In 2019, our college helped found the ACE Mentor Program of Greater Knoxville to give local high school students hands-on exposure to architecture, construction management and engineering. In 2021, two more schools joined the program,…
Local fifth and sixth graders got hands-on experience with the design thinking process using our newly built mobile design lab. In December, after a semester of partnering with our School of Interior Architecture, students from…
Fourth-year Architecture students in lecturer Kevin Stevens’s fall 2021 studio have spent the fall 2021 semester collaborating with community members and professionals in Chattanooga to reimagine use of an historic structure, the James A. Henry…
Since early 2021, students and faculty in the School of Interior Architecture have been working on a grant-funded project with a unique purpose: To move knowledge between the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a university…
On Nov. 23, amongst colleagues, friends and family, the AIA East Tennessee bestowed its highest honor, the Gold Medal, upon Robert C. French. The Gold Medal recognizes those who have made a lasting impact on…
This fall, 2nd-year Interior Architecture students are collaborating with students in an Interior Architecture studio across the world in Romania, and together, they are breaking cultural barriers and building connections. The studios’ focus is collaboratively…
To learn something, sometimes you have to get your feet wet. Students in Mike Ross’s class, however, are totally immersed, and they are learning more than lessons found in a curriculum. Ross, who teaches jointly…
Students, faculty and staff celebrated the return of in-person final reviews in the A+A on Nov. 15-19 and Dec. 6-8. The COVID-19 pandemic required reviews to be online through most of 2019 and 2020, and…
Disruption is not a bad thing. When it’s applied to a stubborn or outdated belief, disruption is a welcome state. One such myth is that industry and academia cannot—or should not—partner. In 2020, our college…
In November 2021, our School of Design and School of Interior Architecture as well as the School of Art and Art Education department are undergoing reaccreditation through the National Association of Schools of Art and…
