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Student Services

Student Services

The goal of the Office of Student Services in the College of Design is to help students plan their educational experience and help them achieve their career and life goals.

Office of Student Services also helps students meet changing needs; maintain up-to-date information on university requirements, academic policies, procedures, and deadlines; provide guidance for students interested in courses outside of the College; and facilitate the successful transition of prospective, continuing, and non-traditional students to the academic campus environment and to the College of Design.
Contact Student Services
 
859-257-7623
codstudentservices@uky.edu
Graduate Admissions

Graduate Admissions

 

The Graduate Program of the School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky College of Design evaluates student portfolios for breadth and variety of media, scale, and subject matter. Within the limitations given in the application, the portfolio should demonstrate ability in areas of architectural design and communication. The graduate admissions committee will evaluate portfolios for competence in architectural design, coherent demonstration of visual and spatial abilities expressed through a basic understanding of material and construction, drawing ability, and the use of color in two-dimensional and three-dimensional work. Portfolios should present visual acuity and graphic abilities through paintings, drawings, prints, graphic design, or architectural drawings. We recommend that applicants include freehand drawings from direct observation as well as a selection of plans, sections, and elevations.
 
 
Submit the application and the following items to the College of Design by January 15: 
 
1. Applicants must have a NAAB Accredited Professional Degree or equivalent (CAMBERA Accord for international student) to apply to the Architecture Graduate Program.
 
 
3.  Portfolio: See Graduate Portfolio Guidelines.
 
4. Three Letters of Recommendation: Letters are not required from graduates of the UK/CoD School of Architecture.
 
5. Personal Essay: The essay should explain your interest in architecture, and outline your reasons for applying to this program. Please limit your essay to 500 words.
 
6. One copy of your transcript(s): Please include transcripts for all previous graduate and undergraduate work. The transcripts do not need to be official.
 
Application deadline is May 15.
 
 
Architecture Undergraduate Admissions
Overview | FAQ

Architecture Undergraduate Admissions

The School of Architecture continues to accept applications for the Fall 2013 semester on a rolling basis.

Applicants must accomplish these steps in order to be admitted into the College of Design's Bachelor of Arts in Architecture program.
 
 
 
Step 3. Upon receipt of this application form, the Architecture Admissions Packet with instructions for completion and a specific deadline will be e-mailed to the applicant.
This is the School of Architecture's selective admissions requirement, and serves as the primary means for being evaluated for admission into the School of Architecture. 
Complete and return the Architecture Admissions Packet to the College of Design by the deadline. 
Program & Admissions
Overview | Graduate FAQs | Courses/Curriculum | Graduate Admissions

Program & Admissions

The graduate program in the School of Interior Design provides students with a Masters of Arts degree and post-professional research experiences that lead expertise in an area of specialization drawn from interdisciplinary knowledge. Filtered through the lens of interior design, this expertise will cultivate and expand the body of knowledge as demanded by the profession into new domains of practice.

Comprised of 30 semester hours, the program culminates with an option of a written thesis or a thesis design project coinciding with the graduate student's reseach focus. With these possibilities, the School of Interior Design ensures success by providing a foundation of values geared toward both research and design, including: research and analysis, critical thinking, application of evidence-based design, the design process, along with a focus on the quality of human experiences in the designed environment.

Admittance in the program is limited to individuals with a professional undergraduate degree in interior design, architecture, or a related professional design degree. As part of the College of Design, graduate students have access to courses within architecture and historic preservation, in addition to other courses within the broader university to ensure a multidisciplinary approach to problem solving. Areas of studies that are supported by faculty research within the School of Interior Design include: workplace strategies, evidence-based design, design and community interventions, sustainable design related to lighting and materiality, design history and culture, and experience design.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), employment of interior designers is expected to increase by 19% between the years 2010-2020. As the market grows, so too will job competition and a Masters of Arts degree in Interior Design from the University of Kentucky can support a designer's ability to understand and conduct research, analyze, think critically, and apply evidence-based design work through the design process.

Click here for the Admissions process.

Graduate Admissions

Graduate Admissions

The graduate program in interior design leads to a post-professional Masters of Arts in Interior Design. A combination of course work, independent study, and research experience is available to provide students with a program of study designed to meet each student's career interests.

To apply to the Masters of Arts in Interior Design, you must:

  • Apply and be accepted to the University of Kentucky. Download the application here.
  • Apply and be accepted to the School of Interior Design. Download the application here.
  • Have been granted a baccalaureate degree by an accredited institution with a minimum 3.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale (2.75-3.0 will be considered in relation to other credentials).
  • Have take the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
  • For non-English speaking students, a TOEFL score of 550 or above is required (or a score of 213 on the computer version of the TOEFL).
Undergraduate

Undergraduate

The Bachelor of Arts Degree in Interior Design is obtained on completion of a four-year curriculum. This degree permits pursuit of professional registration as an Interior Designer and is fully accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

Interior Design Admissions Process

Candidates will be admitted based on demonstrated potential for academic achievement at the freshman level as indicated by high school grade-point average, ACT/SAT scores, and the required essay.

Download the application here.  Please note, we are operating a rolling admissions basis.

Find out more about undergraduate studies in interior design and apply today: 859.257.7623

Interior Design

Interior Design

Thank you for interest in the School of Interior Design.  Please use the links on the left for undergraduate and graduate admissions.

Development

Development

Despite these difficult economic times, the College of Design has been able to garner a signifcant amount of support from dedicated alumni and friends, enhancing opportunities for faculty and students.

Chief among these achievements was the awarding of over 40 scholarships in the College for the upcoming academic year with funds raised in the College of Design Enhancement Fund and our various endowments. While not all scholarships are high in dollar amount, they allow students to offset the costs that are associated with attending college. In essence, every little bit helps.

We want to thank those who contributed to the College's scholarships this past fiscal year and ask that those who did not consider making a gift, however small, towards the College's enhancement fund.

Support from dedicated donors and constituents will serve as major differentiator as the College continues to move forward.

Alumni News

Alumni News

'78 Alumnus Wayne Braun's firm, PDR, receives LEED CI Platinum Certification

UK/CoD School of Interior Design '78 alumnus Wayne Braun's firm, Planning Design Research (PDR), as become the first Houston workplace to earn the prestigious LEED CI (Commercial Interior Design and Construction) Platninum certfification, the U.S. Green Building Council program's highest classification.

'79 Alumna Elected to Alumni Board

Lu Ann Holmes, '79 was elected to the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors as a College of Design representative.  Her term began July 1, 2012, and will continue through June 30, 2013.

Weber Brothers featured in Alumni Magazine

Donny Weber, '73, and Tom Weber, '78, were featured in the September 2011 issue of Alumni Magazine.  The brothers founded the Weber Group in 1983, which specializes in creating unique concepts for the world of design, construction and specialty fabrication services.

Alumni and River Cities Project featured in Alumni Magazine

The Kentucky Magazine featured three UK/CoD alumni, Mark Bethel, Tim Skinner, and Martin Summers, all of whom were involved in the College's  Henderson Project, part of the River Cities Project.

Guest Speakers

Guest Speakers

Aaron Betsky

Aaron Betsky, the Director of the Cincinnati Art Museum, gave a series of six public lectures entitled "Where Are We Now?" Over the course of four months, Betsky explored current issues in contemporary architecture. All lectures are available online here.

Jianfei Zhu

UK/CoD and the Confucious Center are hosting a lecture and discussion by Jianfei Zhu titled "Scale and Statehood: a Different Modernity", which explored the scale of urbanization in China and how it might develop into a different kind of modernity. His lecture is available online here.

UK/CoD hosted many other speakers over the course of the academic year. Click on the names below to view their lectures online.

Clark Thenhaus

Brennen Buck

Adam Fure

Christian Unverzagt

Greg Romine

Mark O' Bryan

Keely Colcleugh

Alex Deutschman

Ronald Jones, Ph.D

James Crump, Ph.D

Freek Persyn

Gregor Zimmerman

Faculty Awards & Accomplishments

Faculty Awards & Accomplishments

Terry Rothgeb Retires

In December 2011, Interior Design Professor Terry Rothgeb retired after 38 years with the College of Design.  Guest speakers, colleagues, and former students recanted his teaching career at a celebratory dinner for Rothgeb, which also served as a fundraising dinner for the Terry Rothgeb Scholarship Endowment.

Scroggin and Takebayashi win A'Design Awards

UK/CoD professors Jason Scroggins and Akari Takebayashi, co-founders of Design Office Takebayashi and Scroggins (D.O.T.S.) won three A'Design awards including a Platnium Award for their "Ten To Sen" project. This project included designs for park fixtures for Cherokee Square Park located in Guthrie, Kentucky.  They also received two additional awards for their Massimal sculptures.

UK/CoD Professors Exhibit in Couched Constructions

Assistant Professors Anne Filson and Gary Rohrbacker are exhibiting an installation, "Networked Constructions" at the Herron School fo Art March 2-April 19.  The exhibit, "Couched Constructions", challenges the viewer's conventional ideas of the couch.  Filson and Rohrbacher's installation will include three pieces from their AtFab collection.

Nick Puckett Exhibitsin Kasian Gallery

Assistant Professor Nick Puckett is exhibiting his "Project Blackbox" at the Kasian Gallery at the University of Calgary.  Puckett describes his project: "Project BlackBox is addressing the issue of responsiveness at the building scale by creating smart surfaces that acutate without the use of electricity".

Wallis Miller Speaks at Rice University

Wallis Miller, the Charles Parker Graves Endowed Associate Proessor in Architecture gave a talk in the Rice School of Architecture's Spring 2011 Lecture Series, "More Judgement". Her lecture, entitled "Architecture Exhibitions and the Emergence of Modernism", explored the ways in which exhibitions played a central role in constructing a definition of Modern Architecture in Germany and beyond.

