News

Mon, 04/25/2022

Public invited to ribbon-cutting ceremony April 29 for accessible pavilion at Wells Overlook Park

The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design invites the public to a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Polaris Pavilion – the second of two universally-accessible projects at Wells Overlook Park designed and built by Dirt Works Studio students in collaboration with the Douglas County government – at 4:30 p.m. Friday, April 29.

Fri, 04/22/2022

Studio Spotlight: Historic Preservation

In April of 2022, Julia Manglitz (Associate Principal, Historic Preservation at TreanorHL) and Steve Nowak (Executive Director, Watkins Museum of History) led a site visit at an important Underground Railroad site in Lawrence for KU Historic Preservation Technology students.

Fri, 04/22/2022

In new exhibition, design lecturer Stephen T. Johnson shares his influences

The question of an artist’s influences always seems relevant to critics, and in his new exhibition, “In the Academic Tradition: Connections between the Artist’s Work and his Art Collection,” Stephen T. Johnson makes no bones about his. The artist's exhibition opens April 22 at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri.

Fri, 04/15/2022

Photographs from Library of Congress archive in Corridor Gallery exhibition

John Margolies: Roadside Kansas, on view through summer of 2022 in the KU Photography program's Corridor Gallery, features photographs from the John Margolies Photographs of Roadside America Archive at the Library of Congress.

Thu, 04/14/2022

Third-year architecture student Liz Fraka profiled in AIAS feature (Opens in new window)

"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 combines her academic and artistic passions. Liz got engaged with AIAS her freshman year as a general member, and since then, has not stopped in her service to others.

Fri, 04/08/2022

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 outside of the academic studio setting.

Thu, 04/07/2022

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 traveled to Atlanta to present their proposal – a $90.1 million urban redevelopment that includes mixed-use high rise, residential mid-rise, and townhouse buildings. A panel of independent subject-matter-expert jurors selected the KU team as one of four finalists to compete for the competition’s top prize. The finalist teams will present their proposals on April 13 online.

Mon, 03/28/2022

KU Libraries Common Book-themed exhibition 'Sitting in a Circle' to open March 31 in newly renovated Haricombe Gallery

LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas Libraries will open a new exhibition in Watson Library’s newly renovated Haricombe Gallery, “Sitting in a Circle,” on March 31. ...

Mon, 03/28/2022

2022 Architecture Student Portfolio Awards (Opens in new window)

A panel representing firms from around the country has chosen the winners of KU's 2022 Architecture Student Portfolio Awards.

Tue, 03/22/2022

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.

Fri, 03/11/2022

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 robotics in Lifewire. ...

Wed, 03/02/2022

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.

Tue, 03/01/2022

AAUW awards international fellowship to architecture doctoral student

The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded its 2021-22 International Fellowship to Bushra Nayeem.

Mon, 02/14/2022

Industrial design professor's wine barrel e-bike in Designboom (Opens in new window)

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 without using resins.

Wed, 01/26/2022

Spring 2022 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series

The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Spring 2022 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series.

Wed, 01/12/2022

Dirt Works Studio featured in Design for the Common Good International Exhibition

The Passerine Pavilion – designed and built by students in our Dirt Works Studio in collaboration with Douglas County Kansas Public Works – is among 30 projects from 22 countries featured in the Design for the Common Good International Exhibition in Denver.

Thu, 12/02/2021

Frank Zilm profiled on AIA's Citizen Architect feature (Opens in new window)

The The American Institute of Architects (AIA) profiles our own Frank Zilm, FAIA, director of the Institute of Health + Wellness Design at KU School of Architecture & Design (Arc/D). ...

Mon, 11/29/2021

Amy Van de Riet awarded KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Award

Architecture lecturer Amy Van de Riet was among 10 winners of the inaugural KU Racial Equity Research, Scholarship & Creative Activity Awards co-sponsored by The University of Kansas Center for Research and the Hall Center for the Humanities.

Fri, 10/29/2021

National experts to discuss rural health care at KU symposium (Opens in new window)

National experts on rural health care design and administration are coming to the University of Kansas next week to discuss ways to improve access to health care and boost small communities.

Thu, 10/28/2021

Frank Zilm awarded Lifetime Achievement Award (Opens in new window)

The Center for Health Design awarded Frank Zilm awarded the 2021 Russ Coile Lifetime Achievement Award.

Thu, 10/28/2021

Architecture professor Nils Gore's design-build studio featured (Opens in new window)

“We’re not really training people to be craftspeople, we’re training them to be designers. But as part of their education, we have an extensive construction laboratory that’s 68,000 square feet, so it’s big...

Tue, 10/26/2021

Symposium to explore solutions to America's rural health care crisis

Some of the nation’s leading experts on rural health care design and administration are coming to the University of Kansas on Nov. 5 to show how new approaches can increase health care access in rural areas while also helping to revitalize small towns across the country.

Fri, 10/01/2021

Corridor Gallery exhibition 'HOME: photography by Jennifer Wetzel and Deanna Dikeman'

The exhibition features collections of photographs taken in two very different homes. One, an apartment on Armour Boulevard, the center of old Kansas City, once home to the city’s elite now home to its young hyper-urban professionals. The other a ranch-style house in Sioux City, a city on the northwest edge of Iowa whose motto is "Successful, Surprising, Sioux City'' The photographs also came about differently, one set taken in a day the others taken over many years.

Wed, 09/29/2021

Fall 2021 Architecture Lecture Series lineup

The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Fall 2021 Architecture Lecture Series.   

Fri, 09/17/2021

HOK Diversity x Design Scholarship to KU architecture student

Global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm HOK has awarded its 2021 HOK Diversity x Design Scholarship to University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design architecture student Darius Mathis.

Wed, 09/15/2021

ArcD students awarded 2021  Kansas City Architectural Foundation (KCAF) scholarships

LAWRENCE – Nine University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design students, representing both the architecture and design departments, have received 2021 Kansas City Architectural Foundation (KCAF) scholarships.  ...

Wed, 09/08/2021

Architecture Chair Hui Cai Receives Educator of the Year Award

LAWRENCE — University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design architecture department chair Hui Cai has been named the HDC 10 Educator of the Year by Healthcare Design Magazine. ...

Tue, 08/31/2021

Architecture students awarded AIA-St. Louis scholarships

LAWRENCE — Eight University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design students have received scholarships from the American Institute of Architects’ St. Louis chapter. ...

Thu, 08/26/2021

Nils Gore discusses his ARCH509 studio’s Lawrence Public Library bookmobile “Dottie” (Opens in new window)

The Lawrence Public Library and KU School of Architecture & Design students work together to create a new mobile library to serve the local community. ...