Gaining a global perspective is essential in the design process, and this fall, students in Assoc. Professor Liz Teston’s Interior Architecture studio began that process. A global context helps designers consider social, cultural, economic and…
Student designs from two semesters that were greatly impacted by the pandemic were reviewed and applauded by architecture professionals. On Dec. 4, the American Institute of Architects Middle Tennessee Student Design Award and Brewer Ingram…
The College of Architecture and Design remembers and commemorates the legacy of our founding dean, Bill Lacy, FAIA, who passed away on Aug. 25, 2020, and extends sincere condolences to his family. Lacy’s vision, collaborative…
Students in Asst. Professor Marshall Prado’s third-year Architecture applied research studio are learning that design is more than a creative pursuit and beyond understanding a building’s systems and structure. Prado’s students are developing skills to…
A fiber-composite tower designed and fabricated by Asst. Professor Marshall Prado and students, using ingenuity, skill and the nine-axis robot in the Fab Lab was recognized with a national Award for Composites Excellence from the…
In 2020, we learned to be nimble, to adjust and to look for solutions in new ways as we worked our way through the challenges presented by the global pandemic. After this arduous year and…
In fall 2020, Architecture Lecturer and Adjunct Assistant Professor Kathy Wheeler is leading her second-year studio in researching how architecture adapts to a tropical climate and to sea-level rise while still satisfying the cultural and…
An unprecedented school year requires unprecedented advocacy. Tim Dolan, adjunct assistant professor in Interior Architecture, is pairing students in his fourth-year capstone studio with alumni who are serving as professional mentors. Knowing that the coronavirus…
Scott Poole, FAIA, dean of the College of Architecture and Design, has been selected as a 2020 Senior Fellow by Design Futures Council. DFC is a premier gathering of leaders representing a diversity of built…
The coronavirus pandemic has brought to light many critical issues in America, including the fragility of housing, and two studios in the School of Architecture are addressing the issue head on. Distinguished Lecturer James Rose…
