A team of University of Kentucky researchers is analyzing the list of historic places and properties registered in the Commonwealth to find any gaps in cultural minority representations.

Product Design student Olivia Gascon was recently featured in "Design Thinking: How the University of Kentucky Prepares Students for Real-World Problem Solving," a UK-produced video about the course experience in EDL 571: Design Thinking in Education.

College of Design undergraduate research fellowship applications for summer 2023 will be accepted until April 7.

The work of Tanner Morgan (Interiors`18) of Morgan Madison Design was featured in the Winter 2023 issue of House Beautiful magazine. The article, entitled “Welcome to the Clubhouse” chronicles how Morgan and his business partner Jennifer Laouari “turned a boxy, cramped 100-year-old house into a gentleman’s lake retreat."

Construction crews are hard at work transforming the former Reynolds Tobacco Warehouse into the Gray Design Building, and we're pleased to share some exciting updates.

A project that Associate Professor Daniel Vivian is involved with, “Whose History Are We Preserving? Mapping the Gaps of the National Register of Historic Places from Racial and Ethnic Perspectives,” has received funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) selected Rebekah Radtke and Dr. Gregory Luhan and their co-authored publication, Global Studio: Shanghai – Louisville, as the winner of its 2023 IDEC Media Award.

Associate Professor of Architecture Mike McKay will be recognized by the UK Art Museum as part of their Inspired Evening event on Saturday, February 25.

On February 17 from 9-3 p.m., The University of Kentucky College of Design and the Department of Landscape Architecture at UK’s College of Agriculture, Food and Environment (CAFE) hosted their first collaborative design-centered career fair in UK’s Gatton Student Center.  

“Proscenium,” a research project by Danica Hak, an undergraduate in the School of Interiors at the College of Design and the Department of Theatre and Undergraduate Research Fellow, was recognized on January 19 at the CURATE Research Advisory Group (RAG) program sponsored by UK’s Office of the Vice President for Research.  

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.

The Design + Landscape Architecture Career & Internship Fair returns to the Gatton Student Center on Friday, February 17.

Retired Professor of Interiors Allison Carll White was recently honored by the International Interior Design Association (IIDA) through induction as an Emeritus member.

Applications are open for the 6-week Education Abroad program in Spain, led by Associate Professors of Architecture Liz Swanson and Mike McKay.

Applications are open for the 8-week Education Abroad program in Italy and Berlin, led by Associate Professor of Architecture Jason Scroggin.

The College of Design is currently accepting applications for full-time faculty positions in the School of Architecture, School of Interiors and Department of Product Design.

On Thursday, October 13, the city of Lexington held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for Town Branch Commons, a 2.5-mile linear park and walking trail winding through downtown Lexington.  

UK's Shoulder to Shoulder Global (STSG) program awarded USAID grant to develop design expansion of Ecuadorian health center

In Spring 2023, the College of Design will be offering a number of faculty-directed undergraduate student research assistantships as part of UK’s work-study research assistant program (WRAP).

Concrete Week returns for a series of lectures, presentations and activities.

Forensics in Process: Emerging Modes of Representation in Design Research, an exhibition by Angus Eade, opens at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center on Friday, October 28 at 7pm.

The School of Architecture will host a Graduate Open House on November 4 from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Pence Hall.

Interiors faculty members Hannah Dewhirst and Ingrid Schmidt of SUBSTUDIO have been invited to design an immersive interior environment for Blink Festival in Cincinnati, Ohio, taking place October 13-16.

Throughout the month of October, the School of Interiors will host a series events of online and in-person events to commemorate their 50th anniversary.

Three elective courses offered by the School of Interiors for the Spring 2023 semester.

Interiors student Caitlin Herndon designed the set for Radium Girls, the first production of the 2022-23 season by the UK Department of Theatre and Dance.

Kate Orff of SCAPE will give a lunchtime lecture on Oct. 13 from 12-1:30 in Gatton Student Center Room #330C.

The School of Interiors will host a virtual open house for students interested the graduate program on Monday, Oct. 3 at 12pm ET.

Over the summer, a group of 12 College of Design undergraduate research fellows engaged in research and creative scholarship under the mentorship of College of Design faculty. 

The College of Design has received a Sustainability Grant to document the transformation of the Gray Design Building.

A portion of the funds for new Gray Design Building has been allocated for the School of Architecture's Design-Build Program.

The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) announced the induction of six new members to the prestigious IIDA College of Fellows, including Interiors alumna, Eileen Jones FIIA.

Taking place July 10-16, 2022, this residential summer camp for high schoolers on UK’s campus is an innovative way to introduce the concept of design to a new cohort of students.

Assistant Professor Justin Lund will offer PRD 540: Physical Computing over the summer; open to all CoD students.

Studio Appalachia will host an exhibition of their work in Hazard, Kentucky, with an opening reception on Friday, May 6, from 4-7pm.

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved 14 University Research Professorships for the 2022-23 academic year, including Interiors Associate Professor Lindsey Fay.