Events & Exhibitions

Events & Exhibitions

End of Year Show

The third annual End of Year Show took place on May 4, 2012 in Lexington's Land of Tomorrow Gallery.  Many projects from the college's studios were on display, including HBEER, The Paducah Project, and others. Click here to view the Facebook photo gallery.

PGDP at the Department of Energy's National Chairs Meeting

In April, the College's plan for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant was presented at the Department of Energy's National Chairs Meeting.  This plan, produced in conjunction with the Kentucky Research Consortium on Energy and the UK Applied Energy Research, focuses on the closure, cleanup, and future use of the plant.

Light, Shadows, Patterns

Students in the School of Interior Design exhibited a new series of work entitled "Light, Shadow, and Pattern" in September.  They created a series of screens using variety of papers and fabrics altered with laser cutting technology.

Historic Preservation Recap

Historic Preservation Recap

Northern Kentucky Historic Art Spaces Trail

The Historic Perservation Department, in conjunction with the River Cities project, proposed plans for the "Northern Kentucky Historic Art Spaces Trail". The studio identified 47 historic buildings along the Ohio River that are currently being used as performance venues, art schools, and galleries.  The proposed trail, which connects the cities of Ludlow, Covington, Newport, Bellevue, and Fort Thomas, would bring attention to the bustling, yet oft overlooked art communities of northern Kentucky.  Students presented their work to the public at a presentation at Circus Mojo in Ludlow, Kentucky.

6th Annual Symposium on Historic Preservation

The Department of Historic Preservation hosted their 6th annual symposium entitled "New Voices, Current Needs".  Several speakers addressed issues such as how preservation can address the needs of underserved communities and help correct modern and historical injustices.

Interior Design Recap

Interior Design Recap

40+ Rethinking Design

2012 marked the 40th anniversary of the School of Interior Design.  The celebrate, the school hosted the "40+ Rethinking Design" symposium during the spring semester.  Over 150 attendees gathered to hear speakers such as Prataap Patros of Boston's Urban Design Department, Robin Guinther of Perkins + Will and Chris Collins, CEO and founder of Tiopdean Technologies to discuss the evolution of the fields of interior design.  Students were also invited to participate in a charrette focusing on the essentials of a thriving working, living, and learning environment at UK.

Terry Rothgeb Retires

In December 2011, Interior Design Professor Terry Rothgeb retired after 38 years with the College of Design.  Guest speakers, colleagues, and former students recanted the teaching career at a celebratory dinner for Rothgeb, which also served as a fundraiser for the Terry Rothgeb Scholarship Endowment.

ID Students Garner Awards at Project Runway

On Thursday, October 20 at the Henry Clay Beaux Arts Ballroom in downtown Louisville, the Louisville/Lexington City Center hosted "Project Runway", a nationwide annual event sponsored by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA).  In the competition, a firm or team of designers is paired with a manufacturer of interior finish materials, such as carpet, tile, wall coverings, etc.  Two teams  included students from UK/CoD School of Interior Design.  Both teams were presented with top awards.

Summer Students Travel to Brazil

Ten students from the School of Interior Design spent three weeks in Sao Paolo, Brazil.  They worked on an organic coffee plantation that is in the process of becoming a model for sustainable agriculture.  The students blogged about their travels on Tumblr.

Architecture Recap

Architecture Recap

IABR

The River Cities Project was chosen as a CounterSite at the 5th International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam at the Netherlands Architecture Institute.  Studios from Henderson and Paducah were featured alongside entries from all over the world in the event's "Making City" exhibition.  The Biennale gave the College and the Commonwealth an international platform from which to highlight the innovative ways design can impact the economic development of Kentucky's river cities.

Louisville Water Company

Elodie Nourrigat, founder of N+B Architects of Montpelier, France, served as the Brown-Forman Chair and led a studio this spring.  Students developed proposals to convert a historic water tower into the Water Education Center and Museum.  The spring studio was a continuation of a Fall 2011 workshop led by 51N4E founder Freek Persyn to develop the center as a catalyst for urban transformation.

HBEER

On January 27th, the UK Houseboat to Energy Efficient Residences (HBEER) project reached a milestone with a ribbon cutting of the first prototype, which was placed on a foundation in Monticello, Kentucky.  Through a collaborative effort with the Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) and the Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation, this project addresses not only the need for affordable, energy efficient housing, but also recreates many jobs lost in Kentucky.

Summer Study Abroad

Students from the School of Architecture had the opportunity to study abroad in studios in the Netherlands and Berlin.  The students blogged about their experiences on Tumblr.

In the Netherlands, students had the opportunity to compete in the 5th Concrete Design Competition.

In Berlin, a group of students spent eight weeks studying the city's architecture and infrastructure. 

Alumni News

 

‘78 alumnus Wayne Braun’s firm, PDR, receives LEED CI Platinum certification
University of Kentucky School of Interior Design '78 alumnus Wayne Braun's firm, Planning Design Research (PDR), has become the first Houston workplace to earn the prestigious LEED CI (Commercial Interior Design and Construction) Platinum certification, the U.S. Green Building Council program’s highest classification.
 
’79 alumna elected to Alumni Board
Lu Ann Holmes was elected to the UK Alumni Association Board of Directors as a College of Design representative. Her term began July 1, 2012, and will continue through June 30, 2015.
 
Weber brothers featured in Alumni Magazine
Donny Weber, ’73 and Tom Weber, ’78 were featured in the September 2011 issue of Alumni Magazine.  The brothers founded the Weber Group in 1983, which specializes in creating unique concepts for the world of design, construction and specialty fabrication services. Click here to read the article.
 
Alumni and Rivers Cities Project featured in Alumni Magazine
The Kentucky Alumni Magazine featured three UK/CoD alumni, Mark Bethel, Tim Skinner, and Martin Summers who were involved in the University of Kentucky College of Design's 'Henderson Project', part of the College’s River Cities Project. Click here to read the article.
The Zolondek Travel Award

The Zolondek Travel Award

The Zolondek Travel Award is a scholarship designed to enhance student travel opportunities in Europe for all students in the College of Design. To apply for the Zolondek Travel Award please follow this link.

Third Year, Fourth Year and Graduate students can apply for a scholarship to be used for their travel expenses while they complete a specific itinerary of destinations outlined below. Award amounts can range from $700 to $1500. The award provides supplemental funds for travel and is not designed to cover all expenses.

Interested students should complete the online proposal application, which will be reviewed by the College of Design Scholarship Committee. The scholarship will be awarded to students whose proposal application demonstrates a rigorous commitment and intention to meeting the travel agenda of the award.

Selected students will be required to visit various cultural and design-relevant sites in several cities. Once the visits are complete, the student will be required to submit a pictorial and written documentary report to the Dean’s Office.

The report must contain “evidence” of visiting each site in the selected city, be it a picture, sketch, or gate receipt. The report must also contain an essay about the value of the experience and visiting the sites. Reports will be archived in the College of Design Library.

Students who are selected must visit the three cities (London, Paris, Berlin) and one city-group listed below. Each site is linked below.

Three Cities

London Required Sites:
British Museum
National Gallery
Tate Modern
Tate Britain

Paris Required Sties:
Centre Pompidou (aka Beauborg)
Louvre
Museé D’Orsay
Museé National des Arts Asiatiques – Guimet

Berlin Required Sites:
Gemäldegalerie
Jewish Museum
Museum für Indische Kunst – Dahlem Complex

The City Groups

Madrid – Granada – Toledo Required Sites:
Centro de Arte Reina Sofia National Museum (Madrid)
Prado Museum (Madrid)
Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum (Madrid)
La Alhambra Museum (Granada)
Iglesia Santo Tome (Toledo)
Cathedral (Toledo)

Copenhagen – Stockholm Required Sites:
Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek (Copenhagen)
Statens Museum for Kunst (Copenhagen)
Millesgården Sculpture Park Museum (Stockholm)
Moderna Museet and Arkitur Museet (Stockholm)
Nationalmuseum (Stockholm)
Vasamuseet (Stockholm)

Venice – Florence Required Sites:
Galleria Dell’Axxademia (Venice)
Scuola di San Rocco (Venice)
Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari (Venice)
Galleria degli Uffizi di Firenze (Florence)

Vienna – Prague – Budapest Required Sites:
Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna)
Museum Judenplatz (Vienna)
Jewish Museum (Prague)
Old New Synagogue (Prague)
Nagy Zsinagóga (Budapest)
Szépmûvészeti Muzeum (Budapest)

Amsterdam – The Hague – Antwerp Required Sites:
Begijnhof (Amsterdam)
De Portugese Synagogue (Amsterdam)
Rijksmuseum (Amsterdam)
Mauritshuis (The Hague)
Koninklijk museum voor Schone Kunsten (Antwerp)
Onze Lieve Vrouwekathedraal (Antwerp)

NAAB and Career Development Information

NAAB and Career Development Information

In order to help parents and students understand the body of knowledge and skills that constitute a professional education in architecture, the following documents have been made available:

Accreditation Information
NAAB Conditions for Accreditation
2012 NAAB Procedures for Accreditation

Career Development Information
www.ARCHCareers.org
www.NCARB.org
www.aia.org
www.aias.org
www.acsa-arch.org
The NCARB Handbook for Interns and Architects
Toward an Evolution of Studio Culture
The Emerging Professional's Companion
Intern Development Program Guidelines

Public access to APRs and VTRs
Final decision letter from NAAB
The most recent APR
The final edition of the most recent Visiting Team Report
NAAB Focused Evaluation Report
2008 NAAB Response
2009 Annual Report
2010 Annual Report
2011 Annual Report, part I
2011 Annual Report, part II
ARE Pass Rates (2007-2011)

Program & Feasibilty Study
Phase I
Phase II

Summer Career Discovery Program

Summer Career Discovery Program

The 2013 Summer Career Discovery Program will be held July 14-26.

