Winka Dubbeldam is an internationally recognized architect, educator and thought leader whose work sits at the intersection of design, technology and sustainability.
Architecture alum Patrick Fugeman is helping ensure future UK architecture students can experience the School’s long-standing travel tradition to Columbus, indiana through philanthropic support that makes transformative learning opportunities more accessible.
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.
In Eastern Kentucky, design is doing more than shaping spaces. It is strengthening connections, honoring history and helping communities chart a path forward.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Education Abroad, International, Architecture, College of Design, University of Kentucky
Kauner Shacklette, a May 2026 graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Design and the Lewis Honors College (LHC) from Vine Grove, Kentucky, can thank his dislike of calculus for leading him to his career as a future architect.