Thanks to a generous $5.25 million gift from Gray Inc., the Reynolds Building will become the new home for the College of Design.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has announced the inductees  of its 2022 College of Fellows, and among them is Gray Architects and Engineers Vice President of A/E Professional Services Randall Vaughn, FAIA...

On April 21, 2022, The University of Kentucky will celebrate the third annual university-wide giving day, “One Day for UK.” For 24 hours, alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students and fans will rally to support the College of Design Student Emergency Fund. 

The College of Design hosted its 5th annual Design Career Fair on February 24 at The Cornerstone.

College of Design scholarship applications for current students will be accepted until Monday, March 21.

Jon Mills, Director of of the Department of Product Design, was recently featured on the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) website.

The 2022 Design Career Fair will take place on February 24 from 9am-3pm at the Cornerstone.

Studio Louisville will host an opening reception for its Fall 2021 project focused on the Preston Corridor of Louisville on Wednesday, Dec. 15. From 3-6:30 p.m., guests are invited to attend the reception at the Healthful City Design Studio on the second floor of the Republic Building at 429 W Muhammad Ali Blvd, Louisville.

School of Architecture Professor Jordan Hines created "The Wave" installation in honor of America Recycles Day 2021, in partnership with UK Recycling.

UK School of Architecture alum Eugene Poole was featured during UK at the Half Tuesday, Nov. 9, during the UK vs. Duke Men's Basketball game.

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.

Join us for a celebration and toast to Discotopia, a site-based installation at 21c Museum Hotel by Jason Scroggin and the students of the 2020 Fabricating Play UK/CoD ARC 599/499 Design Elective.

The European Cultural Centre Italy recently posted on their blog about the School of Architecture's Somewhere Studio project, which is currently featured in this year's Venice Biennale.

Eugene Poole will give a lecture in the Senate chambers of the Gatton Student Center on Friday, Oct. 1 at 2pm.

Congratulations to School of Architecture Director Jeffrey Johnson for receiving the Distinguished Service Award from The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Kentucky chapter.

A series of lectures, presentations and activities focused on reinforced concrete applications.

Congratulations to Ethan Cofer for being chosen as a UK Undergraduate Research Ambassador, representing the College of Design. Cofer is in his second year in the School of Interiors.

Realizing the significance her degree from UK had on her career, Elinor Markle (’87 alum) has pledged $25,000 for the Elinor Bennett Markle Landscape Architecture Studio, an undergraduate studio in the Department of Landscape Architecture for the new building.

SoA Professor Brent Sturlaugson will present "The Somewhere Project" at the New Scientific International Network, an international faculty seminar in Venice this Saturday, Sept. 4, 2021.

Keith O. Woodard has made a generous gift of $500,000 to name the Maker’s Suite, which will be located on the main floor of the new building. Woodard, a 1976 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Architecture, is the founder of Woodard Properties based in Charlottesville, Virginia.

SoI Professor Lindsey Fay and SoA Instructor Jordan Hines worked with Lexington Friends Preschool to design a memorial play sculpture in honor of Sarah West, a former instructor in the College of Design who passed away July 11, 2017. Sarah, wife of Chris Field and mother to Llewellyn, was a parent at LFP.

Congratulations to UK School of Architecture Director Jeffrey Johnson for being named a 2021 Outstanding Alumni Award winner from Ball State University. The Estopinal College of Architecture and Planning Executive Advisory Board annually recognizes alumni who demonstrate outstanding professional success or achievement in their field of endeavor.

Professor Emeritus Maria Dallerba-Ricci, known to her colleagues, students and friends as “Pucci,” passed away in her beloved Venice on June 30, 2021.

Congratulations to the 2020-2021 College of Design Student Book Award winners! The College would like to formally recognize each student for their exemplary work and dedication throughout the academic year.

The School of Architecture in the UK College of Design was recently featured in Dezeen, which highlighted 12 projects from both undergraduate and graduate students that were designed in the Spring 2021 semester.

Our world is filled with products but what, really, goes into each one? In this introduction to the world of product design, we examine a series of existing products to trace the origins, use, and ultimately the end-of-life of each design.

Debra Lehman-Smith has made a generous gift of $100,000 to name The Assembly inside the Maker’s Suite, which will be located on the main floor of the new building. Lehman-Smith, an alumna of the School of Interiors and founding partner of LSM Studio in Washington, D.C., has made this substantial donation on behalf of the Lehman Smith Design Foundation.

What does it take to create designs that are integral to increasing our quality of life? In this hands-on, project-based course, you will engage in the design process from research and concept generation through prototyping and development to deliver a final product design solution focusing on human well-being. This course - PRD 560 "Designing for Human Well-Being" - is being taught by visiting part-time Assistant Professor and internationally recognized designer Anders Jensen.

School of Architecture students Cierra Johnson and Bree Shoemaker took first place and honorable mention, respectively, in OUTSCHOOLED, a design competition for creating innovative outdoor learning spaces through Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest.