To apply, please click here, read the handbook and complete the accompanying application. Deadline has been extended to June 28. Applications must be received by June 3 to be considered for a scholarship.

The Summer Career Discovery program is an intensive two-week program held at the University of Kentucky College of Design. The program is open to high school students who will be juniors and seniors in the fall semester of 2013. Graduating seniors who have been admitted to the University of Kentucky (including the College of Design) and would like to get a head start on design concepts and skills are also encouraged to attend.

The goal of the program is to explore the many facets of design education. A major emphasis will be placed on the foundational experience of an intensive design studio, where individual education is enhanced and nurtured in a collective environment. Participants will be challenged to think creatively, analyze design, and present their work to peers and professionals.

Over the course of two weeks, participants will take part in a variety of events on and off campus (from morning till evening), including lectures, field trips, office visits, and workshops. Events are structured to broaden the participant's understanding of design professions, and serve as an introduction to design thinking, problem solving, the Lexington community, and the University of Kentucky.

Typical Daily Schedule
8 – 9    Breakfast
9 – 12  Workshop, Field Trip, or Tour
12 – 1  Lecture, or Discussion
1 – 2    Lunch
2 – 6    Studio or Field Trip
6 – 7   Dinner
7 – 9    Work Session - Reading - Movie

Where
While on campus all events related to the Summer Career Discovery Program will take place in Pence Hall and the Funkhouser Building, in the heart of the University of Kentucky's central campus. Off campus events will take place in and around Lexington, including regional cities.

Admission
Admission into the Summer Career Discovery Program is regulated through a selective admission procedure. Participants are selected according to the merit of their cumulative GPA, the quality of their statement of interest, and the strength of their recommendations (see application for directions).

Upon acceptance into the program, you will be required to pay a tuition fee (unless you have been awarded a scholarship) that will cover all program costs including tuition, housing, food, and tours. Upon receipt of the tuition fee you will be mailed a packet with additional details about the program, and release forms.

Tuition fees can be made by certified check or money order made payable to the University of Kentucky (please be sure that the participant's name is written on the check), or you can pay online at the link above.

Scholarships
Scholarships are available to participants based on a combination of factors including academic merit, creative accomplishment, financial need, and diversity of background.

If you are interested in applying for a scholarship please attach an essay that describes how this scholarship will further your interest in the field of design (250 words or less). Applicant name and address must be included on the essay.

Housing
Participants will stay in a University of Kentucky dormitory, just a short walk from daily activities. (housing is included in tuition). Participants will share a room with another Summer Career Discovery participant. Typical dorm rooms are furnished with two twin beds, two desks, two chairs, a chest of drawers and a trashcan. The dorm rooms do not have activated phone lines, however there are phones available at the dormitory’s front desk and the College of Design.

University of Kentucky dormitories have 24-hour front desk coverage where attendants provide information and security. In addition, participants will be supervised by a chaperone who will reside in the dorm. Male and female participants are housed on different floors of the building. Linens and laundry facilities are provided. Wireless Internet is available on much of UK’s campus, including Pence Hall.

Meals
All meals are provided, including snacks and beverages during daily activities. Dietary restrictions will be accommodated, please make sure to note these considerations on the consent form.

Past Sessions

To learn about what participants can expect from the Summer Career Discovery Program, please view the article and videos listed below. Please be sure to connect with us via Facebook. 

UKNOW: Prospective Design Students Get a Peak at College Life

Images from the 2012 Sessions:

2011 – 2012 College of Design Donor List

2011 – 2012 College of Design Donor List

Donors in this list are from the 2011 - 2012 fiscal year (July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012)

$5,000 +

GBBN Architects, Inc.
Edith Bingham
Kentucky Highlands Investment Corp.
Henerson County Treasurer
City of Henderson
Ken Greene Foundation
The American Institute of Architects/Kentucky Society
Terry D. Rothgeb
The Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation
Preston Family Foundation
Dr. Barbara J. Schrodt
Leininger Cabinet & Woodworking, Inc.
Florence A. Leininger
 
$1,000 to $4,999
 
East Kentucky Chapter of American Institute of Architects
Sunron International LLC; Darrell & Lorna Littrell
Royster's Machine Shop, LLC; Mike Royster
Gerald P. Noe
Jeffrey T. Schroeder
St. Elizabeth Healthcare
Ann Whiteside-Dickson
Beaux Arts Foundation Inc.
Alt 32
Planning Design Research Corporation
Clyde Carpenter
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Abbott
Turner Construction Company
Morgan Worldwide Consultants, Inc.
Alice M. Greene
Joseph M. Turley & Maureen A. Peters
Skinner Design Associates; Tim Skinner
UBS Financial Services Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Randall Cory Vaughn
Janet S. Twyman and Michael D. Szerbaty
UBS, Inc.
EOP Architects
Renaissance Architects, Inc.; Larry Quenette
Archicon Designers Developers
Gray Construction
Pearson & Peters Architects, PLC
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc.
Jere W. Plank
 
$500 to $999
 
Lu Ann Holmes
Mr. and Mrs. Richard T. Ernst, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. White
Janet Pike
Wayne H. Braun
SITUS, Inc.
Procter & Gamble Co.
Cornelia Elizabeth Wyma
Donohoo, Cupp & Beck CPAS
Bryant Foundation, Inc
Hayworth
 
$250 to $499
 
Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Albanese
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip A. Owens
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Larson
Tim R. Winters
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Wescott
Mr. and Mrs. Roderick J. Lewis
James S. Monohan, Jr.
Robert J. Swank
Gary A. Adams
Susan M. Altman and Ivan L. Kreitman
Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Albert
Christopher J. Fuller
 
$100 to $249
 
William D. Hatcher III
William B. Willis
Beth A. Worell and  Joe F. Pryse
Mr. and Mrs. Duane K. Culp
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Shafferman
Thomas J. Hickey
Keith O. Woodard
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher B. Phillips
Mr. and Mrs. David R. Sears
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy K. Lucas
Joe R. Back
Mrs. Rebecca Smitley Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hupman
L. Scott Jackson
Darchelle R. Leggett
Anna Marie Lewis
Rev. Kelly Flood and Mr. Neil Chethik
R. Stephen McDaniel
Dr. Carol and Mr. L. Wayne Tune
Mr. and Ms. Thomas A. Dooley
FielderGroup Market Research LLC
Don W. Jeffers
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Cravens
Mr. and Ms. J. David Carter
Mr. and Mrs. Reese R. Reinhold
Ms. Susan L. Bruker and Mr. Jeffrey R. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. William A. Wade, III
Susan M. Biasiolli
Michael L. Schmitt
Mr. and Mrs. Clyde W. Parks, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. Martin
Jeffrey A. Frodge
Albert E. Graf
Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Hood
Madeline Algier
Mr. and Mrs. Steven A. Eggers
Mr. and Mrs. William M. Hargis
Mary-Margaret Stacy
Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Shaffer
David L. Ware
Jeffrey G. Gillispie
Mr. and Mrs. M. Alan McDearman
Abby L. Lawson
David S. Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Forst
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Isenhour
Mr. and Mrs. John D. Meyers
Jason Bowman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Brewer
Mr. and Mrs. J. Richard Coltharp
Mr. and Mrs. Steven R. Graves
Dr. and Mrs. James W. Douglas
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce F. Mirrielees
Melissa Hopkins-Dunbar and  Gregory C. Dunbar
Mr. and Ms. Stanley E. Klausing, Jr.
Steven D. Allen
Betsy H. Wall
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Jacobs
David L. Puckett
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Hinkel
Katherine E. Greene-Owens and Andrew Harris Owens
Mr. and Mrs. Justin Adam McElfresh
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Sears
Charlotte Knoop-Stengel and Bradford P. Stengel
Deborah A. Collins
Henry A. Dumesnil
Randall J. Olocki
Mr. and Mrs. Steve E. Hennigan
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Cashman
Robert J. Koester
John W. Page
John O. Calvert
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff M. Lane
Sheila R. Simpson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Sheets
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Halley III
Mr. and Mrs. David L. Arnold
Edwin C. Krebs
Joe E. Jones
Joseph B. Parker III
George W. Lackey
David M. Bailey
Vincent J. Vetter
Dr. and Mrs. John D. Tarrant
Dr. Linda and Mr. Gary McNay
Mark W. Steele
Norman A. Chrisman, Jr.
John F. Stewart Jr.
Joseph A. Reybarreau
Mr. and Mrs. Alan B. Sullivan
Dr. Peggy S. Meszaros
James K. Piper Jr.
K. Norman Berry
Gary F. Hisel
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Britt
Scott O'Daniel
Curt Sherman
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight R. Trew
Susan R. Lenzen
David C. Soka
Mr. and Ms. Kenneth L. Irons, Jr.
Linda R. Daniel
Grady Clay
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Isaacs
Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Sawyer
Julia B. Steanson
Richard M. Jones
Mr. and Mrs. Bradley S. Mitchell
Ronald A. Case
Mr. and Mrs. Kier B. Levesque
Robert L. McAuliffe
G. Wesley Worley
James A. Ellis
James W. Greenwell Jr.
Dr. Jimmi C. Hatton-Kolpek and Mr. Jeffrey J. Kolpek
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Bransom
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin R. McGuire
Mr. and Mrs. Mark J. O'Bryan
Aaron J. Whelton
Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Langley
Mr. and Mrs. Jay DeChesere
Darnell A. Farris
Scot A. Walters
Woodford Builders, Inc.
Tim Thompson
A. Dean Tucker
Funding Priorities

Funding Priorities

Student Support
With the rise of tuition dollars comes the ever-increasing need to supplement a student’s scholarship package. The chief decision making criteria amongst most graduate students is the amount of tuition support they can get to help offset costs of their education. When looking at our current student base, only 7 out of 32 graduate students are awarded a scholarship each year. With the average award being around $5,000 it falls woefully short of the amount necessary to attract and retain our brightest students.

