Faculty-Staff News (7 of 11) | UTK College of Architecture + Design

Saturday, July 26, 2014

Sustainable Design Expert Mark DeKay Inspires through Inventive Teaching and Scholarship

Mark DeKay, a professor of architecture, ignites learning through collaborative and inventive teaching. He teaches advanced undergraduate design studios and seminars focused on sustainability, seminars in climatic design, along with the introductory course in architectural…

Monday, July 14, 2014

Jason Young Begins Appointment as New Director of School of Architecture

Jason Young has been named the new director of the School of Architecture of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He becomes acting director on August 1. Young, a researcher specializing in contemporary conditions of American…

Friday, June 20, 2014

Sam Rogers Named Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects

Sam Rogers, a recently retired faculty member of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Landscape Architecture Program, has been elevated as one of thirty-two members named to the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Council of Fellows…

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Professor Mark DeKay Named UT Quest Scholar of the Week

Mark DeKay, associate professor of architecture, recently published the third edition of Sun, Wind & Light, Architectural Design Strategies. The book, already a classic of sustainable design education and practice, is now a design resource making accessible to…

Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Design-Build Projects by UT Faculty, Students Continue in Haiti

Students and faculty from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design went to Haiti this May to continue work on design-build projects, including a guidebook that will address the urgent need for…

Thursday, May 22, 2014

Professor Göritz Featured Presenter at Bauhaus Symposium on Teaching Architecture

Hansjörg Göritz, a professor of architecture, has been invited to present at the Bauhaus Open Symposium, June 26-28, at Bauhaus University-Weimar. He is one of thirteen experts, including Alberto Camp Baeza, Gerard Reinmuth, Bijoy Jain,…

Friday, May 16, 2014

UT Solar House Moving, Donated to Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge

The University of Tennessee is donating Living Light, its award-winning solar-powered house, to the Children’s Museum of Oak Ridge. Living Light will move to its permanent home on Saturday, May 17. Starting at 7:00 a.m., the…

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Faculty Research Highlighted through Mic/Nite Hosted by Provost

Participants received a whirlwind education on a variety of topics at Mic/Nite, where eleven UT faculty members took turns making short presentations about their work. Held on March 13 at Relix Theater, Mark DeKay, an associate professor…

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Architecture Professor Recognized for Excellence in Teaching

Mark DeKay, an associate professor of architecture, is one of four faculty members recognized with the 2014 University of Tennessee Excellence in Teaching Award by Chancellor Jimmy G. Cheek. He was noted for his collaborative…

Monday, April 21, 2014

Students Earn Awards at UT Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement

Five architecture student projects claimed honors at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2014 Exhibition of Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, commonly known as EUReCA. Three winners were selected in the research division of the College of Architecture…