The School of Interiors is excited to share the final installment of Blender, featuring multidisciplinary artist and designer Helen Ip.

The Forum, which will be located on the main floor of the new building, is being named in honor of Professor David M. Biagi thanks to a generous gift of $1 million from Henry Heuser of Louisville. Tricia Biagi, David’s widow, along with their children Sophia and Leo, are honored to have David’s dedication to the College of Design memorialized in such a meaningful way.

Instructor Dr. Cristina Carbone will be offering HP 672-201 "American Roadside Architecture," a new online course from May 24-July 2.

Congratulations to SOI student Sophie Gershtenson for being selected as a new Gaines Fellow Scholar.

SoA student Sean Campbell has been awarded a $3,000 Undergraduate Sustainability Summer Research Fellowship for his project, "Food Justice Design Systems."

As the inaugural Firm-to-Studio donor, K. Norman Berry Associates Architects (KNBA) continues its abiding support of the UK College of Design with a $50,000 gift to sponsor both an undergraduate and graduate studio in the new building. KNBA also serves as the Architect of Record on this project.

The School of Interiors (SoI) in the UK College of Design is pleased to announce that Emily Andreasson, a fourth-year student, is the recipient of the 2021 Breathitt Undergraduate Lectureship. Only one student at the University of Kentucky is awarded this honor each year.

The UK College of Design (CoD) is pleased to announce a pledge of $25,000 from Kevin Cooper, founding partner of Axis Architecture and Interiors in Indianapolis, starting Fall 2021. Cooper is a member of the UK School of Architecture Advisory Board.

The College of Design is accepting applications for its Ambassador Program.

SoA Assistant Professor Brent Sturlaugson will present his ongoing research, "Archive of Lost Mountains," at the ACSA 109th Annual Meeting on Thursday, March 25.

The UK College of Design has a Temporary Assistant Professor in Architecture currently available.

Antonio Torres of Bittertang Farm. will lead the next workshop in the School of Interiors' Blender series.

The College of Design would like to welcome UK Visiting Scholar Anders Jensen and Fulbright Visiting Scholar Lotte M.B. Jensen for the Spring 2021 semester.

School of Interiors student Lawson Dyson recently submitted the following video for the IIDA Student of the Year.

Congratulations to School of Interiors Assistant Professor Helen Turner, who was recently published in the Journal of Interior Design.

The new building project for the College is featured in the following article from The Architect’s Newspaper.

The Pocket Park, a collaborative project led by UK School of Interiors Interim Director Rebekah Radtke, has officially opened.

Dean Mitzi Vernon chats with Carl Nathe during "UK at the Half" on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021.

The UK College of Design recently announced a donation of $2,500 to the College of Design Student Emergency Fund by School of Architecture alumnus Greg Reaves. Thanks to his gift, Reaves – a partner at LSM Architecture & Planning in Washington, D.C. – has enabled the College to increase its fund to support students who are experiencing financial hardships, including food insecurity, living expense issues, etc.

Blender is a new, experimental workshop series kicking off this week in the School of Interiors. Blender is multi-modal, maker-based, and celebratory of the intersectional nature of the study of Interiors.

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.

“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.

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.

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.

A video message from President Capilouto.

Congratulations to School of Architecture Director Jeffrey Johnson on the launch of his new book, “The China Lab Guide to Megablock Urbanisms.” Johnson served as co-editor with Cressica Brazier and Tat Lam.

SoA Professor Liz Swanson is one of the featured artists in the new exhibition "Home as Situation," a virtual project by the Bolivar Art Gallery.

As one of the courses offered in the online Digital Design Literacy Certificate, Professor Mike McKay's DES385 class introduces non-majors to digital design and making techniques.

Anthony Eardley, the former Dean of the University of Kentucky College of Architecture (now the UK College of Design), passed away on September 25, 2020 after a short illness.

School of Interiors professors Ingrid A. Schmidt and Hannah Dewhirst, also co-founders of SUBSTUDIO, have their piece "Home Beautiful" in the new exhibition, Never Normal, presented by Form & Seek and Design Core Detroit - Detroit Month of Design.

The University of Kentucky will celebrate the second annual university-wide giving day, "One Day for UK," on Wednesday, Sept. 16. For 24 hours, alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students and fans will rally to support the College of Design.

The inaugural 38°84 Summer Camp in the College of Design, which was to be a residential camp for high school students on UK’s campus, instead shifted to an online experience. This shift may very well be the catalyst for a new way to introduce the concept of design to a new cohort of students.

The Somewhere Project by School of Architecture students Jane Foote and Lexi Bowling was recently named one of the top 10 most innovative projects by Virtual Design Festival.

The College of Design’s School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky seeks applicants for a full-time, temporary assistant professor to teach first-year architecture design studio and a digital media/visualization/fabrication course in both the fall and spring semesters, for a total of 18 credit hours for the academic year.

The UK College of Design is pleased to announce that Rebekah Radtke has been appointed to the position of Interim Director of the School of Interiors starting with the Fall 2020 semester.

