Suncica Milosevic

Sunny Milosevic is a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Architecture at the University of Kansas School of Architecture and Design. She earned her Ph.D. in Metropolitan Planning, Policy, and Design from the University of Utah. Her dissertation, Resilient and Energy-Efficient Retrofitting Strategies for Culturally Significant Brutalist Buildings in the Western Balkans, explored sustainable retrofit solutions that enhance building performance while preserving cultural and architectural integrity. Her research sits at the intersection of architectural history, energy efficiency, and heritage conservation, with a focus on under-recognized modernist buildings in regions undergoing social and environmental transition. She investigates adaptive reuse and retrofitting strategies that integrate passive design principles and innovative building enclosure technologies to balance climate responsiveness with cultural and design sensitivity. At KU, Sunny teaches architecture design studios (ARCH 208 and ARCH 609) and is developing electives that align with her research expertise. Before joining KU, she supported faculty-led research at the University of Utah on sustainable building technologies, retrofitting, and indoor air quality, and taught courses in architectural history and public interest design. At KU, she contributes to service through roles on the PhD Program Committee, the Technology Committee, and the Student Success Committee (SSC); she also supports student mentorship through the Mentored Architecture Scholars Program (MASP). In addition, she serves as a Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Ambassador and is an affiliated faculty member with the Center for Russian, East European, & Eurasian Studies (CREES). Sunny brings nearly a decade of professional practice experience from leading firms in Chicago, including Solomon Cordwell Buenz, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, Hirsch MPG, and Perkins and Will. She remains active in professional and scholarly networks as a member of the Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI), the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH), and the Transforming Places, Practices, and Pedagogies Collaborative (TP3C). She holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Cincinnati and a Bachelor of Science in Architecture with High Honors from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.