The College of Design has a revered history for enticing major talent to share their knowledge firsthand through its annual lecture series and workshop offerings. As in the past, this new academic year will continue that tradition. Stay tuned here for complete details of what we have lined up for you.
Join the UK IDSA student chapter as they welcome Dr. Yael Vodovotz of The Ohio State University for a discussion about sustainable food packaging.
Joel Sanders and Mabel Wilson will discuss inclusion in architecture and design on Monday, April 10 at 2pm in the Worsham Theater.
Leen Katrib will lead an online workshop from 7-10pm on Tuesday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 11.
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Hazem Talatt will lead an online workshop from 7-10pm on Friday, March 31 and Wednesday, April 5.
Patrick Danahy of Ball State University will lead an online workshop from 6:30-10:30pm on Tuesday, March 28 and Thursday, March 30.
Jordan Hines will lead an online workshop from 7-10pm on Wednesday, March 22 and Thursday, March 23.
Professor Luca Zan of the University of Bologna will discuss his book "The Venice Arsenal" on Tuesday, March 21 at 10am via Zoom.
Assistant Professor Galo Canizares will lead a 2-day workshop on February 21 & 23 from 7-10pm via Zoom.
Reba Carroll of the Stuckert Career Center will lead a resume workshop on Wednesday, February 15 at 6pm in Pence 209.
Sekou Cooke, architect and principal of Sekou Cooke STUDIO, will give a lecture on Friday, February 10 at 2pm in the Chemistry-Physics Building, Room 139.
Join the Department of Product Design via Zoom on Fridays from 2-3pm throughout the semester to hear from a range of product design professionals.
Mike McKay will lead a portfolio workshop on Wednesday, January 25, at 6pm in Pence 209.
Darin Johnstone of Sci-Arc and DJA will give a lecture on Friday, November 18 at 2pm in Pence 209.
Thomas Leslie, FAIA, will give a lecture on Friday, November 11 at 2pm in Pence 209.
Noah Knuckles & Bethany Michels will give a presentation on Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 2pm in Pence 209.
This 2-day workshop, led by Josh Sprinkling of Studio Public, will explore storytelling through architectural visualization, AI text-based image crafting for architecture.
Emily Baker will give a lecture on Monday, Nov. 7 at 2pm in Pence 209.
Rory McGowan of Arup will give a lecture on Friday, Nov. 4 at 2pm in Pence 209.
Siebe Bakker will give a lecture Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 9:30am in Room 183 of the Gatton College of Business & Economics.
Shashi Caan will give the keynote address for the School of Interiors 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, Oct. 21.
Kate Orff of SCAPE will give a lunchtime lecture on Oct. 13 from 12-1:30 in Gatton Student Center Room #330C.
A lecture and presentation on the I Was Here project will take place on Wednesday, Sept. 7 at 2pm in Pence 209.
Jean Jaminet of Kent State University will give a lecture on Monday, April 11 at 5pm in Pence 209, followed by an exhibition.
Kutan Ayata, founding partner of Young & Ayata, will give a lecture on Friday, April 8 at 3pm in Pence 209.
Kia Weatherspoon will be giving a lecture on Monday, March 7 at 1pm in Pence 209.
Emily Kutil of Lawrence Technological University will give a lecture on Friday, February 18 at 1pm in Pence 209.
Join us Friday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. in Pence 209 for the KY launch of Sessions 2 with Maxi Spina & Ramiro Diaz-Gradados of SCI-Arc.
Nate Miller, founder of Proving Ground, will give a virtual lecture on Monday, November 1 at 2pm.
The College of Design will host a virtual info session for 2022 Education Abroad opportunities on Wednesday, October 20.
Verda Alexander, Co-found of Studio O+A, will give a virtual lecture on Monday, October 18 at 1pm.
Kurt Vander Schuur, global brand director for Haworth, will give a lecture on Thursday, October 14 at 2pm in the Worsham Theater.
Karolina Czeczek & Adam Frampton of Only If will give a lecture on Monday, October 11 at 2pm in Pence 209.
Eugene Poole will give a lecture in the Senate chambers of the Gatton Student Center on Friday, Oct. 1 at 2pm.