The UK College of Design is pleased to announce that Jonathan Mills has been named the Director of the new Department of Product Design. Mills comes to Kentucky from the University of Utah, where he was an Assistant Professor and the program’s Social Impact Coordinator as well as a University Sustainability Teaching Scholar.

The College of Design would like to recognize the outstanding work of our 2019-20 Student Book Award winners.

The College of Design is honored to celebrate the achievements of our recent graduates.

The College of Design is offering the following courses for the Summer 2020 semester. The deadline to register is May 11.

With recent approval by the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees and the Council for Postsecondary Education (CPE), the new Product Design program will officially launch in the College of Design (CoD) in Fall 2020 with its first cohort of students.

How can the sites of former coal mines, those strange landscapes scarred by decades of digging and desecration, serve the public in a post-industrial America? That was the question posed to the students of The Somewhere Project, a design studio at the University of Kentucky College of Design, as they considered how to transform a prototypical mine site in the Appalachian Basin in Kentucky into a contemporary arts institution.

In response to the high demand for PPE in the healthcare industry due to COVID-19, the UK College of Design has been able to offer its skillset to help produce face shields.

Student Services will be conducting remote advising and can answer questions via email regarding Priority Registration.

Prospective students and families can contact CoD Recruitment Director Amy Foulkes.

The Design Library will be closed through the end of the Spring 2020 semester. We will keep you posted with any updates.

The Administration has decided to implement social-distancing policies for two weeks after spring break (March 23-April 3, 2020).

Associate Professor of Architecture Jason Scroggin presented the installation project, Love Stack, from his elective course Fabricating Play at the University of Oklahoma for the recent "Schools of Thought” conference.

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.

David Yocum and Brian Bell of BLDGS will be giving a lecture on Tuesday, March 10 at 2 p.m. in Pence 209.

Professor Bruce Swetnam and several CoD students created the small meditation hut for this art installation.

Congratulations go out to Montre'ale Jones, Bryson Watson and Alan Hammell who received scholarships from the RCI-IIBEC Foundation to attend the International Institute of Building Enclosure Consultants' 2020 Annual Convention and Trade Show in Houston, Texas, March 26-31.

The following Product Design positions in the College of Design have been posted. Please share with those who may be interested.

Congratulations to Lawson Dyson, Allison Peterson and Tori Vaughn. These College of Design students each earned 3rd place prizes in UK Confucius Institute’s 2020 “China in My Lens” photo contest.

This year’s event will be held at the Gatton Student Center on Friday, March 6 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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.

Mark Clary, a graduate of the School of Architecture and a former professor in the College of Design, passed away on Jan. 6, 2020 in Delray Beach, Florida. He was 65 years old.

Congratulations to third-year SOI student Emily Andreasson who earned first place in the 2019-20 UK Oswald Research and Creativity Competition. The competition award is the outcome of Andreasson’s research project titled “Exploring Contemplative Play: Designing an Interactive Play Sculpture for Diverse Childhood Needs.”

Come be a part of this imaginative, interactive exhibition! On opening night of Gallery Hop, have your portrait drawn by a real robot and let the UK College of Design expand your perception of the design profession with its new exhibit “Points in Space” at the Downtown Arts Center Friday, Nov. 15 from 5-8 p.m.

Work by Professor Liz Swanson will be featured in a new exhibition in January 2020.

The School of Interiors, within the College of Design at the University of Kentucky, is currently poised for significant growth and change. Under the College’s new leadership, we are in the design phase of a new state-of-the-art facility, with a directive to expand design education at the University through the addition of new design programs and new faculty lines across the College.

Siebe Bakker, founder of bureaubakker and an adjunct professor in the College of Design, will present an informational session on two Delft Education Abroad opportunities on Oct. 30 at noon in Pence 209.

Interested in an Education Abroad experience in China? Attend the information session on Friday, Nov. 1 at Noon in Pence 209.

David Biagi, an internationally recognized architect and full professor at the University of Kentucky, age 60, died of thyroid cancer early Sunday morning, October 20, 2019, at his home in Todds Point, Kentucky.

Eugene Poole, a 1985 alum of the School of Architecture, receives the Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Award for the College of Design at the 29th Annual Lyman T. Johnson Torch of Excellence Awards Luncheon Ceremony on Oct. 11, 2019.

Join Peter Zellner for his lecture "Art Into Architecture, Architecture Into Art," at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 6 at 21c Museum Hotel in Louisville.

The College of Design invites you to join us for its Open House, Friday, Nov. 1 at 3 p.m., starting in Pence Hall.

The College of Design is offering a 6-week Education Abroad program to Medellin, Colombia, May 18-June 29, 2020. Students interested in this experience should come to the planning meeting on Friday, Oct. 11.

Professor Tony Roccanova’s 3rd year architecture studio was recently awarded a grant from the Community Action Council of Bourbon, Fayette, Harrison and Nicholas Counties for its work studying the Winburn neighborhood of Lexington through the fall 2019 semester.

