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On Seeing and Being - Spring 2025 Elective

Nov 19, 2024

The ways we see (or are taught to see) the world are inseparable from the ways we choose to live in it. Acting upon this proposition, this course examines how we produce and represent the built environment through media, science, and technology, specifically through techniques such as perspectival drawing, measuring, photography, and satellite-imaging. 

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Designing Memories: UK Students Find Their 'Camelot' in Italy

Haley Simpkins Nov 15, 2024

This past summer, students from the University of Kentucky's College of Design participated in a transformative education abroad experience in Florence, Italy. Led by Mark O'Bryan, an associate professor in the School of Architecture, the program offered students the chance to explore Italian architecture, history and culture firsthand.  

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Guest Lecture: Eric Meyer of Morphosis

Nov 21, 2024, 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Join us for a guest lecture by Eric Meyer, AIA, founding partner of X Tech Construction and director of design fabrication at Morphosis Architects.

Fall 2024 Lecture Series

UK College of Design hosts Fall 2024 Lecture Series

Haley Simpkins Nov 11, 2024

The University of Kentucky College of Design’s Fall 2024 Lecture Series offered a dynamic lineup of talks, exhibitions and workshops that explored the intersection of design, architecture and innovation. This semester’s events included insights from renowned professionals, interactive workshops and exhibitions that highlighted both emerging and established voices in the design world. Find a full list of the featured events below:

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Concrete Workshop

Nov 8, 2024, 6:30 PM – Nov 10, 2024, 6:00 PM

This workshop, led by Pooya Mohaghegh, will focus on fabric-formed concrete casting, providing students with hands-on experience in both digital design and physical fabrication.  Register Now

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Fabricating Play - Spring 2025 Elective

Oct 31, 2024

Fabricating Play is a design build course focused on the design, development, fabrication, and assembly of an architectural installation. The course begins with individual investigations of material and form and then moves forward as a team to select the elements, aesthetics, forms, and methods to fabricate the final construction(s). 

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Catty Dan Zhang

Nov 1, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00 PM

Catty Dan Zhang is an associate professor of architecture at University of Tennessee Knoxville. She is also the founder of Temporary Office, a practice that explores architecture and digital technology through the production of exhibitions, objects, drawings, animations, installations and writings. 

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Marlon Blackwell at the Speed Art Museum

Nov 4, 2024, 6:30 – 7:00 PM

In collaboration with the AIA CKC the School of Architecture is hosting AIA Gold Medal winner Marlon Blackwell for a lecture on Monday, Nov 4 at 6:30pm at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville. There will be a meet-and-greet beginning at 5:30pm.  

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Book Launch: Homing the Machine in Architecture

Oct 18, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00 PM

The Critical Software Lab is excited to celebrate the publication of a new book called “Homing the Machine in Architecture.” This edited collection is a series of conversations on the ways designers, practitioners, historians, and theorists orient themselves within the world of architectural digital fabrication. The lecture will feature a brief overview of the book and a discussion with editors Zach Cohen and Galo Canizares.

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Benjamin Ball: Feathered Edge

Oct 14, 2024, 4:00 – 5:00 PM

Join us for Feathered Edge, a lecture featuring Benjamin Ball of Benjamin Ball Studio. The event will take place on Monday, October 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Forum (111 Gray Design Building).

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