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Studio Gang transforms former warehouse space into new home for the University of Kentucky's College of Design

2024-09-23T15:14:00-04:00

The new home for the College of Design at the University of Kentucky (CoD) has been inaugurated after a two-year project led by Studio Gang.

Their makeover of the Gray Design Building turned a former tobacco warehouse at the edge of campus into a new hub for learning and collaboration. It is the first to consolidate space for all four CoD departments and the department of landscape architecture under one roof since 1965.

Image: © Tom Harris

The adaptive reuse project provided a unique teaching opportunity for students, retaining the existing masonry walls, foundation, timber columns and beams, and steel trusses used in the former Reynolds Building's original 1917 construction.

Image: © Tom Harris

Studio Gang was able to work multiple interventions into the 132,000 square foot volume, remaking the ground-floor with a large, double-height lecture hall, small art gallery, and flexible classroom while placing studio spaces above in the second level, connected to each other a via central...

Studio Gang to design new home for University of Kentucky’s College of Design

2022-05-02T14:03:00-04:00

The picture is getting clearer for the Studio Gang-envisioned new, unified home for the University of Kentucky's College of Design after final renderings and a project timeline were just revealed.

The firm beat out five other top-flight firms for the renovation of the former Reynolds Building, which was announced three years ago and has since been bolstered by a $5.2 million gift from local developers Gray Construction.

The building is located in a former tobacco warehouse at the edge of campus. Image courtesy of the University of Kentucky College of Design.

Now simply named the Gray Building, the 145,000-square-foot structure, originally conceived as a tobacco storehouse, had been sitting largely unused for a period of several years (a rare occurrence on most college campuses) and is now set to become the combined home of the College’s five academic programs and landscape department. A special joint studio between the Biomedical Engineering and Product Design programs and a new coll...

Get Lectured: University of Kentucky, Spring '18

2018-02-15T15:44:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2018

Archinect's Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

See what events are coming up in the University of Kentucky College of Design's Spring 2018 Architecture/Interiors/Historic Preservation lecture series.

Feb 2-3
Karen Lewis / Ohio State University

Feb 7
Sarah Dunn / UrbanLab

Feb 28
Jeanne Gang / Studio Gang

Mar 26
Patrick Hobgood / Hobgood Architects

Mar 30
Alan Ricks / MASS Design Group

Apr 9
Diana Agrest / Agrest & Gandelsonas Architects

For more event info + the latest updates, click here or visit design.uky.edu.

Check out previous posters on the Get Lectured Pinterest page!

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Get Lectured: University of Kentucky, Fall '17

2017-11-03T14:46:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2017

Ready or not, it's the start of a new school year. Back for Fall 2017 is Archinect's Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Here's the Fall 2017 lecture series from the University of Kentucky College of Design School of Architecture.

Aug 30
José Oubrerie

Sept 25
Pete Wenger / Patkau Architects

Oct 6
Daan Roggeveen / MORE Architecture

Oct 30
Marie & Keith Zawistowski / onSITE Architecture

Nov 1
Adrian Parr / University of Cincinnati

Nov 6
Diana Agrest / Agrest & Gandelsonas Architects

Nov 10
Mark Rakatansky / Mark Rakatansky Studio

Nov 13
Sarah Dunn / UrbanLab

The College of Design at the University of Kentucky/Architecture/ Interiors/Historic P...

Get Lectured: University of Kentucky, Spring '17

2017-03-14T19:20:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter & Spring 2017

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session for Spring 2017. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Here's a look at the Spring '17 lecture series at the University of Kentucky College of Design in Lexington.

Jan 21
Dwayne Oyler

Jan 28-Apr 23
Exhibition: Mike McKay / Art Museum at UK

Feb 2
Marlon Blackwell

Feb 13
Phillippe Chavance, Ou Ning & Eric Reece

Feb 17-18
Keely Colcleugh & Nathan Capaccio

Feb 24-25
Satoru Sugihara

Mar 6
Tobias Armbost

Mar 31
Historic Preservation Symposium: “Conflict, Violence & Preservation”

Apr 7
Winka Dubbeldam

For times and locations, click here. Visit design.uky.edu for other info.

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