Four architecture professors from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, helped transform an old rural West Tennessee homestead into a modern family oasis that communicates its owners’ commitment to sustainable farming practices.For their work, they recently received a national housing... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—A University of Tennessee, Knoxville, student has been awarded a prestigious national scholarship and internship from Gensler, one of the world's leading architecture, design and planning firms.Erin Collins, a third-year interior design student, is the recipient of the... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will host an open house on Saturday, April 11.The event will be split into two sessions—the first, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., is intended for high school juniors, and the second, from noon to... View full entry »
Renowned landscape architect Drew Wensley has been appointed a visiting professor of practice in the College of Architecture and Design.Wensley is chief executive officer of Canada-based Moriyama & Teshima, a globally recognized planning and landscape architecture firm. He will visit the... View full entry »
Internationally recognized architects and designers will present their work this semester as part of the Church Memorial Lecture Series.The series, which will feature lectures, films, and exhibits, kicks off Monday, January 26. All events are free and open to the public and provide... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—The Governor’s Chair for High Performance Energy Practices in Urban Environments, a partnership between UT, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and engineering firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill, will host three lectures this spring.The Governor’s Chair Seminar Series... View full entry »
In the five years since a massive earthquake rocked the island nation of Haiti, University of Tennessee faculty and students have helped the country’s rebuilding efforts by designing a secondary school, housing, and a clinic that are now in various stages of construction.Next up: the... View full entry »
The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee will host an open house on Saturday, November 1The event will give prospective undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to learn about the college’s programs in interior design, landscape architecture, and... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—The New Norris House, a sustainable home and landscape designed by students and faculty of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has earned a national Honor Award for Research from the American Society of Landscape Architects. The American Society of Landscape Architects... View full entry »
The Robert B. Church III Memorial Lecture Series at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, kicks off the 2014-2015 academic year with a dynamic lineup of internationally recognized architects and designers.The lecture series, sponsored by the UT College of Architecture and Design, gives... View full entry »
The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is improving its facilities over the next year through renovations and upgrades to the Art and Architecture Building and its newly acquired facility in downtown Knoxville.A total of $2.5 million is being dedicated to... View full entry »
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students will host the largest architecture student conference of the year in Nashville this winter.Registration is now open for the AIAS Forum, which will be held Dec. 29 through Jan. 1. Registration... View full entry »
Jason Young has been named the new director of the School of Architecture of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He becomes acting director on August 1.Young, a researcher specializing in contemporary conditions of American urbanism, brings over twenty years of teaching experience to the... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—Students and faculty from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, College of Architecture and Design head to Haiti next week to continue work on design-build projects, including a guidebook that will address the urgent need for adequate building standards in the country.The book... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—Architecture students at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are designing and building front and back entrances to the home of a Knoxville woman with medical needs. They expect to complete the project by Friday, May 16.The home of Barbara Beilke is the third project of UT's... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—Philip Enquist, partner in charge of urban design and planning and leader of the City Design Practice at Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, has been named the 16th University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair. Skidmore, Owings and Merrill is one of the world's... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—A group of students and faculty from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has won the second phase of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's P3: People, Prosperity, and the Planet Student Design Competition for Sustainability.Their project will receive up to $90,000 in grant... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—The state of Tennessee is selling one of the greenest homes in the state—the New Norris House.Sealed bids will be taken through 1:30 p.m. (CST) on May 5. An open house will be held April 12, 2:00-4:00 p.m., at 143 Oak Road, Norris, Tennessee. (See real estate... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—The University of Tennessee is investing in downtown Knoxville by renovating and furnishing a historic North Gay Street property for a new studio, gallery, and fabrication lab.UT is leasing the 20,000-square-foot building known as the Jewel at 525 North Gay Street for several... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—The city of Cleveland, Tenn., has been chosen as the first partner city for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's new service-learning program, the Smart Communities Initiative. The partnership begins this fall."Through the Smart Communities Initiative, we're going to partner... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—An assistant professor of landscape architecture and plant sciences at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has received a research fellowship to develop performance evaluation methods for regional landscape projects.Brad Collett was recently named a 2014 research fellow of the... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will host an open house on Monday, March 31.The event, from 1-5 p.m., will give prospective undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to learn about the college's programs in interior... View full entry »
Jan. 13, 2014KNOXVILLE--Julie Beckman, the award-winning designer of the National 9/11 Pentagon Memorial and the Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial, has been appointed director of student services for UT’s College of Architecture and Design.As a practicing architect, she will translate her... View full entry »
Internationally recognized architects and designers will present their work this semester at UT as part of the Church Memorial Lecture Series.This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the series. Its first speaker was Louis Kahn, one of the most influential architects of the twentieth... View full entry »
The College of Architecture and Design will hold its annual Career Day on Friday, February 28 in the Neyland Stadium Skyboxes. This is a valuable opportunity for firms to interface with the design talent of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.All architecture, interior design... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—Peter Walker, the internationally acclaimed landscape architect who designed the National September 11 Memorial, will be at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on Sept. 16 to kick off the Robert B. Church III Memorial Lecture Series. The series brings recognized architects and... View full entry »
Tabitha Darko, a first-generation immigrant from Ghana and a University of Tennessee, Knoxville, architecture student, hopes to unite her cultural heritage with her passion for design to create meaningful architecture. As a winner of the Gensler Diversity Internship and Scholarship, she is now... View full entry »
The College of Architecture and Design at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has named Lawrence Scarpa, an internationally celebrated architect, as its BarberMcMurry Professor, the first endowed professorship in the college’s history. Scarpa, a Fellow of the American Institute of... View full entry »
Amanda Gann, a graduate architecture student at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will take center stage this month as cohost of “ARCHITECT Live!,” a live broadcast that showcases conversations with the leading thinkers and personalities in architecture. The show will be part of... View full entry »
KNOXVILLE—Internationally acclaimed scholar and educator of architecture Billie Tsien will speak at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, on April 8 as part of the College of Architecture and Design’s Church Lecture Series. The lecture, free and open to the public, is sponsored by... View full entry »