Liz Swanson, an associate professor in the School of Architecture, will attend this year's Kentucky Book Festival in celebration of her new book, Wondrous Things.

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.

This year's Design Mentorship Program has begun. CoD students who completed the form to request a mentor or to participate as a mentor have been matched!

The first Design Mentorship Program event of the Fall 2019 semester will take place Wednesday, Sept. 11 at 6 p.m.

Associate Professor of Architecture Jason Scroggin presented his research, Material Topologies, at the 2019 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) & European Association for Architectural Education (EAAE) Teachers Conference.

SOA Professor Brent Sturlaugson edited and introduced a new essay forum in the Critical Geographies in Action section of Society & Space.

You are invited to experience the work of the next generation of designers during the annual End of Year Show on Friday, May 3 from 5-7 p.m. in Pence Hall. Join us in celebrating student work from the past academic year.

After reviewing 29 applicants and narrowing the field to six finalists, the UK College of Design is honored to announce that Studio Gang has been selected as the National Architect for the Reynolds Building project. Along with the College, Studio Gang will be working with K. Norman Berry Associates (KNBA), who was selected as the architect of record for the project.

"Close to Home | Michael Koch and Associates Architects," by Dr. Gregory Luhan, presents the creative, award-winning work of Louisville architect Michael Koch, introducing readers to the simple elegance of his designs and meaningful contributions he has made to the landscape of Kentucky.

Take the online survey to share your thoughts on the firm presentations. Join us as the six design firm finalists for the Reynolds Building project give presentations about their work and their thoughts on adaptive reuse.

Dr. Gregory Marinic, SOI interim director and director of graduate studies, has contributed to a book launch at the Chelsea College of Arts in London.

Join us for an information session about the new Master of Science in Urban and Environmental Design (MUED) program in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky.

Jeff Fugate, the acting Associate Dean for Administration and Sutherland Visiting Professor at the UK College of Design, was recently invited to participate in the 72nd National Session of the Mayors’ Institute on City Design (MICD).

The College of Design announces the six finalists for the National Design Architect being considered for the Reynolds adaptive reuse project.

College of Design students and professors Jeffrey Johnson, Gregory Luhan, Gregory Marinic, and Rebekah Radtke visited the Beijing studio of internationally-renowned Zaha Hadid Architects.

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.

Please join College of Design students and alumni for an evening of mentoring and conversation in Pence Hall, Room 207.

Yoshihara McKee Architects will give a lecture on Monday, April 1 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.

Dr. Gregory Marinic, SOI interim director and director of graduate studies, will be featured in an exhibition at the Royal College of Art in London.

A recipient of a 2019 UK Great Teacher Award, Dr. Gregory Luhan was recently honored by the UK Alumni Association for his achievement along with the other eight honorees.

Students and professionals are invited to take part in the Veterans Memorial Park Amphitheater Design Competition.

In February 2019, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved the design phase for the rehabilitation of the Reynolds Building as the future home for the College of Design.

SOI Professor Joe Rey-Barreau speaks with MarketScale at the 2019 Kitchen and Bath Industry Show last week in Las Vegas.

The second volume of the College's magazine, 38°84, won a Gold ADDY Award for best publication design at the 2019 ceremony on Friday, Feb. 22.

UK's Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching (CELT) has published its second volume of Greater Faculties: A Review of Teaching and Learning, including an article from Patrick Lee Lucas and Helen Turner.

Caroline Miracle, a fourth-year student in the School of Interiors, has been selected as one of 16 students from the University of Kentucky to participate in the Posters-at-the-Capitol event this Thursday, Feb. 21 at the KY State Capitol Building.

Dean Mitzi Vernon, serving her fourth year as dean, is on a mission to unify and expand the UK College of Design and its programs, preparing for the future of design education.

Christina Rieth, a student in the Department of Historic Preservation, has been selected as a 2019 Preservation Action Foundation Advocacy Scholar. She will participate in National Historic Preservation Advocacy Week, March 11-14 at the Kimpton Hotel Palomar in Washington, D.C.

Dr. Gregory Marinic, SOI interim director and director of graduate studies, recently contributed one of 10 chapters in "Interiors Beyond Architecture."

Visit the 3rd floor of Pence Hall and check out the work from the School of Architecture First-Year Workshop[s].

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.

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.

Helen Turner, Assistant Professor in the School of Interiors, and Stephanie Sickler, Assistant Professor at Florida State University, will present an accredited seminar at NeoCon in Chicago on June 12, 2019.

The College of Design at the University of Kentucky welcomes Jeff Fugate as the acting Associate Dean for Administration.

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.

Congratulations go out to School of Interiors students Taylor Fussell, Brooke Holley and Amber Ogle who were selected as semifinalists in the ASID Student Portfolio Competition.

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.

SOI Interim Director Gregory Marinic has been awarded the 2018-19 ACSA/AIA Housing Design Education Award for "What Would Jane Do?," a graduate Interiors studio project that engaged the urban theories of Jane Jacobs and retail obsolescence in the Ohio Valley as dual catalysts for housing innovation.

