KU School of Architecture & Design (ArcD)

The University of Kansas Architecture & Design Alumni Awards recognize the impact Jayhawks are making as designers, leaders, educators, and advocates. Get to know our newest class of alumni award honorees: https://lnkd.in/gHi2QRuK Lifetime Achievement Awards: Jim Hewlett Arnold Lerner Ronald F. Turner, FAIA LEED AP Julie Wellner Distinguished Alumni Awards: Diamond Bronson, AIA, NOMAKC Jordan Jacobson Stephen T. Johnson Basil Sherman II, AIA, NCARB, EDAC, ACHA II Tristan Telander Alan Tipp Eric Zabilka Young Architect/Designer Award Caroline Fiss John Gaunt Distinguished Service Award Alyssa Jones, MBA

Tomorrow’s KU Design Symposium Lecture Series features writer, illustrator and painter Steven Weinberg. Weinberg's acclaimed children's books include the "Astronuts" series and "The Middle Kid" (both published by Chronicle Books) and the "Big Jobs Books" series (Macmillan). His newest book – "What Is Color?: The Global and Sometimes Gross Story of Pigments, Paint, and the Wondrous World of Art" (Macmillan)– is a hybrid picture book/graphic novel/guide to all things color. KU Design Symposium: Steven Weinberg 🗓 Thursday, Oct. 23 at 6:00pm 📍 Budig Hall, auditorium 130, The University of Kansas *Free public lecture See complete Fall Design Symposium schedule: https://bit.ly/3qHjjVf

  This semester, two Interior Architecture furniture studios at The University of Kansas are working with Family Promise of Lawrence to design and build essential furniture for a new shelter that provides a safe haven for unhoused families in Lawrence. You can support this project by helping students reach their fundraising goal by Friday, October 25th. Learn more about this community-engaged project: https://lnkd.in/gQDZnmUb #designbuild #kansas #architecture #design #interiors #interiordesign #interiorarchitecture #designeducation #communityengagement

This Friday, the Architecture Lecture Series features Katherine (Katie) Nichols and James Pfeiffer, KU alumni and principals at BNIM, the pioneering firm that helped bring sustainability into practice and continues to design and advocate for the human spirit in beautiful, equitable, and healthy spaces. Nichols and Pfeiffer will discuss how relationship building between people, disciplines, space types, and contexts advances design to achieve human-purposed, inclusive outcomes. KU Architecture Lecture Series: Katie Nichols & James Pfeiffer of BNIM 🗓 Friday, 10/18 🕟 4:30 p.m. 📍 Marvin Hall, The Forum, The University of Kansas ℹ️ https://bit.ly/3utjJR9

Elizabeth Diller, founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), will present the opening lecture of the fall Architecture Lecture Series on Friday, Sep. 13, on The University of Kansas campus in Lawrence. Regarded as one of the most influential architects in practice today, Elizabeth Diller's provocative, discipline-defying work has no less than upended previous ideas about how architects, designers, and artists can engage the world. Diller founded DS+R with Ricardo Scofidio in 1981. In the decades since, the studio has created art installations, operas, pavilions, museums, and large-scale planning initiatives that have transformed New York City. Projects include The High Line, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Museum of Modern Art, The Juilliard School, School of American Ballet, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, The Broad, and the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. Named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in 2018, Diller has received numerous awards including the Wolf Foundation Prize, Smithsonian Institution National Design Award, The James Beard Foundation Restaurant Design Award, Architects’ Journal Jane Drew Prize, and the first ever MacArthur Foundation fellowship awarded for architecture. KU Architecture Lecture Series: Elizabeth Diller 🗓 Friday, 09/13 🕟 4:30 p.m. 📍 Wescoe Hall, 3139, KU - Lawrence Campus ℹ https://lnkd.in/gDn4Uwp4

Architecture students at The University of Kansas are empowered to turn imaginative ideas into functional built works that impact our university and local communities. Last year, third-year students in Eiman Graiz and Faysal Bhuiyan's design-build studio used parametric design, computer modeling, and hands-on construction to transform the entrance to KU's East Hills Designbuild Center. Designed and built entirely by students, sculptural brick and steel screens now provide shade and an expressive new entrance to the largest academic design-build facility in the world. 💡 Learn about KU Designbuild programs and projects: https://lnkd.in/gT67tZtJ #designbuild #architecture #design #parametric #computermodeling #architectureschool #designschool

Denver Jayhawks 📣 This Thursday, connect with Denver-area designers and architects at La victoria healing kitchen in Aurora. Learn about what is happening in the School of Architecture & Design from Dean Mahbub Rashid, Professor Shannon Criss, and students in her ARCH608 studio. Big thanks to KU architecture grad Katie Goldman for generously hosting at her community-focused culinary center – La Victoria Healing Kitchen.   KU Architecture & Design Alumni Reception 🗓 Thursday, September 5, 2024 🕠 5:30-7:30pm 📍 La Victoria Healing Kitchen ↘ 1427 Elmira St, Aurora, CO ℹ https://lnkd.in/gFgbKXGQ

The KU School of Architecture & Design is excited to host ‘The Pick Progress Gallery,’ an exhibition of over 100 posters created by Black artists from around the world. Celebrating the empowerment, unity, and resilience of Black culture, the exhibition also features framed picks – plastic afro-combs – etched with empowering quotes shared by Black individuals. Among the work chosen for the exhibition are posters by KU student Nana Amfo II, design lecturer Sam Meier, and alum Jon Marzette. The exhibition is on view through September 13 in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery at The University of Kansas. On Thursday, Sep. 5, at 6 p.m., the public is invited to join a reception and discussion in the gallery with Chandler Johnson, founder and curator of The Pick Progress, a project “focused on sharing stories of Black individuals and highlighting the amazing elements of Black culture.” ‘The Pick Progress Gallery’ ⬜ Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery  📍 Chalmers Hall, 3rd floor, KU Lawrence Campus 🗓️ Exhibition through Sep. 13th; reception Sep. 5th at 6pm

The Fall 2024 KU Design Symposium Lecture Series kicks off tomorrow, Thursday, August 29th. We are excited to welcome Colie Wertz, a concept artist who has worked with some of the top companies in the film and postproduction industry, including ImageMovers, Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm and The Orphanage. Recent film projects include the upcoming "The Fantastic Four" movie, "Batman," "Bullet Train," "Dune," "The Marvels," "The Mandalorian," "Thor: Love & Thunder" and six films in the "Star Wars" franchise. *Free public lecture KU Design Symposium: Collie Wertz 🗓 Thursday, Aug. 29 at 6:00pm 📍 Budig Hall, auditorium 130, The University of Kansas See complete Fall 2024 Design Symposium schedule: https://bit.ly/3Z2i5Tp

We are looking forward to another exciting year of design and discovery at The University of Kansas. This Sunday, we will be welcoming a new class of aspiring designers, architects, and multidisciplinary problem solvers to campus for an introduction to studio spaces and the people who will support their academic journeys. *Also, there will be snow cones 🍧 ✨ ___ Architecture & Design New Student Welcome 🗓️ Sunday, August 25th ↘ SCHEDULE Kickoff Meeting 🕑 2:00pm 📍 Wescoe Hall, 3139 Studios, Labs & Resource Spaces 🕝 2:30pm 📍 Marvin & Chalmers Halls Snow Cones & Student Organizations 🕒 3:00pm 📍Marvin Hall lawn