The University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design
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Our remade home is coming into view |
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“We are re-envisioning the future of our university right now … this is an example of exactly what we’re trying to do across the entire university.”
- KU Chancellor Douglas A. Girod
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Announcing the 2023 KU Architecture & Design Alumni Awards |
The School of Architecture & Design is pleased to announce the latest class of alumni award winners.
Meet the Honorees
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Design student projects featured on Dezeen |
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| Footwear, packaging, publication design, and an exhibition showcasing cardboard furniture inspired by the late design iconoclast and KU professor Victor Papanek are among the KU Design student projects featured in Dezeen's latest school showcase.
See the projects
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Architecture student creates 3D model for KU library’s centennial celebration |
Makenna Dawson, a master’s in architecture student from Blue Springs, Mo., worked with KU Libraries to create a 3D modeling project, showing the 100-year evolution of Watson Library.
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| “It's amazing to be a part of [Watson’s centennial] and to be able to tell that story,” Makenna said. “I think my favorite part of my chosen career path is to be able to tell stories using visuals…”
Read more & explore the 3D model
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Interior Architecture student featured in KU Endowment’s Ever Onward campaign |
Kaleena Montellano’s journey into interior architecture at KU is not just an academic pursuit, it’s an exploration rooted in personal experiences and a commitment to understanding the needs of others.
Read more and watch the video
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Architecture students introduce new pavilion at Prairie Park Nature Center |
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Students in Keith Van de Riet’s third-year studio celebrated the pavilion they designed and built over the course of two semesters at Prairie Park Nature Center in Lawrence. Built almost entirely of repurposed materials, the sculptural structure will serve as an outdoor classroom, shelter, and community space for visitors to the park and educational center.
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Design + Hope: Building Furniture for Unhoused Families |
Two Interior Architecture furniture studios are designing and building essential furniture for a new shelter that provides a safe haven for unhoused families in Lawrence.
Learn more and support the project
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Remembering Professor David Griffin |
Professor Emeritus of Architecture David Griffin passed away peacefully at his home at the age of 90 on August 13th. Hired in 1969, he taught in the KU Department of Architecture for 36 years. An educator and practicing architect, Professor Griffin consulted at firms throughout the state and Kansas City area during his time at KU. But his passion was teaching, a fact that was clear to his students, colleagues, and all who knew him.
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Dean Mahbub Rashid and KC mayor Quinton Lucas were among attendees celebrating the 25th anniversary of McCownGordon with firm CEO Ramin Cherafat. |
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Dyche Hall Grotesque Renewal Project honored with historic preservation award |
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Architecture professor Nilou Vakil among five KU educators recognized as Kemper Fellows |
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| Professors awarded by Environmental Design Research Association |
The Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA) honored architecture professors Nisha Fernando and Kapila Silva with 2024 EDRA Achievement Awards in recognition of their book, Theorizing Built Form and Culture: The Legacy of Amos Rapoport, published by Routledge earlier this year.
Read about the book
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Architecture professor’s study links operating room design to shorter surgery time |
A study by architecture professor Xiaobo Quan published in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal is believed to be the first of its kind to link operating room design to the length of knee- and hip-replacement surgeries.
Dr. Quan believes his findings can be used to optimize spaces that will both produce better outcomes, via shorter surgeries, for patients and boost the hospital's bottom line.
"Previous studies looked at the impact of space design on the frequency of disruptions encountered, but they didn't control for the huge influence of the surgery type and the speed of the individual surgeon.”
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Building Futures Together - Q&A with KU Dirt Works Studio and Apex Engineers |
For over a decade, Apex Engineers has worked with architecture professor Chad Kraus’s Dirt Works Studio to create internationally recognized projects that have expanded the limits of what university design-build students can accomplish. Read how this industry partnership has allowed third-year students at KU to make lasting impacts in the community while preparing for careers.
Read the Q&A
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Architecture graduate recognized by Healthcare Design Magazine |
Connor Crist, healthcare architect and senior associate at HFG Architecture, was one of 12 healthcare designers named a 2024 Rising Star by Healthcare Design Magazine.
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2024 KU grads read letters to their younger selves: Jackson Bontty, architecture |
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Design students explore printmaking and civic advocacy |
This summer, Sam Yates Meier’s junior visual communication design students stepped away from their computers to examine type design through letterpress printing. At the Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin, students spent a week hand-setting type and inking letterforms to create original printed works.
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