University of Kentucky AIAS and AIA East Kentucky and Central Kentucky hosted a panel discussion and interview training event for UK/CoD students. Six AIA architects from Lexington and Louisville discussed their experiences in hiring interns and offered suggestions for students embarking on the application and interview process. Topics included…
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Projects completed by Assistant Professors Kyle Miller and Martin Summers have been selected to be included in the 2013 AIA Center for Emerging Professionals Annual Exhibition at the AIA National Headquarters in Washington, DC. The work is on display now through April 30, 2013. Changing the Face and
After five years as Dean of the College of Design, Michael Speaks is stepping down after accepting a position as Dean of the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. "This is, of course, bittersweet news", he said in a message to faculty and students. "Ours is a remarkable college and…
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UK/CoD assistant professor of architecture Martin Summers was interview by suckerPUNCH about his design for the international competition for the Nuevo Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Buenos Aries, Argentina. "The design strategy uses a systemic logic to develop a dual museum, one which houses the majority of galleries and is inwardly…
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Professor Gregory Luhan, Associate Dean for Research at the University of Kentucky College of Design and the East Central Regional Director for the Association for Collegiate Schools of Architecture will lead a Special Focus Session at the ACSA 101 New Constellations, New Ecologies Conference in San Francisco, 19-26 March 2013. …
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UK/CoD architecture professors Gregory Luhan and Michael Jacobs had their designs featured in the AIA Kentucky 2012 Design Awards. Professor Luhan was honored for the s.ky blue house, designed for the Solar Decathalon. Professor Jacobs was recognized for his work on the Jx2 house in Lexington. Click here to…
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UK/CoD Associate Professor of Architecture Liz Swanson will be presenting at the upcoming International Conference on Mindfulness in Rome. Her paper, "Incorporating Mindfulness into Design Pedagogy to Increase Concentration, Consciousness, and Connectivity", is part of the American Health and Wellness Institute's Conference. This conference provides a forum for clinicians, contemplatives,…
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Architecture and design magazine Domus recently covered the Possible Mediums conference, a four-day workshop event that included the architecture schools of UK/CoD, The University of Illinois Chicago, University of Michigan, and Ohio State University. The conference served as a pedagogical experiment consisted of twelve four-day workshops for students of the…
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In conjunction with the Town Branch Commons competition sponsored by Lexington's Downtown Development Authority, the College of Design hosted the "Design Adds Value to the Commons" Symposium. Moderated by UK/CoD Dean Michael Speaks, the presenters used examples of their firms' past commissions to address the merits of good design in…
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The Downtown Development Authority announced New York landscape architecture firm SCAPE as the winner of Lexington's Town Branch Commons design competition. College of Design Dean Michael Speaks served on the competition's jury. He said SCAPE's vision of transforming under-utilized urban lots into a series of parks and water features is…
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