Studio Support
When looking to manage an exciting and innovative studio space, dollars are needed to purchase materials, pay for the production of prototypes, and generate an applicable final project. By sponsoring a studio, a design firm can enrich the learning of the students by providing funds that will enable site visits, field trips, and interactive learning opportunities. In the limited number of sponsored studios the CoD has conducted, the results have been tremendous, impacting not only the students and school, but also the entire Commonwealth.

A prime example of the most successful sponsored studio to date is the Houseboat to Energy Efficient Residences, or HBEER, project. Through a series of private and state funding grants, the end product of this studio has created a prototype that could enable industries in Eastern Kentucky to overcome the changing economy. This is an example of what a well-funded studio can accomplish, both for our student’s education and the Commonwealth.

Endowment of Professorships
Professors, in many ways, have the most impact in the quality of design students produced at the CoD. Being able to attract and retain energetic, passionate faculty will play a large role in the production of quality students. Endowing a professorship helps offset the college’s salary cost, leaving more funds to support studios and creative initiatives. It also conveys a sense of commitment that many top faculty notice when looking at prospective employers.

Event Sponsorship
Partnership marketing offers a creative avenue for companies and friends to benefit from exposure to the design professionals in and around the College of Design. Events present an opportunity for companies to create a win/win scenario by gaining exposure to both current and future designers.

Space Needs
The College of Design, currently housed in five buildings, has three space-intensive programs that need a large amount of square footage per student. Currently, there simply is not enough space to provide students with the square footage that they need to adequately complete their studio projects. Many students spend much their day shuffling between different buildings on campus. Building a Center for Design Innovation behind the current Pence Hall and some targeted renovations can go a long way to creating a new and improved design hub for the University.

There are several ways to make a gift to the College of Design:

  • Make a credit card gift online through the University’s secure server.
  • For Donor/Development information call 859-257-5367.
  • Send your gift by mail. Write a check, payable to the University of Kentucky, and mail it to:

                  University of Kentucky College of Design
                  Director of Development
                  117 Pence Hall
                  Lexington, KY 40506-0041 

  • There also are many other ways to contribute through our Estate and Gift Planning programs.

Your may designate your contribution to any program or scholarship fund within the College of Design. Unrestricted gifts are also very important because they can be used where the need is greatest. In the past, these funds have been used to provide students travel support, pay faculty stipends, buy new equipment, supplement scholarships, and provide overall program support.

Faculty Directory

Faculty Directory

The current faculty embody the history of excellence at the College of Design.  Their diverse backgrounds and viewpoints offer a rich and dynamic learning experience. 

Interior Design Faculty
Architecture Faculty
Historic Preservation Faculty
Visiting Faculty
Administrative Staff 

Open Faculty Positions
Overview | School of Interior Design - multiple positions

Open Faculty Positions

Please use the above links for more information about open positions.

Faculty and Staff Resources
Overview | Grants & Fellowships | Policies & Resources | Committees

Faculty and Staff Resources

Please use the above sub-menu items to browse.

Support the College

Support the College

There are several ways to make a gift to the College of Design:

  • Make a credit card gift online through the University’s secure server.
  • For Donor/Development information call 859-257-5367.
  • Send your gift by mail. Write a check, payable to the University of Kentucky, and mail it to:

                  University of Kentucky College of Design
                  Director of Development
                  117 Pence Hall
                  Lexington, KY 40506-0041 

  • There also are many other ways to contribute through our Estate and Gift Planning programs.

Your may designate your contribution to any program or scholarship fund within the College of Design. Unrestricted gifts are also very important because they can be used where the need is greatest. In the past, these funds have been used to provide students travel support, pay faculty stipends, buy new equipment, supplement scholarships, and provide overall program support.

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Alumni News

Alumni News

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Friends & Alumni

Friends & Alumni

The College of Design holds a special place on the University of Kentucky campus because of the compelling nature of our disciplines and the exciting achievements of our students and faculty.

We are also admired because of the quality of work that our alumni accomplish and by the friends and supporters who take interest in our programs.

University Resources
Computing

Computing

The College of Design Computer Lab is located in the basement of Pence Hall. The lab offers large-format printing, 3D computer-generated modeling, and access to the University’s electronic resources.  The equipment available in the computer lab includes:


  • 21 Mac Pro Towers in Class Room
  • 6 Mac Pro Tower Computers
  • Black and White Laser Printer
  • Color Laser Printer
  • Color Flatbed Scanner
  • 3 Color Flatbed Scanners with Multi-sheet feeders
  • Color Slide/Negative Scanner
  • HP Designjet 800PS Plotter
  • HP Designjet 4000 Plotter
  • 1 Vidar 36” Wide Format Scanner

Hours
Monday - Thursday / 9am - 10pm
Friday / 9am - 6pm
Saturday / Closed
Sunday / 4pm - 10pm
Holiday hours may vary please call ahead: 859-257-7609

Technology Coordinator
Michael Culp
257-9413
michael.culp@uky.edu

Download the College's Recommended Computer Specifications here

Workshop and Digital Fabrication Lab

Workshop and Digital Fabrication Lab

The Workshop and Digital Fabrication Lab provides a safe, well-maintained environment in which both students and faculty can explore three-dimensional construction in any medium.

The laboratory maintains equipment to handle both large and small scale constructions. Below is a short list of the digital technology equipment and some of the more traditional tools and machines for making:

Prototyping Facility
96” x 48” x 17” Precix 3axis CNC router
48” x 36” x 6” AXYZ 3axis cnc router
18” x 24” - 60 watt Universal Laser
24” x 32” - 120 watt Universal laser
Zcorp 310 plus 3d printer (starch)
Uprint Plus 3d printer (abs)
Dimension 1200es 3d printer (abs)
Soluble Station (ss)
Wax Dipping Oven
De-powdering Station
7 Stationary support computers

Wood shop and General Use
two table saws
panel saw
two chop saws
wood and metal lathes
jointer
scroll saw
mortiser
radial arm saw
stationary belt sander
3 drill press (L, m, sm)
4 band saws
3 stationary disc/belt sander
two planers

Metal shop
manual roller
vertical band saw
large drill press
polishing wheel
shear
break
oxygen and acetylene torch set
Hobart MIG welder 110 service (inter-shield)
Millermatic 252 220 service mig and spoolmatic welder
Hypertherm Powermax 45 plasma cutter
welding supports
grinders
abrasive chop saw

*supervising office and tool cage with typical hand tool support such as chisels, drill bits, heat guns, orbital sanders, cordless drills, etc…
** stationary and portable compressor
***24-7 assembly space

Hours:
Monday - Thursday / 9am - 8pm
Friday / 9am - 6pm
Saturday / Closed
Sunday / 10am - 7pm

Shop Manager:
T. Rives Rash, II
257-1665
t.rash2@uky.edu

SHOP Rules Booklet
Release Authorization
Consent for Treatment
Insurance Info

How-to videos:
Milling Curves
Milling Surfaces

Libraries

Libraries

The Hunter M. Adams College of Design Library

The Design Library houses the architecture, interior design and historic preservation collections. The library has a robust collection of American, European and contemporary Japanese architects and designers. Materials relating to historic interiors and furniture focus primarily on the U.S. and Great Britain. The Design Library’s collection circulates with the following exceptions: reserves, bound and current periodicals, special collections and reference.

Visit the University of Kentucky Library System
www.uky.edu/Libraries

Librarians
Faith Harders
859-257-4305
fharders@uky.edu

Lalana Powell
859-257-4305
lapowe03@uky.edu

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Academic and Studio Policies
Resources

Resources

The UK College of Design is housed primarily in Pence Hall, Miller Hall, the Funkhouser Building, and Bowman Hall; all of which are located in the heart of UK's central campus.
Additional facilities in the College include:

  • Hunter M. Adams Design Library: located in Pence Hall, the library contains 33,000 volumes, an extensive special collection, and computer and study areas.
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  • Computing: a full-service computer lab located in Pence Hall, offers large-format printing, 3D computer-generated modeling, and access to the University’s electronic resources.
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  • Workshop and Digital Fabrication Lab: a teaching and making facility equipped with a fully loaded wood workshop, metal workshop, and rapid prototyping workshop.
Housing

Housing

Information about housing can be found on the University’s website:
www.uky.edu/Housing

Student Groups

Student Groups

College of Design Student Council
The College of Design Student Council is elected from the student body and has a role in college policy-making decisions.

College of Design Student Ambassador Corps
The Ambassador Corps is part of the public relations program of the College of Design. The primary purpose of the Corps is to increase understanding of the college, the professional degree programs within the college and to assist in the marketing of those programs to prospective students, visitors, and other publics. Click here to apply to be a UK/CoD Ambassador.

Student Organizations
American Institute of Architecture (AIAS)
Interior Design Student Association @ UK
Tau Sigma Delta - Honor Society in Architecture and Allied Arts
International Interior Design Association
American Society of Interior Designers
HPGO - Historic Preservation Graduate Organization

Travel
Overview | The Zolondek Travel Award

Travel

Each year College of Design students have the opportunity to travel through exchange and study abroad programs. There are currently three study-abroad opportunities for students this year:

Amsterdam, The Netherlands
College of Design instructor Kyle Miller will lead this summer program. Students will live and study in Amsterdam for nine weeks and travel to Rotterdam and Copenhagen. Participants will have the opportunity to work closely with Dutch designers through a series of intensive design workshops. In addition, students will visit the offices of prominent European architectural design firms. More information about this program is available here.

