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Monday, June 17, 2024

College Celebrates Faculty Research 

The College of Architecture and Design strives to reinforce faculty in establishing and maintaining a record of strong research, scholarship, creative achievement and engaged scholarship. In an effort to grow the college’s research portfolio and…
Exterior of the Art and Architecture building.

Friday, May 17, 2024

Graduates Turn Tassels, Join Alumni Family 

This spring more than 130 students became alumni of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Architecture and Design. “Today marks a significant milestone in the lives of our students,” said Dean Jason Young. “For…
Barry Alan Yoakum, FAIA, delivers commencement address at the spring 2024 ceremony.

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Ambroziak Named James R. Cox Professor for 2024 

Katherine Ambroziak, associate professor of architecture and associate dean for academic affairs and research, has been selected as a James R. Cox Professor. She was announced as a recipient of the professorship by Provost and…
Ambroziak, left, with Provost John Zomchick, center, and a fellow Cox Professor at the Academic Honors Banquet.

Friday, April 26, 2024

Interior Architecture Vols Named to Metropolis Future100 

Seniors Anna Shoemaker and Kathryn Webb have been selected amongst the top 100 architecture and interior design students in the nation by METROPOLIS. The annual Future100 features students, nominated by their instructors and mentors, who…

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Simon Presents Research at International Conference on Design Principles 

Junior Abbie Simon represented the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Interior Architecture at the 18th International Conference on Design Principles and Practice in Valencia, Spain earlier this semester. Simon was the youngest presenter at…
Abbie Simon presents research at the 18th International Conference on Design Principles and Practice in Valencia, Spain.

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…

Monday, February 19, 2024

Interior Architecture’s Teahouse Dedicated to Knoxville Asian Festival 

This fall’s 11th annual Knoxville Asian Festival will showcase a portable teahouse created by students in the School of Interior Architecture. The studio, held last fall, blended regional Appalachian design and materials with the traditions…
Professor David Matthews and Knoxville Asian Festival Executive Director Kumi Alderman cut the ribbon on the mobile teahouse.

Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Saldaña Receives Prestigious Humanities Fellowship 

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded a prestigious NEH Fellowship to Marie Saldaña, assistant professor of interior architecture in the College of Architecture and Design. Her book project, provisionally titled “Settled Spaces: Tejano…
The Treviño-Uribe fortified house in San Ygnacio, Texas. Photo by Marie Saldaña , 2016.

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.

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Students Design Healing Playroom for East Tennessee Children’s Hospital 

The playrooms at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital (ETCH) serve as an oasis for patients and families during their visits. The hematology and oncology playroom has a dual purpose of creating a comforting and uplifting environment…

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