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School of Architecture & Design introduces the 80+40 lecture series
LAWRENCE — The final KU Architecture Lecture Series event of the 2021 spring semester will mark the first lecture supported by a new fund created by Department of Architecture Class of 1980 alumni. ...
Virtual KU Design Camp: June 13-19, 2021
Join us for our virtual KU Design Camp and enjoy a valuable educational experience while working on projects that enhance your creative portfolio. KU Design Camp is a pre-college summer program offered to high school students who are entering their sophomore, junior, or senior year and are interested in Architecture...
Team of architecture department faculty win AIA Kansas Honor Award
LAWRENCE — The American Institute of Architects in Kansas (AIA Kansas) awarded a team of University of Kansas Department of Architecture faculty members the 2020 AIA Kansas Honor Award for Unbuilt Design for their Sydney Alternative Housing Ideas project. The team consisted of professors Joe Colistra, Nilou Vakil, Gregory Crichlow and...
Spring 2021 Architecture Lecture Series programming announced
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced the Spring 2021 Architecture Lecture Series lineup. ...
50+ firms attending the 2021 ku architecture career fair on feb. 23
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School of Architecture & Design announces spring 2021 Hallmark Symposium lectures
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced programming for the Spring 2021 Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series. ...
Beautiful grotesques: Dyche Hall’s iconic limestone statues, recreated
A collaborative project millions of years in the making – KU students, alumni, faculty and staff mobilized to preserve an architectural landmark that houses the national treasure that is the KU Natural History Museum. ...
Architecture students receive 2020 Healthcare Environment award
LAWRENCE – Two students in the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design were awarded a 2020 Healthcare Environment Award in the student Graduate Project category. ...
Studio 804 featured in Dwell (Opens in new window)
In the 2010s, design-build programs were the cutting edge of architectural education. Today, young architects must master empathy as much as any design software or construction know-how. ...
2020 Hope Award presented to Kapila Silva, professor of architecture
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas senior class has honored Kapila Silva, professor of architecture, with the 2020 HOPE Award — to Honor an Outstanding Progressive Educator. ...
Design-build students working to enhance KU research facility
This semester, students in architecture professor Keith Van de Riet’s design-build studio are working to enhance the façade of the Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center (ICRC) facility at the University of Kansas. A composition of terra cotta tiles inspired by the local environment will add an aesthetically striking statement to the...
Design-build students working to enhance KU research facility
This semester, students in architecture professor Keith Van de Riet’s design-build studio are working to enhance the façade of the Interdisciplinary Ceramic Research Center (ICRC) facility at the University of Kansas. A composition of terra cotta tiles inspired by the local environment will add an aesthetically striking statement to the...
School of Architecture & Design announces 2020 Alumni Awards
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has announced the recipients of the 2020 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards. This year’s honorees for the Distinguished Alumni Award are Earl Santee, Bruce Smith and Todd Voth. The Young Architect/Designer Award has been given to Eddy Tavio. ...
Industrial design program director receives IDSA Young Educator award
LAWRENCE — Betsy Barnhart, assistant professor and program director of industrial design at the University of Kansas, has recently been awarded the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Young Educator Award. ...
Fall 2020 Architecture Lecture Series focusing on design responses to COVID-19 crisis
LAWRENCE — For fall 2020, the School of Architecture & Design’s Architecture Lecture Series curators teamed with the school’s Institute for Health + Wellness Design to create a series of “Grand Rounds” lectures that will address health care design during and after the current COVID-19 health crisis. ...
Arc/D hosting annual prospective student event
LAWRENCE — Each September, the School of Architecture & Design opens its doors to give prospective undergraduate students a preview of what it is like to study the design fields at the University of Kansas. KU Architecture & Design Day allows prospective students the chance to explore the school’s diverse...
Fall 2020 Hallmark Symposium lecture series lineup announced
LAWRENCE — The School of Architecture & Design at the University of Kansas has announced the Fall 2020 Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series lineup. ...
School names Nisha Fernando director of interior architecture program
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design has appointed Nisha Fernando as director of the Interior Architecture program. ...
$1M gift establishes KU architecture professorship to honor Lou Michel
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas architecture professor Lou Michel had a way of making an impression on his students. ...
PhD student awarded AAUW International Fellowship
LAWRENCE — The American Association of University Women (AAUW) awarded its 2020-21 International Fellowship to Intisar Ameen Tyne of Bangladesh. Tyne is a graduate student in mental health care architecture at the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design. ...
Design students receive American Advertising Federation of Kansas City scholarships
LAWRENCE — Five University of Kansas visual communication design students have received 2020 American Advertising Federation of Kansas City (AAF-KC) Foundation Scholarships. ...
Statement on anti-Black racism and violence, from the interim dean of the School of Architecture & Design
Dear KU Architecture & Design Community, ...
Message from Interim Vice Provost Ng
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Three architecture faculty receive promotions, tenure
LAWRENCE — Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved promotion and the award of tenure where indicated to 97 individuals on the University of Kansas Medical Center and 62 individuals on the Lawrence and Edwards campuses. ...
Student group creates online series to help keep students connected
LAWRENCE - When the University of Kansas announced last month that spring break would be extended an extra week and that all in-person classes would be moved online in response to the global coronavirus pandemic, students – along with the rest of the University community – were forced to mobilize...
Designers pitch in to make open-source medical face shields
LAWRENCE – It took less than a week for the director of the University Kansas Center for Design Research and some of his former students and colleagues to crank out an open-source design for a plastic face shield to help protect health care workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. In just...
Designers have been anticipating outbreaks for years
LAWRENCE — Who could have foreseen the tragic consequences of the novel coronavirus pandemic that threatens to overwhelm America’s hospital system, and in particular, emergency departments? ...
Spring 2020 Hallmark Symposium Lecture Series to continue online
LAWRENCE - Beginning on March 26th, all Spring 2020 Hallmark Symposium lectures will take place online via Zoom. Links to the lectures will be shared on social media and included under the speaker biographies on the Hallmark Symposium webpage as this information becomes available. ...