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A softer place to land: UK interiors students envision new possibilities for The Nest’s childcare space

Haley Simpkins
 Aug 7, 2026
College of Design, Interiors

For a child seeking safety and stability during a difficult time, the right room can do more than provide care. It can offer calm, comfort and a softer place to land. That idea guided students in the University of Kentucky College of Design’s School of Interiors as they partnered with The Nest to imagine trauma-informed changes for its childcare space. 

UK student-designed emergency housing finds permanent home

Haley Simpkins
 Aug 3, 2026
Architecture, College of Design, University of Kentucky

Anyone who has passed the University of Kentucky’s Gray Design Building in the last year may remember the small wooden structure stationed out front. The full-scale, modular emergency housing prototype — created through the UK College of Design’s design-build studio — has occupied the loading dock for more than three semesters.

Design-build partnership in Eastern Kentucky expands river access, reimagines historic site

Haley Simpkins
 Jul 13, 2026
Architecture, University of Kentucky

In Eastern Kentucky, design is doing more than shaping spaces. It is strengthening connections, honoring history and helping communities chart a path forward.   

Fall 2026 Elective: Adaptive Reuse

Jul 2, 2026
Historic Preservation

The Department of Historic Preservation is offering an elective course in adaptive reuse for the Fall 2026 semester. Open to both undergraduate and graduate students, the course will explore the opportunities and challenges of transforming existing buildings for contemporary use, equipping students with knowledge and strategies to support more sustainable and resilient design practice. Adaptive Reuse HP 501-006 / HP 718-001 | Thursdays 9:00 - 11:30 a.m. | Taught by Travis Rose

AIA Kentucky to provide toolkits for all incoming UK architecture students

Haley Simpkins
 Jun 23, 2026
Alumni, Architecture

Incoming architecture students at the University of Kentucky College of Design will begin their design education this fall with support from the state’s professional architecture community through a new partnership with AIA Kentucky, the Kentucky society of the American Institute of Architects.

Patrick Lee Lucas: 2026-27 University Research Professor Q&A

Erin Wickey
 Jun 16, 2026
Interiors, Research, University of Kentucky

Patrick Lee Lucas, Ph.D., professor in the School of Interiors in the University of Kentucky’s College of Design, has been honored as a 2026-27 University Research Professor.

Adam Feld named chair of UK Department of Product Design

Haley Simpkins
 Jun 15, 2026
College of Design, Product Design

The University of Kentucky College of Design has named Adam Feld as the next chair of its Department of Product Design, where he will also serve as an associate professor. Feld will join the college from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, where he serves as associate professor and industrial design program coordinator in the School of Architecture and Design.  

Spring 2026 Dean's List announced

Jun 1, 2026
Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Product Design, University of Kentucky

Congratulations to the College of Design students that made the Dean's List for the Spring 2026 semester. To make a Dean’s List in one of the UK colleges, an undergraduate student must earn a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and must have earned 12 credits or more in that semester, excluding credits earned in pass-fail classes.

UK students partner with Shaker Village to explore design, landscape and place

Haley Simpkins
 May 26, 2026
Architecture, Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky

Students from the University of Kentucky College of Design and the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) recently shared design proposals created in partnership with Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, one of Kentucky’s most significant historic and cultural landscapes. 

Architecture student selected as 2026 Sustainability Summer Research Fellow

Haven L. Patrick
 May 14, 2026
Architecture, Research, University of Kentucky

Six University of Kentucky undergraduates, including one architecture student, have been selected for the Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship, a program that supports student-led projects that advance sustainable practices and community impact through research.

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