Barcelona, Spain
The Barcelona study abroad program, lead by College of Design instructor Angie Co, will provide a general introduction to Spanish architecture and urbanism, and serve as a framework for exploration and analysis. Students will engage with vibrant and experimental local practitioners in the field (architects, educators, artists) through a series of events: workshops, discussions, tours, and presentations. The program will also include short trips to nearby cities.

Dessau, Germany
The Dessau Summer Architecture School is part of an exchange program with Anhalt University. Students from around the world take part in an eight-week intensive studio experience that includes travel within the region.  The program takes place in the historic Bauhaus, founded by Walter Gropius.

Students who are interested in other study abroad programs should visit the University of Kentucky Education Abroad website.

Financial Aid and Scholarships
Overview | Full list of scholarships

Financial Aid and Scholarships

Undergraduate Scholarships
All students are considered for merit and financial aid based scholarships if they apply through the general scholarship consideration process. In March, an email will be sent for all students to apply for scholarship consideration via an online form. This simple form will put all eligible candidates in a base spreadsheet to compile additional information. They will have until mid-March to apply for consideration. There are a number of scholarships with specific criteria. All students are encouraged to apply for consideration.

Graduate Scholarships
All graduate applicants are automatically considered for merit-based scholarships. Approximately two hundred thousand dollars in merit-based scholarships, awards, and stipends are awarded to CoD graduate students every year.  Scholarships and awards can range from $9,000 to full tuition. Because financial resources are limited, applicants are encouraged to seek out other sources of funding. To learn more details about university graduate scholarships visit the Graduate School's website.

Teaching and Research Assistantships for Graduate Students
Students are automatically considered for Teaching and Research Assistantships (TAs and RAs). These positions are competitive. Typically, an assistantship would cover 100% of tuition for the term and provide a stipend.

Financial Aid
For information about Financial Aid please visit the University of Kentucky Office of the Registrar's website.

Tuition

Tuition

Information about tuition can be found in the University of Kentucky Registrar’s website:
www.uky.edu/Registrar/feesgen.htm

Historic Preservation Admissions

Historic Preservation Admissions

    Admission Steps and Requirements:
  • Must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
  • Must have a B grade point average at the undergraduate level.
  • Must fill out and mail the Historic Preservation Program application. Applications are due March 1.
  • Must apply separately to the University of Kentucky Graduate School.
  • Must demonstrate ability in writing, drawing, drafting, and/or photography through submission of a portfolio:
    • Portfolio will NOT be returned to applicants and should not include original work.
    • Portfolio should be of quality and succinctly presented.
    • Portfolio should be letter size (no binder) and not exceed 20 sheets.
    • All included material should present visual acuity and graphic abilities through, but not limited to, a selection of: architectural/engineering drawings, painting, drawings, prints, graphic design, or photography. Exhibited work should be accompanied by brief statement of intent, degree of involvement (where not self-evident) and/or the rationale for the work.
  • Must submit three letters of recommendation.
  • Must submit a personal essay.
Apply

Apply

Thank you for your interest in the University of Kentucky College of Design.  Follow the links below to find information about applying to our programs.

Architecture
Interior Design
Historic Preservation

Architecture Admissions

Architecture Admissions

The College of Design offers a four year undergraduate program leading to a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture. This degree combines a broad liberal arts education with a foundation in the theory and practice of architecture. Successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree is required in order to pursue the two year professional Master of Architecture degree.

Applicants to the Masters in Architecture program must hold an undergraduate degree from a NAAB accredited architecture program. This track leads to a first-professional degree obtained at the graduate level. Upon successful completion of this degree, graduates are eligible to pursue registration as an architect.

Undergraduate Admissions

Graduate Admissions

Visit

Visit

The ideal time to visit the College of Design is when students and factulty are in studio. This will allow you to experience the rigor and spirit of the architecture, historic preservation and interior design programs. Studio visiting hours are Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

The best way to schedule a visit is through the University of Kentucky Visitors Center. This will allow you to schedule a tour of the University, and the College of Design. The Visitors Center will also provide you with a parking pass.

When you visit us your first destination will be Parking Garage #5. You can also find Pence Hall on Google Maps here. We are looking forward to your visit. 

If you have any further questions please call the Student Services office at: 859-257-7623.

Recruiting Events

Recruiting Events

Interior Design Graduate Open House

January 25, 2013

Itinerary

10:00-10:15 Registration, Room 103 Funkhouser Building 
10:15-10:30 Welcome & Program Overview
10:30-11:30 Program & Research Specialization Opportunity 
11:30-12:00 Application Information 
12:00-12:30 Tour of Facilities
12:30-1:45 Lunch with faculty
2:00-4:00 Design Chat, with Jack Weber, Principal & Workplace Specialist 
 

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Admissions / Student Services

Admissions / Student Services

Thank you for your interest in the University of Kentucky College of Design. Use the links on the left for information about the application procedures and information about College resources.

Historic Preservation Faculty Directory

Historic Preservation Faculty Directory

Michael Speaks
Dean, College of Design
Acting Chair, Historic Preservation
859-257-7619
michael.speaks@uky.edu

Douglas Appler
Helen Edwards Abell Endowed Chair in Historic Preservation
859-257-6411
douglas.appler@uky.edu

Clyde Carpenter
Professor, Architecture
859-257-3651
arc104@uky.edu

Allison Carll-White
Director of Graduate Studies, Historic Preservation
Professor, Interior Design
859-257-7763
hedcarll@uky.edu

Ned Crankshaw
Associate Professor, Landscape Architecture
859-257-4691
ncranksh@uky.edu

Hans Gesund
Professor, Engineering/Architecture
859-257-4823
hgesund@engr.uky.edu

Ted Grossardt
KY Transportation Center
859-257-7522
thgros00@uky.edu

Gregory Luhan
Assoicate Dean for Research
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-6568
gregory.luhan@uky.edu

David Mohney
Professor, Architecture
859-323-2538
dmohney@gmail.com

Wallis Miller
Charles Parker Graves Endowed Associate Professor in Architecture
859-257-5949
wmiller@uky.edu

Karl Raitz
Professor, Geography
859-257-6948
gegraitz@email.uky.edu

Julie Riesenweber
Instructor, Historic Preservation
859-257-4442
jriesen@uky.edu

Travis Rose
Instructor, Historic Preservation
robert.rose@uky.edu

Daniel Rowland
Associate Professor, History
859-257-1537
hisdan@uky.edu

Richard Schein
Professor, Geography
859-257-2119
schein@uky.edu

Alice Turkington
Assistant Professor, Geography
alicet@uky.edu

Courses / Curriculum

Courses / Curriculum

The Historic Preservation Program in the College of Design administers the program curriculum, and the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees grants degrees. The curriculum consists of 48 credits in two years.

Course descriptions are available here.

Year One
3 credits - HP 601 Introduction to Historic Preservation 
3 credits - HP 612 Documentation I 
3 credits - HP 610 American Architecture I 
3 credits - HP 613 Historic Structures 
3 credits - HP 602 Dynamics of Historic Preservation 
3 credits - HP 614 Documentation II 
3 credits - HP 611 American Architecture II 
3 credits - HP 798 Research Design

Year Two 
3 credits - GEO 490G American Landscapes 
3 credits - HP 616 Preservation Design Studio 


3 credits - HP 799 Masters Project I 
3 credits - HP 799 Masters Project II 
3 credits - Elective 
3 credits - Elective 
3 credits - Elective 

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Historic Preservation

Historic Preservation

The Historic Preservation Program offers a graduate program based on field study, research, design and community activities. Drawing on an abundance of local historical sites, the program documents and interprets historic buildings and landscapes and advocates their restoration, preservation, reconstruction, and rehabilitation.

Adaptive reuse has become an important focus for the Historic Preservation Program. This approach builds upon a community’s assets by recycling existing buildings to create vibrant spaces where people want to live and work. The program brings together professionals with expertise in the areas of real estate development, economics, and urban planning to discuss the adaptive reuse of buildings.

The faculty in the Historic Preservation Program have a broad range of professional and academic expertise coming from fields such as architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, engineering, anthropology, archaeology, geography, and history. This strong interdisciplinary approach prepares students for a wide range of careers in public organizations such as the National Park Service, state historic preservation offices, and local government preservation divisions; in nonprofit organizations such as the National Trust for Historic Preservation, statewide preservation organizations, and hundreds of local preservation groups; and in private firms including architects, planners, archaeologists, and historical research firms.