A series of lectures, presentations and activities focused on reinforced concrete applications.
Ebrahim Poustinchi of Kent State University will give a virtual lecture on Friday, September 24 at 2pm.
Mark Lee, founding partner of Johnston Marklee and Chair at Harvard GSD, will give a virtual lecture on Wednesday, April 28.
The School of Interiors is excited to share the final installment of Blender, featuring multidisciplinary artist and designer Helen Ip.
Marcelo Spina of Patterns will give a virtual lecture on Friday, April 16 at 2pm.
Irene Cheng will give a virtual lecture on Wednesday, April 7 at 2pm.
Antonio Torres of Bittertang Farm. will lead the next workshop in the School of Interiors' Blender series.
Sir Peter Cook will give a virtual lecture on Monday, March 8 at 1pm.
Stephen Slaughter will give a virtual lecture on Friday, March 5 at 5pm.
Dr. Ana Lucia Araujo, Professor of History at Howard University, will give a virtual lecture on Thursday, February 25 at 7pm.
Gilles Retsin will give a virtual lecture on Wednesday, February 24 at 2pm.
“Mass Timber in Appalachia” is a virtual symposium that invites architects, engineers, entrepreneurs, forest product experts, students, and community members to explore the possibilities and challenges of developing advanced wood products in the Appalachian region.
The College of Design, in partnership with AIA Kentucky, is hosting a virtual lecture by Jeanne Gang, FAIA at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Jeanne will present Studio Gang's adaptive reuse design for the College’s new home, the former Reynolds Building on the University of Kentucky campus.
This talk will explore how the Ashland controversy was part of a broader debate over the preservation of family estates and the houses of famous men in the mid-19th century.
Benas Burdulis of Archival Studies Copenhagen will give a virtual lecture on Wednesday, November 18 at 1pm.
Jeffrey Inaba of Inaba Williams will give a virtual lecture on Thursday, November 12 at 2pm.
Mike McKay will lead a virtual portfolio workshop on Wednesday, November 11 at 2pm.
Jeanne Gang and Juliane Wolf of Studio Gang will give a virtual presentation on Monday, November 9 at 4pm.
Irvin Shaifa, recent graduate of UK School of Architecture (’18) will present his recent thesis work from SCI_Arc (’20), titled “Zealots of Compton,” which was recently awarded the Gehry Prize for best graduate thesis.
Caitlin Taylor of MASS Design Group will give a virtual lecture on Wednesday, October 28 at 2pm.
Elisa Iturbe of Yale School of Architecture will give a virtual lecture on Friday, October 23 at 2pm.
David Wang of Washington State University will give a virtual lecture on Tuesday, October 20 at 2pm.
Kunlé Adeyemi of NLÉ will give a virtual lecture on Friday, October 16th at 12pm via Zoom.
Leonardo Fuchs of BRUMA will give a virtual lecture on Friday, October 2 at 2pm.
Aimi Hamraie of Vanderbilt University, will give a virtual lecture on Monday, September 28 at 2pm.
Fall 2020 Virtual All-College Meeting. August 17, 2020 | 1pm via Zoom
David Yocum and Brian Bell of BLDGS will be giving a lecture on Tuesday, March 10 at 2 p.m. in Pence 209.
The School of Interiors presents a talk with Lois Weinthal, Chair and Professor for the Ryerson School of Interior Design in Toronto, on Friday, March 6 at 4 p.m. in Pence 209.
Join Daniel Livingston, CoD’s graphic designer and adjunct professor, for a workshop focused on designing engaging, visually appealing portfolios that effectively tell the story of your work.
Carl Lostritto, Associate Professor at Rhode Island School of Design, will be speaking on Friday, Nov. 8 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.
The School of Architecture will host Rory McGowan, director of Arup, on Friday, Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.
The School of Architecture presents a lecture by Cathy Jones, Project Manager, and John Cerone, Director of Virtual Design & Construction of SHoP, on Oct. 11 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.
The School of Architecture is one of the sponsors of Steven Holl, principal of Steven Holl Architects, on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in Louisville.
