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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. ...
2019 PhD in Architecture graduate receives honor from the Architectural Research Centers Consortium
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. ...
Industrial design professor's eco-bike aims to cut pollution in Kathmandu
LAWRENCE – Where there’s a will, there’s a way. The truth of that saying was revealed once again to Lance Rake when he traveled to Kathmandu, Nepal, last year to develop a delivery version of the bamboo bicycles for which he is known. ...
Note to KU Arc/D students: school coronavirus information webpage
Note to School of Architecture & Design Students: ...
Message to students regarding coronavirus efforts
Dear KU Architecture & Design Students, ...
KU Institute of Health+Wellness Design to host 4th annual Health & Wellness Symposium
The School of Architecture & Design’s Institute of Health + Wellness Design will host the fourth annual KU Health & Wellness Symposium on Thursday, Mar. 5 in Marvin Hall. ...
Remembering design professor emeritus Richard Branham, by alumnus David W. Hill
The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design community is mourning the death of Richard Branham, pioneering designer and Professor Emeritus of Design, who passed away on February 19, 2020. During his 44-year tenure at KU, Professor Branham was known as a dynamic and dedicated teacher whose infectious enthusiasm...
Design student Gwendolyn Sibley receives Undergraduate Research Award
LAWRENCE — This spring, 50 KU students will receive an Undergraduate Research Award (UGRAs). UGRA recipients are awarded a $1,000 scholarship as they work on mentored research and creative projects. ...
Professor Kapila Silva's new book examines sustainability and historic preservation in Asian cities
LAWRENCE – The preservation of Asia’s historic urban fabric is a passion for Kapila Silva, a Sri Lanka native and University of Kansas associate professor of architecture. ...