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Thursday, March 27, 2025

Interior Architecture Welcomes Vietnam’s Nguyễn Hà as Visiting Professor

Nguyễn Hà, co-founder of Hanoi-based practice Arb Architects, joins the School of Interior Architecture faculty for the spring semester as the program’s first visiting professor from Vietnam. She has recently been recognized as the first…

Friday, October 25, 2024

Madl Publishes Fictional Design Narrative of the Landscapes of the US Nuclear Highway

Andrew Madl, assistant professor of landscape architecture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has published his latest book with AR+D, “The Nuclear Chronicles: Design Research on the Landscapes of the U.S. Nuclear Highway.” Through a…

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

McDaniels, Prado Elevate Art and Agriculture in Wisconsin’s Farm/Art DTOUR

The expansive farmlands in Sauk County, Wisconsin, have long been a symbol of the rural Midwest, but this month, they were also the setting for a unique fusion of art and agriculture. As a part…

Friday, September 27, 2024

Interior Architecture Welcomes JSa Partner as First Female Visiting Professor

Aisha Ballesteros, partner and project director of Latin American-based architecture firm JSa, joins the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Interior Architecture faculty this fall as the school’s first female visiting professor. She graduated from…

Aisha Ballesteros. Portrait by Nin Solis.

Tuesday, August 27, 2024

Fall Lectures and Exhibits Series Lineup

This fall, the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Architecture and Design welcomes an impressive lineup of designers, artists and professionals in our 2024 Lectures and Exhibits Series. Surface Mining — A Sequel, Anthony Titus,…

Exterior of the Art and Architecture Building

Monday, March 11, 2024

IDEC Recognizes Dean with National Teaching Excellence Award

The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) presented Assistant Professor Felicia Dean with the 2024 Teaching Excellence Award at the organization’s annual conference in New York City on Thursday, March 7. The award recognizes an individual…

Friday, February 9, 2024

Al Borde Partner Joins Interior Architecture Faculty as Visiting Professor

David Barragán (dah-VEED bah-rah-GAHN), co-founder and partner of the Ecuadorian architecture studio Al Borde, joins the School of Interior Architecture this semester as its second visiting professor. Barragán and his colleagues showcase their projects internationally…

Black and white image of David Barragán.

Monday, December 18, 2023

Landscape Architecture Celebrates 15 Years

This fall, the School of Landscape Architecture celebrates its 15th anniversary at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The program began in 2008 as a collaboration between the College of Architecture and Design and the now…

First-year landscape architecture students during a studio trip to Hot Springs, North Carolina.

Monday, October 9, 2023

Interior Architecture Students Sweep ASID Tennessee “Joy of Design” Awards

Six projects by students in the School of Interior Architecture garnered top honors at the 2023 American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Tennessee Annual Award Gala “Joy of Design” competition. “Our students are designing incredible…

Milagros Zingoni, center left, with six female students at the ASID Gala.

Friday, July 7, 2023

Landscape Architecture Professor Exhibits Research on Appalachian Artifacts

Rural Ways, an exhibition of recurrent Appalachian artifacts, aims to give audiences a deeper understanding of embedded rural knowledge through hands-on materials. The exhibition by A. Scottie McDaniel, assistant professor of landscape architecture, opens Friday,…

Exterior of the 500 S. Gay Street building with the Rural Ways exhibition. On a glass panel, 'Rural Ways' and the exhibition statement.