Join us for the next installment of the College of Design Fall 2019 Lecture Series as we welcome Jesse Reiser, principal of RUR Architecture DPC in New York.
José Oubrerie, a visiting professor in the School of Architecture and its former dean, will be lecturing through the fall semester on Wednesdays from 2-3 p.m.
The School of Interiors will host a panel lecture by Deborah Schneiderman and Amy Campos, with Karin Tehve and Gregory Marinic, for the book "Interiors Beyond Architecture" Monday, April 15 at 5 p.m.
The University of Kentucky chapter of AIAS will host the 2019 Quad Conference, April 11-14.
Young Projects makes new materials — or more accurately, they rethink the processes for material invention and fabrication. In his lecture at the UK College of Design, founding principal Bryan Young will present several of Young Projects' material experiments. Make plans to attend this event on Wednesday, April 3 at 3 p.m. in Pence 209.
Yoshihara McKee Architects will give a lecture on Monday, April 1 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.
On Friday, March 29, the Department of Historic Preservation will hold its annual symposium, titled "Historic Preservation and Sustainability: Beyond the Greenest Building."
Make plans to attend the 2019 Design Career Fair, presented by the College of Design at the University of Kentucky. This year's event will be held at the new Gatton Student Center on Friday, March 1.
Jason Long, a partner with OMA in New York, will be speaking on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.
The symposium, "The Campus of the Future: Modernism at the University of Kentucky, 1963-1970," will be held Feb. 22, 2019 at the UK Athletics Association Auditorium in the W. T. Young Library.
Jeff Halstead will hold a lecture at the College of Design on Friday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. He will also conduct workshops on Feb. 23 & 24.
Jeremy Smith, a partner with Irving Smith Architects in New Zealand, will be giving a lecture on Wednesday, Feb. 20 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.
Spanish architect Nerea Feliz Arrizabalaga is an assistant professor in the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture where she teaches in the Interior Design program. Her lecture, Outside In/Inside Out, surveys contemporary environments and practices that challenge the traditional distinction between interior and exterior, therefore questioning the disciplinary boundaries of interior design.
Make plans to attend "Why China? 7 Years and 1 Big Deal," a lecture by Mark Bethel on Friday, Feb. 15 at 1 p.m. in Pence 209.
Beijing: The Urban Morphology of China's Capital City - a lecture by SOA Director Jeffrey Johnson - will be held Friday, Jan. 18 at 1 p.m. in Pence 209.
Learn the importance of broadening your intellectual and critical understanding of the political role of architecture in society. During this lecture, Elena Manferdini, founder of award-winning Atelier Manferdini in Venice, California, will share the specific effectiveness of visual languages to formulate alternative realities.
What is architecture in the age of the anthropocene, uncertainty and polarization? What agency do we have to address big issues through design? As WORKac enters the fourth of its five-year plans, Dan Wood will discuss the merits of pop, whimsey and optimism as the firm gets serious in in the scale and ambition of its work.
Learn how to compare shared influencing factors on varying projects with Doug Pierson, founder of POD A+D, and co-founder Youn Choi. Pierson founded pod architecture + design in 2016 with his partner in work and life, Youn Choi.
"Forests and Trees, Systems and Cities," a lecture by Scott Francisco of Pilot Projects
Scott Francisco, founder and director of Pilot Projects in New York City, will be giving a lecture at 21c Louisville on Oct. 9, from 6-8 p.m., presented by AIA CKC.
The School of Interiors presents What’s Next?, an evening that engages regional professionals in student portfolio reviews, followed by a panel discussion on pathways to the profession.
Artist Ou Ning will visit the UK College of Design on Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018.
With an emphasis on technology, Alvin Huang, AIA – founder of Synthesis Design + Architecture in Los Angeles – will share his practice of computational design at a lecture on Oct. 1, sponsored by the UK School of Architecture.
To watch the lectures from this year's Historic Preservation Symposium, please visit the College of Design Facebook page.
Alan Ricks, co-founder of MASS Design Group, will give a talk titled "Justice is Beauty" on Friday, March 30 at 4 p.m. in Memorial Hall.
The 2018 Historic Preservation Symposium will be held Friday, March 30.