Interior Design Faculty Directory

Interior Design Faculty Directory

Ann Whiteside Dickson
Director of the School of Interior Design
Associate Professor, Interior Design
859-257-7767
hdsawd@uky.edu

Allison Carll-White
Director of Graduate Studies, Interior Design
Professor, Interior Design
859-257-7763
hedcarll@uky.edu

Helen Turner
Instructor, Interior Design
859-257-2250
helen.turner@uky.edu

Joe Rey-Barreau
Associate Professor, Interior Design
859-257-7766
hedjrb@uky.edu

Lindsey Guinther
Instructor, Interior Design
859-257-2286
lindsey.guinther@uky.edu

Rebekah Ison
Instructor, Interior Design
rebekah.ison@uky.edu
859-257-2229

Rebecca Gill
Instructor, Interior Design
859-257-3605
r.gill@uky.edu

Graduate - Interior Design
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Graduate - Interior Design

The graduate program in the School of Interior Design provides students with a Masters of Arts degree and post-professional research experiences that lead to expertise in an area of specialization drawn from interdisciplinary knowledge. Filtered through the lense of interior design, this expertise will cultivate and expand the body of knowledge as interior design as demanded by the profession into new domains of practice. Areas of specialization include:

  • Evidence-Based Design
  • Workplace Design
  • Experience Design
  • Community Activism
  • Design for Aging
  • History & Theory
  • Environmentally Responsible Design

Leaders in the profession have noted the importance of cultiviating both practice-based and theory-based research to advancing the interior design profession. Fully integrated research into practice will require a paradigm shift, but is viewed as the future of the profession. Cultivating a graduate research specialization will prepare practioners for vital roles as the profession advances. Additionally, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov), employment of interior designers is expected to increase by 19% between the years 2010-2020. As the market grows, so too will job competition and a Masters of Arts degree in Interior Design from the University of Kentucky can support a designer's ability to understand and conduct research, analyze, think critically, and apply evidence-based design work through the design process.

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Undergraduate - Interior Design
Overview | FAQs | Courses/Curriculum

Undergraduate - Interior Design

The School of Interior Design provides undergraduate students with professional training in order to design by giving physical shape, identity, and meaning to interior space through specialized knowledge, art, and craft that addresses the holistic human response of people in buildings. The program is committed to preparing students for entry into the profession by providing the educational foundation for design practice in global markets. Click here to see a gallery of student work.

The four-year undergraduate degree program in interior design consists of core design and technical knowledge such as: history and theory, space and form, color and light, furnishings and materials, environmental systems and controls, interior construction and buliding systems, and regulations. A cultivation and understanding of critical thinking skills, the global context of design, professional values, human behavior, design process, collaboration, communication, and professional business practices provide a framework for the studio experience. Professional support courses provided a disciplinary knowledge base outside of design are important to professional practice. See courses/curriculum link above for the program matrix.

The studio experince values the cyclical process of design that leads to innovation including curiousity, exploration, refinement, and evaluation. An appropriately researched knowledge base is the critical foundation on which all design process occurs. Critiques and reviews occur throughout all phases of a project and allow for feedback from multiple sources including peers, faculty, and practitioners.

The learning experience is augmented with resources on site including the College of Design Library, Materials Lab, Digial Media Lab, and Fabrication Lab. The Fabrication Lab provides technologies for model building and prototyping including digital design tools such as CNC milling, 3D printing, and laser cutting. The Digital Media Lab maintains the most recent 2D and 3D digital technologies for represenation.

Admission to the program is through selective admission (click here for application and instructions). All students admitted to the program have a secured personal studio and workspace available at all times for the student to work both during studio time and outside studio time.

Interior Design student work is exhibited in the Peace Gallery throughout the academic year and the Annual College of Design Exhibition occuring each May.

Accreditation and Professional Practice

The School of Interior Design offers a professional degree program accredited by yhe Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). This accreditation ensures professional training for entry-level positions into the practice of Interior Design and the educational foundation that will allow for professional testing (NCIDQ), required for certification or licensure at the individual state level. The state of Kentucky requires Interior Design practitioners to be certified.

Next CIDA accreditation visit 2015.

Interior Design

Interior Design

The School of Interior Design is the premier interior design program in the state of Kentucky. Graduates of the program practice across the United States and have been recognized at the highest level of the profession. The professional degree program is fully accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

The School of Interior Design offers both the four-year undergraduate professional degree and the post-professional graduate degree. The foundation of the school is the studio experience, which is taken each semester and provides the framework for the integration of all program knowledge and technical skills in the design of interior environments. Through studio, classroom, and real-world assignments, interior desgin students learn to solve complex organizational problems associated with work, place, experience, and performance. These professional skills prepare students to manage the aesthetic, technical and business aspects of interior design projects.

Students are also provided the opportunity to interact with regional, national, and international design professionals through shadowing, study abroad experiences, lectures by noted speakers, and field experiences.

Graduates from the School of Interior Design begin their careers in a variety of settings, including interior design firms, architecture firms, corporations, and public institutions. Students graduating with an undergradute degree may also pursue graduate or post-professionalism education in specialized areas of Interior Strategies.

To learn more about the profession of Interior Design please read 'What is Interior Design,' written by the Interior Design faculty.  In addition, you can learn about Interior Design careers here. Accordomg the Bureau of Labor statistics (www.bls.gov), employment of interior designers is expected to increase by 19% between the years 2012-2020.

Click here for Undergraduate Degree

Click here for Graduate/Post-Professional Degree

Endowed and Visiting Chairs

Endowed and Visiting Chairs

Brown-Forman Visiting Chair in Urban Design

2012
Elodie Nourrigat
N+B Architects, Montpellier, France

2010
Florian Idenburg
SO-IL, New York

2009
Julien de Smedt
JDS Architects, Copenhagen

2008
Gary Bates
Space Group Architects, Oslo

2006-2007
Adriaan Geuze
West 8, Rotterdam

2001-2006
Michael Rotondi
RoTo Architecture, Los Angeles

Sutherland Professorship of Landscape Design

2011 - 2012
Martin Summers
Senior Designer
Morphosis Architects, Santa Monica

2010
Marcelo Spina
Principal
P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, Los Angeles

2009
Matthijs Bouw
One Architecture, Amsterdam

2008
Jerry van Eyck
!melk, New York

2007
Adriaan Geuze
West 8, Rotterdam

John Russell Groves-Kentucky Research Fund in Affordable Housing Design

2009-2011
Joseph Tanney
Resolution: 4, New York

2007-2008
Gregory Luhan
Professor, Architecture
University of Kentucky College of Design

2006-2007
Heinrich Schnoedt
Architecture Program Chair
Virginia Tech College of Architecture

2006
Garrett Finney
Faro, Houston

2005
Marilys Nepomechie
Associate Professor, Architecture
Florida International University

2003
Joseph Tanney
Resolution: 4, New York

Helen Edwards Abell Endowed Chair in Historic Preservation

2011-2012
Douglas Appler

2000-2006
Dennis Domer

Architecture Faculty Directory

Architecture Faculty Directory

Siebe Bakker
Adjunct Professor
Coordinator European Studios
siebe@bureaubakker.com

David Biagi
Director of the School of Architecture
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-7617
dbiagi@uky.edu

Clyde Carpenter
Professor, Architecture
859-257-3651
arc104@uky.edu

Angie Co
Assistant Professor, Architecture
859-257-9415
a.co@uky.edu

Anne Filson
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-0102
anne.filson@uky.edu

Hans Gesund
Professor, Engineering/Architecture
859-257-4823
hgesund@engr.uky.edu

Michael Jacobs
Instructor, Architecture
mjacobs@omniarchitects.com

Peyman Jahed
Instructor, Architecture
859-257-5949
p.jahed@bfmj.com

Timothy Lucas
Instructor, Architecture
timothy.lucas@education.ky.gov

Gregory Luhan
Associate Dean for Research
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-6568
gregory.luhan@uky.edu

Andrew Manson
Instructor, Architecture
859-323-2538
andrewjmanson@uky.edu

Michael McKay
Assisant Professor, Architecture
859-257-8870
mikemckay@uky.edu

Kyle Miller
Assistant Professor, Architecture
414-403-3655
kyle.miler@uky.edu

Wallis Miller
Charles Parker Graves Endowed Associate Professor in Architecture
859-257-5949
wmiller@uky.edu

David Mohney
Professor, Architecture
859-323-2538
dmohney@gmail.com

Mark O'Bryan
Associate Dean for Administration
Associate Professor, Architecture
502-587-7015
m2@iglou.com

Henk Ovink
Adjunct Professor
Henk.Ovink@minienm.nl

Rives Rash
Instructor, Architecture
859-257-1665
t.rash@uky.edu

Anthony Roccanova
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-4629
rocca@uky.edu

Gary Rohrbacher
Assistant Professor, Architecture
859-257-5494
gary.rohrbacher@uky.edu

Jerzy Rozenberg
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-5949
jerzyr@uky.edu

Jason Scroggin
Assistant Professor, Architecture
859-257-1437
scroggin@uky.edu

Mark Siever
Instructor, Architecture
msiever@sa-arc.com

Julia Smyth-Pinney
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-9835
j.smyth@uky.edu

Michael Speaks
Dean, College of Design
Professor, Architecture
859-257-7619
michael.speaks@uky.edu

Martin Summers
Assistant Professor, Architecture
martinsummers@uky.edu

Regina Summers
Instructor, Architecture
859-257-5949
reginasummers@uky.edu

Liz Swanson
Associate Professor, Architecture
859-257-8870
lizaswanson@uky.edu

Bruce Swetnam
Kentuckiana Masonry Institute Endowed Associate Professor in Materials and Methods of Construction
859-257-7374
bswet0@uky.edu

Akari Takebayashi
Instructor, Architecture
859-257-1437
akari.takebayashi@uky.edu

Leonard Wujcik
Professor, Architecture
859-257-9353
len.wujcik@insightbb.com

Overview

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Graduate - Architecture
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Graduate - Architecture

Architecture is increasingly understood as a vital tool in addressing the biggest challenges facing our world today.  The Graduate Program in Architecture comprises studios and workshops that address these contemporary problems. Whether your concern is energy, environment, housing, emerging technologies, emerging models of practice or design strategy and thinking, while at the University of Kentucky College of Design (UK/CoD) you will be playing a part in proposing, designing and developing the most creative and advanced innovations.

