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Design Lecture Series Eric Höweler

Nov 17, 2025, 6:30 – 7:30 PM
Architecture, College of Design

The College of Design, in partnership with AIA Central Kentucky, proudly welcomes Eric Höweler, FAIA, LEED AP, as the featured speaker for this year’s annual lecture. Free and open to the public, the event invites guests to enjoy refreshments and a cash bar beginning at 5:30 p.m., with the main level galleries open for attendees to explore before the lecture begins. Bus transportation is available for students.

UK students transform parking spot into pop-up park

UK students transform parking spot into pop-up park

Haley Simpkins
 Oct 21, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Interiors, Landscape Architecture, University of Kentucky

Students from the University of Kentucky College of Design and the UK Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment’s Department of Landscape Architecture recently turned an ordinary parking spot into an extraordinary gathering space during Park(ing) Day, an annual international event that reimagines how public spaces can be used.

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Spring 2026 Historic Preservation Undergraduate Electives

Oct 20, 2025
College of Design, Historic Preservation

The Department of Historic Preservation is offering several undergraduate elective options for the Spring 2026 semester. These courses explore topics relevant to a range of design disciplines and are open to all students in the College of Design.  Register Now

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Spring 2026 Product Design Electives

Oct 20, 2025
College of Design, Product Design

The Department of Product Design's Spring 2026 elective offerings explore the development of educational toys and communication with AI tools for design. Full course details are listed below. Register Now

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Spring 2026 Interiors Electives

Oct 20, 2025
College of Design, Interiors

The School of Interiors' Spring 2026 electives invite students to engage with a range of topics, from understanding how spaces influence human experience to exploring biomimicry, housing, universal design, and the power of pattern and form. These courses invite students from all disciplines to think critically and creatively about we experience and interact with the built environment. Full course details are listed below.   Register Now

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Spring 2026 Architecture Electives

Oct 20, 2025
Architecture, College of Design

The School of Architecture’s Spring 2026 electives invite students to engage with a range of topics, from digital visualization, detailing, and fabrication to housing development, material reuse, and urban design. These courses are designed to encourage critical thinking and hands-on experimentation across scales, materials, and methods. Full course details are listed below. Register Now  

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UK College of Design honors 2025 Lyman T. Johnson awardees

Meredith Weber
 Oct 20, 2025
Alumni, Architecture, College of Design, University of Kentucky

The  University of Kentucky College of Design honored its 2025 Lyman T. Johnson awardees during the 34th annual Lyman T. Johnson Awards Luncheon on Friday, Oct. 17. 

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Design Symposium Undercommoning The Urban Campus

Nov 3, 2025, 2:00 – 5:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design, University of Kentucky

The Undercommoning the Urban Campus Symposium brings together scholars from art, architecture, public history, and urbanism to examine the histories, reckonings, and futures of the modern urban university. Exploring themes such as campus as “UniverCity,” monumentality, and town–gown relations, the symposium creates a forum for dialogue across disciplines. Open to all, it will be of special interest to students and faculty in design, social sciences, and cultural studies.

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Fugate appointed as KY Housing Corporation-Groves Endowed Professor

Haley Simpkins
 Oct 15, 2025
Architecture, College of Design, Research

Jeff Fugate, associate professor of extension in the University of Kentucky School of Architecture, has been named the Kentucky Housing Corporation-John Russell Groves Endowed Professor of Housing. The professorship was established in 2002 to promote research into affordable housing design and delivery.

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Design Lecture Series Florian Idenburg

Oct 17, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design

Join us for a lecture on Friday, October 17 with Florian Idenburg, co-founder of the New York architectural design firm SO–IL. 

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