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.

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.

Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Luhan, the John Russell Groves Endowed Professor of Architecture, who was honored with one of UK’s 2019 Great Teacher Awards.

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.

The University of Kentucky chapter of AIAS will host the 2019 Quad Conference, April 11-14.

Department of Historic Preservation Professor Doug Appler and Lauren Poole, an alum of the program, was recently featured in the Journal of Urban History.

Professor Lindsey Fay was recently published in the Health Environments Research & Design Journal (HERD).

Clyde Carpenter, a professor in the School of Architecture and the Department of Historic Preservation, is featured in the Winter 2019 issue of Preservation Matters, the publication by the Blue Grass Trust for Historic Preservation.

On Friday, March 29, the Department of Historic Preservation will hold its annual symposium, titled "Historic Preservation and Sustainability: Beyond the Greenest Building."

Jason Long, a partner with OMA in New York, will be speaking on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. in Pence 209.

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.

Congratulations to the professional and student winners of the ADU Design Competition, sponsored by AARP and the Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG).

Urban life can take its toll on a tree. Pollution, trenching to lay underground utility lines, soil compaction, it’s all very hard on an old tree, and the red oak tree in front of the Agricultural Sciences Building on the University of Kentucky campus had seen better days. But its story won’t end in piles of mulch. Instead, its wood will find its way into useful, beautiful objects created by and for UK students, faculty and staff.

Two School of Interiors students were selected as the first and second place recipients of the Oswald Research and Creativity Award in the category of Design.

When you're hangry, the new Pence Cafe has everything you need.

"Unsupported" is a showcase of work by regional faculty members that attempts to approximate an image of youthful Midwestern Architecture.

The College of Design is proud to host this year's IDEC Midwest Conference, Nov. 1-2 in Lexington, Kentucky.

With standing room only, the film premiere of Land Grab at KMAC in Louisville on Sept. 7, 2018 was a resounding success, with UK President Eli Capilouto, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer and dozens of College of Design students and guests in attendance.

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.

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.

Congratulations to the students in Professor Bruce Swetnam's Haiti studio, who were recently named International Winner in the 2018 AIA Film Challenge for their film “Freedom to Play.”

"Forests and Trees, Systems and Cities," a lecture by Scott Francisco of Pilot Projects

William Joiner of Antique River Logs will give a College of Design lecture on Wednesday, Oct. 17 @ 5 p.m. in the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center. As a fifth-generation river-man, William’s heritage resonates in his passion. Through development of technique and technology, he is the only person in the state of Kentucky licensed to dive and reclaim “remarkable timbers, resting on river bottoms, preserved by deep, cold water, and a lack of oxygen and light,” from Old Growth Forests dating back to the logging industry.

Assistant Professor Brent Sturlaugson was recently published in Places, the journal of public scholarship on the built environment.

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.

Julie Riesenweber, assistant professor in the Department of Historic Preservation, recently helped Pope Villa in Lexington achieve its place on the National Register of Historic Places as a nationally significant example of early national-era architecture.

We invite you to attend the College of Design Faculty Exhibition in the Community Gallery at the Downtown Arts Center.

The changing needs of towns and cities increasingly demand solutions to problems that bridge public and private, policy and practice, and require multiple forms of expertise. The new Master of Science in Urban and Environmental Design (MUED) at the College of Design will prepare students to work in settings where knowledge of design, municipal policy and community engagement can make a meaningful difference.

5:30-7:30 p.m. | Friday, Sept. 7 | KMAC Museum, Louisville Join the University of Kentucky College of Design for the Kentucky premier of the provocative new documentary Land Grab and a discussion with two leading urban thinkers. How do we reimagine the future of American cities in an era of unrelenting change? What strategies hold promise, and who should determine the fate of long-suffering neighborhoods?

This fall, the College of Design is offering a bounty of electives in each of its programs.

Congratulations go out to Historic Preservation Assistant Professor Doug Appler for earning a National Endowment for the Humanities grant for his project “Reassessing the History of Urban Renewal in the United States, 1950–1975.”

Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration is open at the College of Design.

School of Interiors Lecturer Chris Birkentall traveled to Chicago with 12 students to attend NeoCon during its annual conference June 11-13, 2018.

Students in the College of Design are participating in CEDIK's Downtown Revitalization Project in Manchester, Ky., this summer.

Congratulations to Dr. Gregory Luhan, one of three recipients of the University of Kentucky 2018 Excellent Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.

Congratulations to these School of Interiors 2018 award winners.

Director of Student Services Azhar Swanson was recently elected to the University Senate Committee as the Admissions & Academic Standards representative.

Friends and family came to the College of Design to celebrate student work at the 2018 End of Year Show.

SOI Assistant Professor Rebekah Radtke is one of 20 community leaders from cities across the United States to have been selected to participate in the 2018 Emerging City Champions fellowship program. The program is sponsored by the Knight Foundation.

