Research News (12 of 14) | UTK College of Architecture + Design

Friday, March 20, 2015

UT-ORNL Governor’s Chair Philip Enquist to Design New Egyptian Capital City

Philip Enquist, FAIA, the Governor’s Chair for Energy + Urbanism, has been selected to lead a team in the design of Egypt’s new $45 billion dollar capital city. Enquist, the Partner in Charge of the…

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Faculty Trailblazers: Architecture and Design Spotlights Matthews and Rose

UT has recently garnered significant national accolades, including the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities’ Trailblazer award for retention and graduation rate gains and the Carnegie Community Engagement Classification for outreach. These successes are due to the hard…

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Landscape Architecture Studio Investigates Redevelopment in Cleveland, TN

The Landscape Architecture Program continued its tradition of community-engaged studio work this fall by partnering with the City of Cleveland, Tennessee, to craft redevelopment visions for an 850-acre study area adjacent to downtown. The student…

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

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 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,…

Saturday, September 27, 2014

UT Architecture Students Help Design Nashville’s Future

Nashville may be a city on the rise, attracting new residents by the droves. But it’s also a laboratory for students at the University of Tennessee's College of Architecture and Design, where they are designing…

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…

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Professor Mark DeKay Named UT Quest Scholar of the Week

Mark DeKay, associate professor of architecture, recently published the third edition of Sun, Wind & Light, Architectural Design Strategies. The book, already a classic of sustainable design education and practice, is now a design resource making accessible to…