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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…

Sunday, April 27, 2014

UT Students Win U.S. EPA Sustainable Design Challenge

UT students participating in the Green Oak Project traveled to Washington, DC, where they competed in and won the second phase of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s P3: People, Prosperity, and the Planet Student Design Competition for…

Saturday, April 26, 2014

Students Design, Build Better Access to Home of Woman with Medical Needs

UT architecture students are designing and building front and back entrances to the home of a Knoxville woman with medical needs. They expect to complete the project by Friday, May 16. The home of Barbara…

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

UT Architecture and Design Opens Studio and Lab in Downtown Knoxville

The university is investing in downtown Knoxville by renovating and furnishing a historic North Gay Street property for a new studio, gallery, and fabrication lab. UT is leasing the 20,000-square-foot building known as the Jewel…

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

State to Sell Award-Winning New Norris House

The state of Tennessee is selling one of the greenest homes in the state—the New Norris House. Sealed bids will be taken through 1:30 p.m. (CST) on May 5. An open house will be held…

Monday, March 10, 2014

Research for Rural Appalachia Provides Winter Weather Tips

Students and faculty of the College of Nursing and the College of Architecture and Design are addressing rural Appalachia’s wellness and disaster planning through the UT Appalachia Community Health and Disaster Readiness Project. Funded by…

Saturday, February 15, 2014

BarberMcMurry Professorship Studio, Trip to LA ‘Life-Changing’ for Students

Architecture students of the University of Tennessee are engaged in a once in lifetime experience as participants in the studio of BarberMcMurry Professor Lawrence Scarpa. Scarpa is an internationally celebrated architect whose practice, Brooks + Scarpa…

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Career Day to Host Design Professionals and Firms on February 28

The College of Architecture and Design will hold its annual Career Day on Friday, February 28 in the Neyland Stadium Skyboxes. This is a valuable opportunity for firms to interface with the design talent of…

Friday, December 6, 2013

College Building, Knoxville Star of AIA Film,‘Problem Solving through Architecture’

The American Institute of Architects selected AIA East Tennessee from chapters across the United States for a re-positioning grant to teach how critical thinking skills are developed using the local built environment and design process.…

Monday, November 18, 2013

Urban Design in the Fall 2013 Nashville Studio

Once again, students are exploring urban planning through the “Nashville Studio” as directed by Associate Professor Thomas K. Davis. Centering their research and design projects through issues in Middle Tennessee, second-year graduate students are focusing…