School of Interiors students will present their work at the Undergraduate Research showcase Wednesday, April 25 from 1-6 p.m.

Congratulations to third-year SOI student Caroline Miracle and Associate Professor Lindsey Fay on their University of Kentucky Undergraduate Summer Research and Creativity Fellowship for summer of 2018.

Join us for the College of Design's End of Year Show at 5 p.m. on Friday, May 4.

Historic Preservation Lecturer Travis Rose conducted a design-focused workshop for Lexington-area middle and high school students over their spring break.

The College of Design’s Rachel Crosslin visited New Orleans to work on a project in the Upper 9th Ward over Spring Break 2018.

Professor Mark O'Bryan, AIA, NCARB, presents at the Western Social Science Association's Annual Conference.

To watch the lectures from this year's Historic Preservation Symposium, please visit the College of Design Facebook page.

Congratulations to Assistant Professor Lindsey Fay and Professor Allison Carll-White on their recently published research.

SOA Director Jeffrey Johnson will deliver a keynote lecture tonight at the Revitalizing Rural Environments Symposium.

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.

Dean Mitzi Vernon will speak Thursday, March 29, at the IDSA Medical Design Conference in Boston.

Students from Professor Bruce Swetnam's architecture studio recently returned from another trip to Haiti where they continued work at Chez Moi Orphanage.

Watch Associate Dean for Students Bruce Swetnam with his architecture studio students, and you'll see why he was honored with one of UK's 2018 Great Teacher Awards.

Erin Sterling Lewis, AIA, is a recipient of a 2018 Young Architects Award. Lewis is a 2002 graduate of the School of Architecture.

At the recent 2018 Annual Interior Design Educators Council (IDEC) Conference in Boston, faculty members from the School of Interiors were honored with multiple awards.

This March, Montre’ale Jones was one of only 12 undergraduate students to be awarded a prestigious Gaines Fellowship.

Dr. Gregory Marinic, Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Interiors and Associate Professor in the College of Design, was recently published in Interiors Beyond Architecture (Routledge, 2018).

Make plans to attend Inclusion by Design: Navigating Identity in the Field, the first in a series on inclusivity and diversity for students, faculty, staff and alumni of the College of Design. Monday, Feb. 26 at 5 p.m.

The 2018 Historic Preservation Symposium will be held Friday, March 30.

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.

The School of Architecture at the UK College of Design will present The Making of an Avant-Garde: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1967-1984.

The UK College of Design will host its inaugural Design Job Fair on Wednesday, April 4 from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. in Pence Hall.

Congratulations to SOA Associate Professor Mike McKay for being chosen as one of the finalists for the 12th edition of the Arte Laguna Prize.

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.

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.

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.

Congratulations to two SOA students who were selected to serve as officers of the University of Kentucky Habitat for Humanity Campus Chapter.

The application for undergraduate scholarships is now open.

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.

Claire Cahan of Studio Gang talks about working with Studio Louisville students.

A recap of Studio Louisville's Fall 2017 semester.

Working in teams of two, 2nd-year SOI students in Professor Christine Mobley's class worked with a developer and the North Limestone CDC to redesign one level of a former hemp factory on Limestone. Here is one team's take on the project.

SOA Director Jeffrey Johnson will participate in the panel discussion "Capital, Culture and Countryside" at the 2017 Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism + Architecture (UABB) in Shenzhen, China on Dec. 16. Johnson is a past director and curator of the UABB and currently serves on its academic committee.

Congratulations to the following CoD faculty, recipients of 2018 Sustainability Grants. Julie Riesenweber, Daniel Vivian, Doug Appler and Robert Travis Rose from Historic Preservation; Chris Birkentall, Interiors; Brent Sturlaugson, Architecture; Greg Luhan, Architecture; and Helen Turner, Interiors.

Fall 2017 Review Schedule

Inspired by the bourbon stills of Louisville’s famed spirit, The Intertwining – a sculpture by School of Architecture professors Mike McKay and Liz Swanson – will find permanent residence at the Louisville International Airport in summer 2018.

Confederate statues and monuments have made local and national headlines as the country decides how to respond to the memorialization of confederate soldiers.

For 13 years now, students from the Department of Historic Preservation have attended the annual dry stone masonry workshop at Pine Mountain Settlement School in Eastern Kentucky.

A call to help build a Haitian orphanage in Professor Bruce Swetnam’s Spring 2017 studio has evolved into a project driven by a passion for humanitarian architecture.

The UK College of Design will hold its Graduate Open House on Friday, Nov. 17.

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.

Congratulations go out to School of Architecture Professor Wallis Miller, who won the 2017 Journal Article Award from the Southeast Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians.

The UK College of Design will hold its Graduate Open House on Friday, Nov. 10.

Kenneth Hobgood (1977 SOA alum) and his son Patrick Hobgood (2005 SOA alum), along with Alan Tin (2004 SOA alum), are featured in this story from Archinect about their family-run architecture firm in Raleigh, N.C.

The School of Architecture at the College of Design is pleased to present The Making of an Avant-Garde: The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies 1967-1984.

