Faculty News (3 of 20) | UTK College of Architecture + Design

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…

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.

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Three Students Place in ACSA Steel Design Student Competition

Three students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Architecture were recognized in the spiritual space category of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2023 Steel Design Student Competition. The competition recognized six…

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Twelve Faculty Members, Fellows Join the College of Architecture and Design

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Architecture and Design welcomed 5 new and 7 returning faculty members into tenure-track professor positions and fellowships this fall. They join the schools of architecture, design, and landscape…

Exterior of the Art and Architecture building.

Thursday, August 17, 2023

Kim Named ASID Ones to Watch Scholar

Hojung Kim, assistant professor in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Interior Architecture, has been recognized as a Ones to Watch scholar by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID). The program recognizes rising…

The stage at the American Society of Interior Designers' conference. On the screen, a yellow background features an image of Hojung Kim with his name and title 'Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee, Knoxville'. Hojung poses with a woman for a photo.

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Research Team Assists in Resilience Design in California Community

A team of researchers from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's College of Architecture and Design and Bard College collaborated with a California town to revitalize their community and better prepare for future fires. UT’s Chad…

A vignette of the Trinity River access by a team of UT and Brad College researchers.

Thursday, July 13, 2023

Students, Professors Design Board Game Depicting Invasive Plant Ecology

A new board game developed by faculty and students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Design explains the ecology and underground mutualistic interactions of common native understory wildflowers when disrupted by invasive species…

Elements of The UNDERstory card game spread across a table.

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.