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Sunday, April 27, 2014

UT Students Win U.S. EPA Sustainable Design Challenge

UT students participating in the Green Oak Project traveled to Washington, DC, where they competed in and won the second phase of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s P3: People, Prosperity, and the Planet Student Design Competition for…

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Students Design, Build Better Access to Home of Woman with Medical Needs

UT architecture students are designing and building front and back entrances to the home of a Knoxville woman with medical needs. They expect to complete the project by Friday, May 16. The home of Barbara…

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

UT Architecture and Design Opens Studio and Lab in Downtown Knoxville

The university is investing in downtown Knoxville by renovating and furnishing a historic North Gay Street property for a new studio, gallery, and fabrication lab. UT is leasing the 20,000-square-foot building known as the Jewel…

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

New Director of Design Services Has Close Ties with UT

Andy Powers has been named UT Facilities Services’ new director of design services. Although Powers began his position at Facilities Services last month, he has a longstanding history with UT. A 1982 UT graduate, Powers…

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

State to Sell Award-Winning New Norris House

The state of Tennessee is selling one of the greenest homes in the state—the New Norris House. Sealed bids will be taken through 1:30 p.m. (CST) on May 5. An open house will be held…

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

UT Launches Smart Communities Initiative with Cleveland Tennessee

The city of Cleveland, Tennessee, has been chosen as the first partner city for UT’s new service-learning program, the Smart Communities Initiative. The partnership begins this fall. “Through the Smart Communities Initiative, we’re going to…

Monday, March 10, 2014

Research for Rural Appalachia Provides Winter Weather Tips

Students and faculty of the College of Nursing and the College of Architecture and Design are addressing rural Appalachia’s wellness and disaster planning through the UT Appalachia Community Health and Disaster Readiness Project. Funded by…

Saturday, February 15, 2014

BarberMcMurry Professorship Studio, Trip to LA ‘Life-Changing’ for Students

Architecture students of the University of Tennessee are engaged in a once in lifetime experience as participants in the studio of BarberMcMurry Professor Lawrence Scarpa. Scarpa is an internationally celebrated architect whose practice, Brooks + Scarpa…

Sunday, January 26, 2014

UT Film Series Continues Legacy as Design Education Resource

The film series of the UT College of Architecture and Design will showcase several documentaries about artists and designers this month through April. Free and open to the public, the films begin at 8:00 p.m. on…

Sunday, January 5, 2014

College to Host Open House March 31

The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will host an open house on Monday, March 31. The event, from 1-5 p.m., will give prospective undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity…