The Kentucky chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) recognized the University of Kentucky College of Design and its new home in the Gray Design Building with a 2024 Honor Award for Excellence in Architectural Design. The Honor Award is the highest award given as a part of the... View full entry »
The University of Kentucky College of Design’s Fall 2024 Lecture Series offered a dynamic lineup of talks, exhibitions and workshops that explored the intersection of design, architecture and innovation. This semester’s events included insights from renowned professionals, interactive... View full entry »
EH-DE-YU DESIGN COMPETITION Total Prizes: $2,000Eligibility: University of Kentucky students, alumni, and practitioners Register Here: https://goo.gl/forms/PzXZ6zClpen4qkwL2 Submit Here: https://goo.gl/forms/4qcHkBAywthERUOr1 Competition Files... View full entry »
Fourth-year and graduate students in Professor Gary Rohrbacher’s architecture studio addressed the remediation of the contaminated groundwater at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky. In this studio, the students investigated and proposed “remediating landscapes.”... View full entry »
By Keith Hautala, Whitney Hale, Alicia Gregory The University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research is developing green technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired power plants, using algae. Four years ago, CAER and UK’s Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering... View full entry »
Students from the College of Design just returned from the remote village of Igarai, Brazil where they spent two weeks living and working on an organic sustainable coffee farm. In addition to working in the village, students spent a week in Sao Paolo, Brazil's largest city, studying the... View full entry »
Professor Ann Dickson, former director of the University of Kentucky School of Interior Design, has been named interim dean of the College of Design by the UK Provost. Her term will begin July 1; she will serve in the position until a new dean is appointed by the University Provost. "My main... View full entry »
The University of Kentucky College of Design closed the 2012-2013 academic year with the annual End of Year Show at Lexington's Land of Tomorrow Gallery. Architecture, Interior Design, and Historic Preservation students displayed the products of the year's research for family and friends over... View full entry »
The College of Design wrapped up the 2012-2013 academic year with a series of final reviews featuring the culmination of the year's research. Below is a short description of four studios, which are featured in the slideshow above, along with many other exemplary projects: Professor Mike McKay's... View full entry »
Jose Oubrerie, renowned architect and former Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Architecture (now College of Design), returned to Lexington to present a lecture to UK/CoD students and faculty at the Downtown Arts Center. Oubrerie's multimedia lecture covered his extensive career in... View full entry »
Applications for the University of Kentucky College of Design School of Architecture are being accepted on a rolling basis. The School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky has achieved a national reputation for excellence through the commitment of its faculty and the spirit, talent... View full entry »
Projects completed by Assistant Professors Kyle Miller and Martin Summers have been selected to be included in the 2013 AIA Center for Emerging Professionals Annual Exhibition at the AIA National Headquarters in Washington, DC. The work is on display now through April 30, 2013. Changing the Face... View full entry »
This spring semester, students from the UK/CoD School of Architecture are participating in an innovative new studio format called OFFICE STUDIO. Structured like a global architecture firm, with office branches in two other universities, the National Chiao-Tung University in Hsinchu, Taiwan, and... View full entry »
Architecture and Interior Design students had the opportunity to intern at regional, national, and international design firms over spring break. The Practice Previews program places students in these firms for 1-2 weeks to garner professional experience and to contribute to the firms' projects... View full entry »
The Possible Mediums Conference, which took place at The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture from February 7th - 10th, 2013, brought together 18 designers, 120 students (from the four co-host schools: The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture, University of... View full entry »
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 18, 2013) — Three-dimensional models created at the University of Kentucky showing groundwater cleanup progress at a Department of Energy (DOE) Paducah site, home to the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, are on display at West Kentucky Community and Technical... View full entry »
Assistant Professor of Architecture Kyle Miller will serve as a conference chair in the upcoming Possible Mediums conference, co-hosted by The University of Illinois at Chicago School of Architecture, The Ohio State University Knowlton School of Architecture, University of Kentucky College of... View full entry »
The College of Design hosted five internationally renowned landscape architect teams in a symposium to discuss the merits of good design in an urban environment. Mark Johnson of Civitas, Shane Coen of Coen+Partners, Petra Blaisse of Inside Outside, Julien de Smedt & Diana Balmori of JDS... View full entry »
Following his presentation at the Third International Conference for Reinventing Higher Education last October in Madrid, UK/CoD dean Michael Speaks was featured in Spanish newspaper El Pais. Dean Speaks cited the College's research collaborations with private sector companies such as the... View full entry »
by Whitney Hale, UKNow News LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 2, 2013) — In partnership with the Southern Tier Housing Corporation and Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (KHIC), University of Kentucky College of Design will receive a $504,000 grant from the Kentucky Energy and Environment Cabinet... View full entry »
UK/CoD faculty and students wrapped up the Fall 2012 semester with final reviews of their studio projects. Architecture and Interior Design students participated in final review sessions over the course of the week, and garnered feedback from their instructors, classmates, other faculty members... View full entry »
UK/CoD professors Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacher presented at the Autodesk University 2012 Innovation Forum in Las Vegas. The presentation, entitled "Everyone's a Designer", proposed a new role for architects and design professionals precipitated by the emergence of personal manufacturing tools... View full entry »
Michael Speaks, Dean of the College of Design, served on a committee to shortlist five design firms for the development of Town Branch Commons, a two-mile stretch of green space to be included in Lexington's arts and entertainment district. As part of the new Rupp Arena and Lexington Convention... View full entry »
As part of UK/CoD's River Cities Project, professors Filson and Rohrbacher led the Atomic Cities Research Group to investigate prosperous futures for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP). The PGDP was once the sole source of uranium enrichment for the US nuclear weapons and energy programs... View full entry »
UK/CoD professors Gary Rohrbacher and Anne Filson were interviewed in The Economist about their AtFab furniture line and the future of furniture design and fabrication. The rise of open-source furniture design unites designers and consumers, eliminating the manufacturing middle man. This... View full entry »
Assistant Professor of Architecture Kyle Miller will lecture at the University of Colorado - Denver's College of Architecture and Planning next Monday, November 12th. Miller's lecture will feature his most recent design research on contemporary ornamentation, non-cognitive architectural... View full entry »
Last week assistant professors Kyle Miller and Martin Summers lectured at the AIA Kentucky/AIA Indiana Annual Convention hosted at the Lexington Convention Center. Their talk featured concepts, considerations, and projections concerning responsive/kinetic facade systems. Additionally, Kyle Miller... View full entry »
Associate Dean for Research and architecture professor Gregory Luhan will receive a 2012 Honor Award for Achievement of Excellence in Architectural Design from the Kentucky Society of Architects. The award is the highest professional honor bestowed upon a Kentucky architect by his or her peers... View full entry »
The Lane Report featured a recap of the Mayors' Institute on City Design, an event hosted by the College of Design last week. The regional conference, hosted in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Arts, invites mayors from cities across the eastern United States to discuss the role of... View full entry »
On Friday, October 12, the UK College of Design hosted a discussion panel entitled “Design Adds Value” which addressed how the design of public spaces can benefit a community on an economic, physical, and social scale. The discussion featured three prominent architects who are working... View full entry »