Our faculty members have diverse backgrounds, accomplishments and interests. This breadth and depth ensures that you'll be exposed to multiple modes and pathways of rigorous design, invention and problem solving. In addition world-class designers and architects such as Julien de Smedt of JDS Architects, Gary Bates of Space Group Architects, and Matthijs Bouw of One Architecture share their most challenging questions as well as their insight and experience with you as visiting professors.

As a UK/CoD graduate student you will work closely with faculty to create knowledge and techniques that will have a meaningful impact in Kentucky and the world. You will also be working along side peers who are inquisitive, engaged and critical.  They are searching for new models of practice, with hopes of radically evolving their profession in the years to come.

Our aim over the course of your graduate career is to prepare you to lead the profession of architecture into the future. Upon completion of your graduate degree it is our hope that you will feel empowered to act as an entrepreneur, to redefine the business of architecture with confidence in your refined and unique position.

We understand that you have choices in where to do your graduate work. The world is rapidly changing, and the profession is constantly moving.  At the UK/CoD, you'll be IN the conversation, working it out for yourself along side faculty and peers who are passionately searching for what is next. We also understand the cost of a graduate education relative to compensation in the profession, at UK we're working to ensure that your degree affords maximum opportunity and choice, with minimum educational debt.

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Undergraduate - Architecture

The undergraduate architecture program consists of an intensive regimen of architecture studios and courses in the history and theory of architecture, building technology, digital technology, and professional practice.

The architecture studio is the social and curricular foundation of the program.  In the studio students learn to develop highly abstract ideas into concrete forms, and find architectural solutions to problems arising from detailed building programs and defined sites. Representational skills such as drawing, model making, and computer modeling are practiced rigorously as essential skills for design. A secure personal studio workplace is available at all times for all students.

Students learn the historical and cultural foundation of architecture through the study of history, theory, and criticism.  Students are encouraged to pursue research in areas relative to their individual design interests.

A study of building materials begins in first-year studio and evolves into a technical analysis of structural planning and design, materials and methods of construction, and building systems. Environmental controls for buildings are also investigated to provide an understanding of the complex visual, acoustical, and thermal aspects of designed space. Professional and legal aspects of architecture practice are addressed in a series of electives and seminars including issues relating to professional registration, ethics, and social responsibility.

Administrative Staff

Administrative Staff

General information
859-257-7617

Contact the Dean’s office / Michael Speaks
859-257-7619

Taylor Wood
Director of Development
859-323-2747
taylor.wood@uky.edu

Azhar Swanson
Student Affairs Coordinator
859-257-7623
aswan2@uky.edu

Hilary Brown
Assistant Director of Communications
859-257-5367
hilary.brown@uky.edu

Kimberly Light
Staff Support Associate
859-257-7617
kaligh2@email.uky.edu

Michael Culp
College Technology Coordinator
859-257-9413
michael.culp@uky.edu

Michael Gabbard
College Grants Officer
859-257-2496
mgabb2@uky.edu

Faith Harders
Librarian, Hunter M. Adams Design Library
859-257-4305
fharders@uky.edu

Elizabeth Hill
Operations Manager
859-257-6935
elhill2@uky.edu

Ginny Miller
Business Officer
859-257-7620
vmiller@email.uky.edu

Jeannine Omohundro
Adm. Assoc. Staff
859-257-5956
hdsjto@uky.edu

Lalana Powell
Assistant Librarian, Hunter M. Adams Design Library
859-257-4305
lapowe03@uky.edu

Michael Speaks
Dean, College of Design
859-257-7619
michael.speaks@uky.edu

Marla Spires
Assistant to the Dean
859-257-7619
mspir2@email.uky.edu

 

 

History

History

In 2002 the College of Design was established, incorporating the School of Interior Design, the Historic Preservation Program and the College of Architecture.

The College of Architecture had its origins in the 1920’s as an architectural option in the College of Engineering. Professor Charles P. Graves joined the Civil Engineering faculty in 1958 charged with converting the architectural option to a professional degree program. The curriculum changed from a mathematical and applied science concentration to courses in the arts, science, humanities, architectural design and history.

In 1960, the Board of Trustees established the Department of Architecture in the College of Engineering, with the understanding that the department would be granted autonomy upon accreditation. The first class to complete the new professional degree program graduated in 1964.

The School of Architecture was established in 1965 with Professor Graves as Dean. That year, the program also received its first accreditation from the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). The School became a college in 1967.

As the College's enrollment increased it moved to temporary off-campus quarters in the Reynolds Building, an old tobacco warehouse. In 1965, the program moved to the physics building, Pence Hall. By 1971 the College grew to over four hundred students. To accomodate this growth, space in Miller Hall was given to the College and a selective admission policy was adopted.

In 1971, Professor Graves resigned as Dean to devote his time to teaching and private practice. Professor Anthony Eardley became the second Dean in 1972. Prior to coming to UK Dean Eardley served as a professor at the Architectural Association, London, England, Princeton, and The Cooper Union. In 1986, Professor Jose' R. Oubrerie became the third Dean. Dean Oubrerie previously worked as an associate of Le Corbusier and as a professor at Columbia University. David B. Mohney became the fourth Dean in 1994. He had served as Associate director of Education, IAUS, as a visiting critic at Harvard University, and is a partner of the firm of Chan and Mohney Architecture.

As a result of restructuring within the University, a new College of Design was created in January, 2002. This new college included the School of Architecture, School of Interior Design and the Historic Preservation Program. To accommodate these new programs additional space was provided in Funkhouser Building and Bowman Hall.

In 2008 Michael Speaks became the first appointed Dean for the College of Design. Dean Speaks is former director of the Graduate Program and founding director of the Metropolitan Research and Design Postgraduate Program at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles. Speaks also heads Big Soft Orange, a Dutch-American urban research group based in Rotterdam and Los Angeles. He was the founding editor of the cultural journal Polygraph and a former editor at Architecture New York and a+u (Tokyo), and currently serves as a contributing editor for Architectural Record.

Dean’s Message

Dean’s Message

Driven by advances in building and information technology and accelerated by the tumultuous period of global economic restructuring that commenced in 2008, architecture and interior design practice are today confronted with the necessity of fundamental change. According to the “Building Futures” group at the Royal Institute of British Architects and US-based “Design Futures Council,” both of which recently published studies on this very topic, a great deal depends on what happens in China and other emerging markets, where many European and US firms now have offices. And that is not only because these are the most vibrant markets for architecture and design services, but also because the demands placed on practitioners in these markets are fundamentally changing the way buildings are designed and delivered, at home and abroad. Both studies suggest that all sectors of the A/E/C industry will face increasingly fierce competition that will, of necessity, force practices large and small to compete less on cost and more on value. In the very near future buildings and their interiors will be valued almost entirely based on performance—economic, cultural, environmental—and only those firms able to create these and other forms of added value will survive. Disruptive technologies like building information modeling and integrated product delivery will enable all firms, even those competing solely on the basis of cost, to design better buildings and deliver them more efficiently. But in such a fiercely competitive global marketplace, efficiency alone will not be enough to guarantee market viability. The real differentiator will instead be design.

One of the unexpected consequences of the economic downturn has been that the debate over the value of architecture and design is now focused less on style and the exquisite, designed object, and more on the economic and societal value added by design. And that is because almost everyone now acknowledges that we need new design values as much as—perhaps more than—we need new designs. The most promising development, in this regard, and one that affects architecture and design practice as well as design education, is the growing recognition that design is not only a product—a table, building, plan or landscape—but is also a creative process and a powerful engine of innovation. Design, as we see in examples ranging from Frank Gehry’s Bilbao Guggenheim Museum in Spain to the Apple IPod, has become an important feature of our increasingly innovation driven economy. But it is not only the design that is important. What is perhaps just as important is the value added by what design leaders like David Kelly of IDEO call “design thinking,” a form of design prototyping that follows a classic distinction made by business and innovation guru Peter Drucker between problem solving, which answers without questioning the problem given, and therefore adds nothing new, and innovation, which interrogates and reforms the problem given and adds value by creating new knowledge and new products not anticipated in the problem. Problem solving shapes the known while innovation coaxes into existence the unknown. Design thinking is a “thinking by doing” in which plausible solutions are prototyped, interrogated and redesigned. Prototypes, which IDEO call “the shorthand of innovation,” are not, however, variations of a projected final design—they are not guesses extrapolated from the designer’s perfect idea about what the final design might be—but are instead “what ifs” that the designer uses to drive the innovation process itself. The designer uses the prototype to “think through” as many factors as necessary—material, cost, fabrication, etc.—and adjust the design accordingly. Not only are the assumptions of the problem given transformed—opening the way for innovations—but also with each prototype new design knowledge is generated that can be shared and discussed among teams of designers whose additional input further enhances the innovation process.

Design thinking is a thinking by doing that helps us begin to see what new values of new design practice and education might look like. Cheap, fast and adaptable, so that hundreds of iterations can be designed, sorted, and discarded. Big, bold, and dumb, so that clients, stakeholders, even other designers, can engage in transparent, productive discussion that might lead to better problems and better solutions. And finally, apposite not perfect, so that if the design needs to adapt to changing conditions, it can do so with minimal effort and cost. If architecture and design is to thrive during and after the current economic downturn, it will have to adapt to these and other values of the “good enough” revolution, where the quick and dirty have eclipsed the slow and polished and the cheap and simple have eclipsed the expensive and complicated. It is no wonder that in such times, business schools, the military, and engineering schools have embraced design thinking. The question remains whether design schools and colleges will join them or will continue as they did before the downturn. What is more certain, however, is that architecture and design offices and design schools unwilling or unable to innovate, communicate, and adapt, will soon be left behind, comforted only by the memories of those expensive, incomprehensible, perfectly designed things that not too long ago fascinated us all.