SOA Director Jeffrey Johnson will deliver a keynote lecture tonight at the Revitalizing Rural Environments Symposium.
UK School of Architecture alum Patrick Hobgood, of Hobgood Architects, will speak on Monday, March 26 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.
Darwin Stapleton, a historian of technology, science and medicine, will speak on the Benjamin H. Latrobe-designed Pope Villa and early 19th-century scientific inquiry. The event will take place at 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 22 at the Thomas Hunt-Morgan House.
On Feb. 28, 2018, internationally renowned architect Jeanne Gang will present a public talk as part of the University of Kentucky College of Design’s spring lecture series.
Make plans to attend the Historic Preservation Spring 2018 Lecture Series, with events on Feb. 19, March 5, March 26 and April 9 in the Community Room at the Louisville Free Public Library.
Join the UK College of Design and Blue Grass Trust on Thursday, Feb. 15 at 5:30 p.m. for a Pope Villa Seminar featuring School of Architecture alum Haviland Argo and School of Architecture Director Jeffrey Johnson for their seminar, "Now: Preservation & Architecture" at the Dr. Thomas H. Morgan House, 210 N. Broadway, in downtown Lexington.
Beyond the physical building lies the viability of our natural resources and its impact on the future of design. The School of Architecture is pleased to invite Sarah Dunn to lead a discussion on this critical topic.
Spring 2018 lectures presented by the School of Architecture in the College of Design.
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Lynne Funk, AIA, principal of LFA Architects, will share her insight into the stringent architectural review standards in New York City’s historic districts. Funk, who holds a bachelor’s degree in architecture from the UK College of Design, will deliver “Process, Contemporary Design and Material Choices in NYC Historic Districts” on Tuesday, Nov. 21 from 1-2:30 p.m. in Pence Hall 209.
Beyond the physical building lies the viability of our natural resources and its impact on the future of design. The School of Architecture is pleased to invite Sarah Dunn to lead a discussion on this critical topic.
Christine Mobley joined the faculty of the School of Interiors this fall, and now is your chance to learn more about her experience in residential kitchen and bath design. November 10th at 11 a.m. in 103 Funkhouser.
This lecture explores how Rakatansky has been engaging design elements as actors that act and react in and through social space, through a range of scales in architecture, interiors, graphics, products and urbanism.
Faculty from the Department of Historic Preservation will share presentations on their latest research projects, including Shrinking History: Politics, Preservation and National Monument Boundaries. Wednesday, Nov 8 | 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. | Pence Hall 209
Presented by the School of Architecture, Matthias Hollwich from Hollwich Kushner–a leading architecture firm based in Lower Manhattan–will visit the UK College of Design.
This presentation – Nov. 1 at 5 p.m. in the Academic Science Building – by guest lecturer Dr. Adrian Parr will examine how built environments are turned into a weapon of war.
Zawistowski Lecture @ 5 p.m. | Whitehall Classroom Building, room 122
Learn more about new Interiors professor Barb Young as she shares her experience in the commercial design and education environments as well as her foray into academia. 11 a.m. @ 103 Funkhouser
"Progress & Prosperity" book launch discussion led by Jeffrey Johnson with Daan Roggeveen
The UK School of Interiors will sponsor a design exchange [dxuky] to bring together educators and members of industry.
Recent debates over Confederate memorials have raised powerful questions. This panel examines those debates and what they mean for the future of memorialization in the United States.
Patkau Architects @ 5:00 p.m. | Academic Science Building
“Citizen Jane,” the film that follows activist and author Jane Jacobs who fought to preserve urban communities, will be screened Sept. 21 at the Speed Museum in Louisville.
Join College of Design students to take part in the fun and cheer on the competing design teams as they race to complete compelling designs for a space in Lexington, KY in just one hour.
Sharing Session with Gregory Marinic @ 11:00 a.m. | 103 Funkhouser
Jose Oubrerie Exhibit Opening + Lecture @ 7:00 p.m. | 21c Museum Hotel
Located on the grounds of Central Middle School, the University Installations showcase the cutting-edge work of six Midwestern universities - including the School of Architecture at the UK College of Design - with master’s programs in architecture and design.
