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Friday, August 16, 2024

Study Abroad in Finland: Caroline Robertson

Caroline Robertson, a fourth-year architecture student, traveled abroad as abroad as a part of the School of Architecture’s Finland Summer Architecture Institute in Helsinki, Finland. “First arriving in Helsinki felt overwhelming but exciting because I…

Robertson, third inward on the left, at classmates.

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Interior Architecture Students Win Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship

Fourth-year students Kate O’Neil and Cecilia Torres-Panzera have been selected as recipients of the 2024 Gensler Brinkmann Scholarship, an annual program that celebrates design excellence and innovating thinking. The competitive award invites interior programs across…

Monday, February 19, 2024

Interior Architecture’s Teahouse Dedicated to Knoxville Asian Festival

This fall’s 11th annual Knoxville Asian Festival will showcase a portable teahouse created by students in the School of Interior Architecture. The studio, held last fall, blended regional Appalachian design and materials with the traditions…

Professor David Matthews and Knoxville Asian Festival Executive Director Kumi Alderman cut the ribbon on the mobile teahouse.

Monday, January 22, 2024

Gensler Appoints Alumnus to Principal

Brooks Morelock (‘11) remembers walking into his first finished project with Gensler—a renovated, 40,000 square foot headquarters for a global marketing group in New York City. He began with the global firm’s New York office…

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Three Students Place in ACSA Steel Design Student Competition

Three students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s School of Architecture were recognized in the spiritual space category of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture 2023 Steel Design Student Competition. The competition recognized six…

Thursday, June 8, 2023

Parker Selected for Gensler’s Rising Black Designer Micro-Scholarship

Jermaine Parker Jr. developed an interest in architecture during visits to his grandfather's construction sites in Memphis, Tennessee. He explored the buildings, pondering their design, materials, and spatial arrangement. Now a third-year architecture student at…

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

How One Wall Built the Foundation for Faculty Success and Much More

With a great-grandfather who established Southern icon White Lily Flour in Knoxville in the late 19th century, Libba Wall (’59) and her family are deeply invested in the Knoxville community. Family connections partly led her…

Tuesday, May 30, 2023

Architecture Graduate Awarded 2023–24 Fulbright

Gabriel Laos, a recent graduate of the architecture master’s program, has been selected for a 2023–24 Fulbright award. He is one of 11 students and recent graduates from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, selected for…

A bronze statue of a man and woman on the UT campus holding a flaming torch.

Thursday, May 25, 2023

Alumnus, IDEO Partner Inspires Graduates at Commencement

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s College of Architecture and Design celebrated more than 160 graduates at two commencement ceremonies this past weekend. This year’s graduating class is comprised of 126 undergraduates and 41 master’s students.…

Monday, January 30, 2023

Faculty Recognized with National Education, Creativity, Diversity Awards

Six faculty members were honored with national ACSA and AIA 2023 Architectural Education Awards in the categories of Diversity Achievement, Housing Design Education and Creative Achievement. Zingoni and Team Receive National Diversity Achievement Award…