Michael Speaks, Dean  

Programs

Programs

The College of Design strives to be a leading force in the world of design, dedicated to building a spirited and collegial environment where excellence is celebrated.

This is accomplished by creating a community in which students are encouraged to exchange ideas and explore the inter-disciplinary connections that exist between the various practices of design. Through this approach, the college educates, trains and prepares students for leading roles in an innovation-driven economy.

The college also serves as a hub for promoting ground-breaking research. By partnering with manufacturers, energy providers, and researchers, the college is not only increasing the intellectual capital of Kentucky, but applying design thought to global challenges.

Graduate Specific FAQs

Graduate Specific FAQs

Why do I hear from both the School of Architecture and the Graduate School?

You must meet and all of the requirements and be admitted into the University of Kentucky Graduate School before the School of Architecture can process your application.

Can I get advanced standing in your program?

Yes, the Admissions committee reviews each case.

Do I have to apply for Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships?

No, all graduate students are considered for these opportunities.

If I don’t get a GTA my first year, can I get one my second year?

Yes, it is possible.

Architecture FAQs

Architecture FAQs

What degree will I receive if I complete the undergraduate program in architecture?

The four-year undergraduate program in architecture leads to a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (BAARC).

Does the College of Design award the professional degree in architecture?

Yes, the professional degree in architecture is the Masters Program in Architecture. 

Successful completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Architecture degree is required in order to pursue the two-year professional Master of Architecture degree.

If I complete the Bachelor of Arts degree in Architecture at the College of Design, will I be guaranteed admission to the graduate program in architecture?

There is no guarantee of admission into the graduate program.

All applicants are required to submit applications to both the UK Graduate School Admissions Office and School of Architecture Student Services Office.  The School of Architecture Admissions Committee is responsible for reviewing applicants and making admissions decisions. 

How many credits are required for the Architecture degrees?

133 credit hours
57 credit hours for graduate degree

Is a portfolio required for entrance into the undergraduate program in Architecture at the College of Design?

After you entering your UK student ID# in the School of Architecture online application you will receive a Special Portfolio Exercise. 
Note - this will not be a portfolio of your existing work.

As a transfer student, how will I know which classes will transfer to the College of Design?

Students must submit official transcripts, upon receipt the College of Design Admissions office will contact you.

How many students are enrolled in the architecture program?

There are 250 undergraduate students, and 60 graduate students in the architecture program.

How long does it take to complete my degree?

The Bachelor of Arts in Architecture takes four years to complete.  The Masters in Architecture professional degree takes two years.

When is the application deadline?

February 1 - Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
January 15 - Masters in Architecture

How much does the program cost?

Information about tuition can be found in the University of Kentucky Registrar�s website.
http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/feesgen.htm

Once an offer is made, can you defer for a year?

Yes, the admissions committee reviews each case individually.

Do you offer spring admittance?

We do not offer spring admittance for our undergraduate programs. 

This is possible in the graduate program, please contact the Student Services office for more information.

Is there a minimum required GPA, or GRE or TOEFL score?

There are minimum requirements set by the university.  You can find this information in the University of Kentucky Undergraduate Admissions website, graduate students can refer to the University of Kentucky Graduate School website.

If I have applied to the program before and want to apply again, do I need to submit a new application?

Yes, all applicants are required to resubmit.

What are the Kentucky residency requirements?

Information about the University of Kentucky�s residency policy can be found here:
http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/residenc.htm

Historic Preservation FAQs

Historic Preservation FAQs

How many credits are required for the Masters in Historic Preservation degree?
48 credit hours

As a transfer student, how will I know which classes will transfer to the College of Design?
Students must submit official transcripts. Upon receipt the College of Design Admissions office will contact you.

How many students are enrolled in the Historic Preservation program?
There are 25 graduate students in the Historic Preservation program.

How much does the program cost?
Information about tuition can be found in the University of Kentucky Registrar's website.
http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/feesgen.htm

Once an offer is made, can you defer for a year?
Yes, the admissions committee reviews each case individually.

Do you offer spring admittance?
It is possible, please contact the Student Services office for more information.

Is there a minimum required GRE or TOEFL score?
There are minimum requirements set by the university.  You can find this information in the University of Kentucky Undergraduate Admissions website, graduate students can refer to the University of Kentucky Graduate School website.

If I have applied to the program before and want to apply again, do I need to submit a new application?
Yes, all applicants are required to resubmit.

What are the Kentucky residency requirements?
Information about the University of Kentucky's residency policy can be found here:
http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/residenc.htm

Why do I hear from both the Historic Preservation Program and the Graduate School?
You must meet all of the requirements and be admitted into the University of Kentucky Graduate School before the School of Historic Preservation can process your application.

Can I get advanced standing in your program?
Yes, the Admissions committee reviews each case.

Do I have to apply for Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships?
No, all graduate students are considered for these opportunities.

If I do not get a GTA my first year, can I get one my second year?
Yes, it is possible.

Interior Design FAQs

Interior Design FAQs

What degree will I receive if I complete the undergraduate program in Interior Design?

The four-year undergraduate program in Interior Design leads to a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design (BAID).

Does the College of Design award the professional degree in Interior Design?

Yes, the Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design is the professional degree.

If I complete the Bachelor of Arts degree in Interior Design at the College of Design, will I be guaranteed admission to the graduate program in Interior Design?

There is no guarantee of admission into the graduate program.

All applicants are required to submit applications to both the UK Graduate School Admissions Office and School of Interior Design Student Services Office.  The School of Interior Design Admissions Committee is responsible for reviewing applicants and making admissions decisions. 

How many credits are required for the Interior Design degrees?

132 credit hours for the Bachelors degree
30 credit hours for the Masters degree

Is a portfolio required for entrance into the undergraduate program in Interior Design at the College of Design?

After you entering your UK student ID# and pay the application fee in the School of Interior Design online application you will receive a Special Portfolio Exercise. 
Note - this will not be a portfolio of your existing work.

As a transfer student, how will I know which classes will transfer to the College of Design?

Students must submit official transcripts; upon receipt the College of Design Admissions office will contact you.

How many students are enrolled in the Interior Design program?

There are approximately 80 students in the Interior Design program.

How long does it take to complete my degree?

The Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design takes four years to complete.  The Masters in Interior Design professional degree takes two years.

When is the application deadline?

May 15 - Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design 
March 15 - Masters in Interior Design

How much does the program cost?

Information about tuition can be found in the University of Kentucky Registrar's website.
http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/feesgen.htm

Once an offer is made, can you defer for a year?

Yes, the admissions committee reviews each case individually.

Do you offer spring admittance?

We do not offer spring admittance for our undergraduate programs. 

This is possible in the graduate program; please contact the Student Services office for more information.

Is there a minimum required GPA, or GRE or TOEFL score?

There are minimum requirements set by the university.  You can find this information in the University of Kentucky Undergraduate Admissions website, graduate students can refer to the University of Kentucky Graduate School website.

If I have applied to the program before and want to apply again, do I need to submit a new application?

Yes, all applicants are required to resubmit.

What are the Kentucky residency requirements?

Information about the University of Kentucky's residency policy can be found here:
http://www.uky.edu/Registrar/residenc.htm

Graduate Specific FAQs

Graduate Specific FAQs

Why do I hear from both the School of Interior Design and the Graduate School?

You must meet and all of the requirements and be admitted into the University of Kentucky Graduate School before the School of Interior Design can process your application.

Can I get advanced standing in your program?

Yes, the Admissions committee reviews each case.

Do I have to apply for Graduate Teaching Assistantships and Research Assistantships?

No, all graduate students are considered for these opportunities.

If I don’t get a GTA my first year, can I get one my second year?

Yes, it is possible.

Architecture

Architecture

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 and dedication of its students. The School of Architecture is fully accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB).

The architecture studio is the foundation of the program. Studios provide a social and curricular framework for the architecture student. Representational skills such as drawing, model making, and computer modeling are practiced rigorously as essential skills for design. In addition to the design studio, students study building technology; materials and structural systems; digital fabrication techniques; the history, theory, and criticism of architecture; and the ethical and professional principles of a successful architecture practice.

Students also learn contemporary processes such as prototyping to solve problems, and innovate new solutions. Prototypes, three-dimensional physical models, are created with digital design and fabrication tools and technologies such as CNC milling, 3-D printing, and laser-cutting. Prototypes can be created quickly allowing students to propose solutions; examine results; redefine problems; and propose new solutions. In the School of Architecture, prototyping has come to define a new model of design research in which the focus is not so much on the creation of a final design but rather on the creation of design knowledge itself.

The four-year Bachelor's degree in Architecture qualifies students for careers in architectural offices, building construction, development and public agencies. To become a licensed architect in Kentucky and other states, the graduate must complete a two-year Master of Architecture program. Both degree programs are offered at the University of Kentucky.

Accreditation
In the United States, most state registration boards require a degree from an accredited professional degree program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit U.S. professional degree programs in architecture, recognizes three types of degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, and Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted a 6-year, 3-year, or 2-year term of accreditation, depending on the extent of its conformance with established educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree programs may consist of a pre-professional undergraduate degree and a professional graduate degree that, when earned sequentially, constitute an accredited professional education. However, the pre-professional degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

University of Kentucky School of Architecture offers the following NAAB accredited degree programs:

Master of Architecture (pre-professional degree + 57 graduate credits)

The University of Kentucky offers the following pre-professional degree:

Bachelor of Arts in Architecture (133 undergraduate credits)

Overview

Degree Programs in Design The University of Kentucky grants the following degrees in the College of Design:

• Bachelor of Arts in Architecture
• Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design
• Master of Architecture
• Master of Arts in Interior Design, Merchandising and Textiles (IDMT)
• Master of Historic Preservation



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