UK/CoD Historic Preservation student, Melissa Mortimer, has entered a dwell magazine competition that will provide a $10,000 grant towards her project, Ward Hall Greek Revival Mansion. You can vote for her project daily until February 20th here. From Mortimer's project description: "Outside of Lexington, Kentucky, in the quaint…
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By Whitney Hale Ainsley Wagoner, a University of Kentucky architecture senior from Lexington, will present the 18th annual Edward T. Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship in the Humanities at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 26, in the William T. Young Library Auditorium. Wagoner’s lecture, which focuses on the role memory plays in haptic…
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Two UK/CoD students, Madelyn Ringo and Eric Burnside, are finalists for an Art in Motion contest to design a bus shelter located on Southland Drive in Lexington, KY. Art in Motion’s mission is to make Lexington a more vibrant, livable city through the fusion of public art, public transit and…
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Interior Design graduate Jenna Clem's research for the design of a psychiatric residential treatment facility in Wheelwright, Kentucky has been published in Kaleidescope: University of Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship. From her abstract: "The facility will offer therapy services in a home environment for seven adolescents between the…
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UK/CoD architecture students, Brendan Corcoran and Robert Fisher, recieved an Honorable mention for their project, "Plug-In Community," for the AIAS and the AARP "2011 Livable Communities Phase 2: Building Student Design Competition." Students were asked to use the features present in the community master plans submitted to last year’s…
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On October 20th, UK/CoD's Atomic Cities Research Group presented their PGDP (Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant) regional and subsurface model to the Paducah Citizens Advisory Board's monthly meeting. The model was received well, and understood as a document that citizens, scientists, Department of Energy, and various contractors could use to discuss…
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On Thursday October 20, at the Henry Clay Beaux Arts Ballroom in downtown Louisville, the Louisville/Lexington City Center hosted “Product Runway,” a nationwide annual event sponsored by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA). To participate, a firm or team of designers is paired with a manufacturer of interior finish materials,…
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Distinguished University of Kentucky students and alumni were honored with the Torch Bearer and Torch of Excellence Awards during the recent 20th Annual Lyman T. Johnson African American Homecoming Celebration. The recipients were honored for significant contributions to the University and the community. Dominique Turner, a senior in architecture, was…
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St. Elizabeth Healthcare World Trade Center Memorial Unveiling St. Mary’s Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption September 11 / 3 PM 1140 Madison Avenue, Covington, KY 41011 www.covcathedral.com St. Elizabeth Healthcare Hospice in Northern Kentucky partnered this year with The University of Kentucky College of Design to create a memorial…
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Assistant Professor, Kyle Miller, sent a new update about the summer travel program in Amsterdam, "After a short trip to Copenhagen, where our group toured the office of JDS and the Orestad development (in addition to making a short trip over to Malmo, Sweeden), the students completed a design workshop…
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