Azhar Swanson, Director of Student Services, and Cyndy Clark, Assistant Director for Student Services, recently presented at the NAFSA...

Professor Greg Luhan will present Re-Envisioning Juvenile Justice Educational Environments: Inspire. Integrate. Innovate at the AIA Academy of Architecture for Justice conference Oct. 29-31.

Patrick Lee Lucas, Director of the School of Interiors, now a BALA Fellow.

To think forward about product design education situated in the 21st century and specifically in Kentucky and at UK, Dean Mitzi Vernon held a Product Design Roundtable in September.

Sign-up to participate in SoA Instructor Brian Richter's workshop

The new academic year brings with it many new faces to the 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.

Historic Preservation Professor Douglas Appler has recently co-authored the book, “Urban Archaeology, Municipal Government and Local Planning.”

Zawistowski Lecture @ 5 p.m. | Whitehall Classroom Building, room 122

Congratulations to Lindsey Fay, assistant professor in the School of Interiors, for her recently published article.

Students at the University of Kentucky are currently wrapping up some of the first research collected on a mid-century neighborhood as part of the nation's first hybrid field school in historic preservation.

Congratulations go out to the Department of Historic Preservation in the College of Design

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees today approved 16 University Research Professorships for the 2017-18 year.

MAD Architects Travel Fellowship open to all international students.

Lindsey Fay and Allison Carll-White were recently published in HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal.

Additional partial tuition and housing fellowships available for the 2017 Kentucky Field School.

Brian Andrews work chosen for the new Drawn exhibition at the Manifest Gallery in Cincinnati

The new Kentucky Field School – a part of the Department of Historic Preservation in the College of Design – was recently awarded the Orlando Ridout V Fieldwork Fellowship.

The School of Interiors in the College of Design was recently honored with the IDEC Teaching Excellence Award.

Should we as a society work to preserve historic sites notorious for their connection to violence and conflict? That’s the essential question that will be discussed at a special conference this Friday at the University of Kentucky.

Liz Swanson, associate professor in the School of Architecture, has had her work “The Space Between” accepted to the Architecture, Culture and Spirituality Forum.

Congratulations to Mark O’Bryan, associate professor in the School of Architecture, on his recent Award of Excellence.

The College of Design has been awarded 7 Addy Awards by the American Advertising Federation (AAF). The Gold Awards will now compete at the regional competition.

The University of Kentucky College of Design, Department of Historic Preservation is proud to offer the country’s first hybrid field school – HP 676 Field Methods in Heritage Conservation.

The School of Interiors at the University of Kentucky’s College of Design seeks applicants for a full-time lecturer position with expertise in one or more of the following categories: Digital Media, Design Fabrication, Interior Design Professional Practice, Interior Construction, and Interior Building Systems.

Interiors graduate student Marissa Wilson and finance and accounting December graduate Omer Tariq won the University of Kentucky Venture Challenge.

The College of Design invites applications for a Post Graduate Fellowship in Graphic Design.

The College of Design at the University of Kentucky is honored to announce the acceptance of work from several faculty and alumni into the latest exhibition, Expanding Fields, at the Lexington Art League.

The 2017 Jury of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated Michael W. Jacobs.

The UK College of Design seeks applicants for a Student Affairs Officer I to assist the Office of Academic and Student Services.

A new exhibit at the University of Kentucky Art Museum tests spacial dimensions and structure, and installing it was sometimes as complicated as it sounds. UK architecture professor Mike McKay created the art piece, “Singularities,” that pushes the limits of what structure can do.

The School of Architecture at the University of Kentucky College of Design invites applicants to apply for a new faculty position, important in taking the next step toward integrating design technology within the disciplines.

The School of Interiors at the University of Kentucky College of Design seeks a dynamic tenured associate or full professor to transform its graduate program offerings.

Professor Wallis Miller publishes article on Architectural Histories.

A structure based on the work of UK's own interiors and landscape architecture students is coming to Lexington's Southland Drive.

FORM: Line-Plane-Solid is a studio course, an exhibition and an area of scholarship for Dean Vernon. Using design instead of words, FORM: Line-Plane-Solid explains the concept of form through the act of physical fabrication.

Researchers and staff at the University of Kentucky have teamed up with University of Kentucky Medical Center in Lexington, Ky.

College of Design faculty Lindsey Fay and Allison Carll-White and their students are getting to the heart of health care design.

The year 2016 has been one of global discourse and divide on the issue of diverse voices. The University of Kentucky is responding with a new investment in creating an inclusive campus.

Rebekah Radtke, assistant professor of interiors, was recently published in Public, a Journal of Imagining America, for her work on community engagement through international experiences. Public is a peer-reviewed, multimedia e-journal focused on humanities, arts and design in public life. Congratulations to Rebekah!

The University of Kentucky College of Design announces the appointment of Jeffrey Johnson, the new Director of the School of Architecture. Johnson joins the faculty from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University where he was the founding director of the Asia Megacities Lab.