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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 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  

Montreale Jones receives the 2025 LTH Torch of Excellence Award presented by Dean Ned Crankshaw at the 2025 LTJ Luncheon on Oct. 17.

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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Franklin D. Israel: A Life in Architecture Book Talk with Todd Gannon

Oct 13, 2025, 4:00 – 5:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design

Join us for a talk by Todd Gannon, author and professor of architecture at Ohio State University, as he discusses his recent book Franklin D. Israel: A Life in Architecture. 

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Managing Mass Timber Exhibition & Seminars

Oct 6, 2025, 11:00 AM – Oct 8, 2025, 5:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design, University of Kentucky

The College of Design, in partnership with the Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the Pigman College of Engineering, invites you to attend Managing Mass Timber: From Forest to Future. The multi-day event includes an interactive exhibit that will be on display in the Gray Design Building October 6-8, as well as a series of educational seminars October 6 and 7, led by Anthony Mirando, Ph.D., and Lameck Onsarigo, Ph.D., of Kent State University. 

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Design Lecture Series Mark von Hof-Zogrotzki

Sep 26, 2025, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
Architecture, College of Design

Join us on Friday, September 26 at 4:00 p.m. in the Biagi Forum for a lecture with Mark von Hof-Zogrotzki, Vice President of Global Architecture and Development for MillerKnoll. 

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Heinrichs named Director of International Studies

Haley Simpkins
 Sep 18, 2025
International, Architecture, College of Design

The University of Kentucky College of Design has appointed Johanna Heinrichs, Ph.D., associate professor in the School of Architecture, as Director of International Studies for the College.

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