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Thursday, August 3, 2017

Student, Faculty Design/Build Project Recognized with Statewide Award of Excellence

The multi-awarded Beardsley Farm Education Center has earned statewide recognition from the Tennessee American Institute of Architects. The project, a product of the college’s successful design/build program, received the Design Award of Excellence, the organization’s…

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Design/Build Project Earns National Brick in Architecture Award

The Beardsley Farm Education Center, a collaborative design/build project designed and largely constructed by students and faculty in the college, has earned the 2017 Brick in Architecture Gold Award. This national award recognizes design excellence, resilience…

Looking from the interior of the center to the exterior where a man sits on a chair.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017

Energy-Harvesting AMIE Named a Research Winner by Architect Magazine

AMIE, the revolutionary energy-harvesting system designed and built by a team of students, faculty, design professionals and science researchers in the Governor’s Chair for Energy + Urbanism, was named a 2017 R+D Award Winner by…

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Students Join Professionals at National Convention

Four undergraduate students in the School of Interior Architecture recently connected with industry professionals at NeoCon in Chicago, thanks to generous support provided by Crossville, Inc. As part of a collaborative studio partnership between Crossville,…

Thursday, June 29, 2017

Adkisson Secures Gensler Post, Becomes a Registered Architect, is Accepted to Harvard…All in Four Years

Classmates no doubt remember him as an over achiever, and they could be right. Sam Adkisson, AIA, CDT, who graduated from the College of Architecture and Design in 2013, has achieved much in his short…

Thursday, June 22, 2017

Big Orange and Beyond: Design Matters! Camp Set for July 9-14

Design Matters! Camp is for curious, creative, problem-solving high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. Immersed for one week in a one-of-a-kind summer experience, students from across the country learn to think and innovate as designers.…

Friday, June 16, 2017

Professor William Shell Remembered

The College of Architecture and Design extends condolences to friends, family and alumni on the death of Professor William “Bill” Shell. Professor Shell passed away on June 12. Shell served the college for 41 years…

Friday, June 9, 2017

Architecture Student Researching Around the World

Dillon Dunn, a fifth-year Architecture student, was recently awarded a prestigious scholarship that will fund a summer-long journey to study architecture in four countries across Europe and Asia. Dunn earned the 2017 Aydelott Travel Award for…

Thursday, May 25, 2017

Interior Design Student Uses Portfolio to Earn Scholarship and Internship in D.C.

Isabella Davis, a third-year Interior Design student, was recently named a winner of the first-annual Little Portfolio Challenge. Established by international design firm Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, the Little Portfolio Challenge recognizes gifted design students…

Friday, May 12, 2017

Professor, Students Publish Regional Toolkit on Water Quality

Students and Asst. Professor Brad Collett in the School of Landscape Architecture have written and published HydroLIT: Southeast Tennessee Water Quality Playbook, a regional toolkit for water quality. The book was launched on May 9 at…

horizontal photo of the book cover for Hyrdrolit showing water along a riverbank