KU School of Architecture & Design (ArcD) is hosting an alumni reception Thursday, June 23, from 6:00 – 8:00 p.m. at Gensler’s downtown Chicago office near Millennium Park.

Tue, 05/24/2022

KU design-build students turn street signs into roof at children's museum (Opens in new window)

Inspired by local history and wildlife, a community collaboration between KU architecture students, local businesses and government agencies in Topeka, Lawrence, and Kansas City has turned salvaged street signs into a whimsical roof at the Kansas Children's Discovery Center in the state's capital. ...

Fri, 05/20/2022