Graduate Architecture News (8 of 10) | UTK College of Architecture + Design

Friday, December 5, 2014

Exploring Energy and Urbanism from the Region to the Building

On November 24, 2014, Philip Enquist, SOM Partner in Charge of Urban Design and Planning, and Keith Boswell, SOM Technical Partner, participated in the final review for the Governor’s Chair for Energy and Urbanism Studio. The studio,…

studio midterm for Governor’s Chair for Energy and Urbanism Studio

Monday, December 1, 2014

Architecture Professor Wins AIA Gold Medal for Work in Haiti, Appalachia

An architecture professor was recently honored by the East Tennessee Chapter of the American Institute of Architects for helping students and architects alike define how to use the profession as service. John McRae received the…

Thursday, November 20, 2014

Students’ “Lost Knox” Project Visually Maps Urban Shift Over 100 Years

On the corner of Church Avenue and Locust Street downtown stood the bustling Hotel Arnold in the 1920s. Today, the location is a parking lot. Two UT architecture graduate students have visually mapped the site…

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Visiting Critics Attend Fall 2014 Architecture Reviews

During the Fall 2014 Final Reviews, the University of Tennessee School of Architecture welcomed numerous critics as special guests. The following visitors provided feedback to student work. Robert Adams is Associate Professor of Architecture at…

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

UT Groups Use Research, Heart to Improve Appalachian Region

UT students and professors from various disciplines are working together to make an Appalachian community a safer and healthier place to live—and serve as a model to help other communities like it. Clay County, Kentucky,…

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

College to Host Open House

The College of Architecture and Design will host an open house on Saturday, November 1 The event will give prospective undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to learn about the college’s programs in interior design, landscape…

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

Urban Design Leader Philip Enquist of SOM Named UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair

Philip Enquist, partner in charge of urban design and planning and leader of the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, has been named the sixteenth UT-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor’s Chair. Skidmore, Owings,…

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…

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…