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Design Students and Faculty Tour Kentucky State Capitol Renovation with Champlin | EOP

On Thursday, May 15, students and faculty from the University of Kentucky College of Design had a unique opportunity to tour the Kentucky State Capitol Building, currently undergoing a $260 million, multi-year renovation. The guided tour was hosted by UK Design alums Principal Architect Kevin Gough (BArch, 1999) and Project Designer Afif Alahmad (BArch, 2018; MArch, 2020) of Champlin | EOP, the firm overseeing the ambitious restoration of this iconic structure. 

SoA, SoI faculty weave Appalachian resilience into global architecture discourse

Jeff Fugate, associate professor in the University of Kentucky College of Design’s School of Architecture, and Rebekah Radtke, associate professor in the School of Interiors, have been selected to exhibit their work on Appalachian climate resiliency at the 2025 “Time Space Existence” architecture exhibition in Venice, Italy.  

Bahamian Rhapsody: Master of Architecture student shares her journey from the Bahamas to UK and back

Amber Taylor, a soon-to-be graduate of the University of Kentucky’s two-year Master of Architecture program, has embarked on an impressive academic journey that bridges two worlds: her native home in the Bahamas and her educational home in UK’s College of Design.  

Exhibition to celebrate a transformative year in the Gray Design Building

The University of Kentucky invites the public to experience “Full Spectrum: A Year in the Making in the College of Design and Landscape Architecture,” a dynamic exhibition commemorating the first full academic year inside the Gray Design Building. 

Framed Perceptions: An Installation by Charity Melloy

This installation discusses the ways in which architectural apertures have the ability to alter and control a viewer’s perception. In an age when our perception and knowledge of events are largely mediated by screens, our technologies—analogue or digital—have the capacity to establish or diminish our trust in the images and information passed through them.

Two CoD students named to 2025 Class of Chellgren Student Fellows

The Chellgren Center for Undergraduate Excellence at the University of Kentucky has selected the 2025 Class of Chellgren Student Fellows (Chellows) and the 2025-26 Chellgren Faculty Fellows. Dedicated to advancing the University of Kentucky’s commitment to student, teaching and program excellence, the center works toward that mission through several programs.

Architecture Graduate School Info Session

Considering Graduate School? Join Professor Anne Filson, Assistant Dean Azhar Swanson and Recruitment Officer Nathan Spalding for an informational Q&A session to learn about opportunities after completing your Bachelor of Architecture. 

Provost IMPACT Award: Exploring Kentucky culture through language

Last fall, the University of Kentucky Office of the Provost announced the second cohort of the Institutional Multidisciplinary Paradigm to Accelerate Collaboration and Transformation (IMPACT) Awards winners. 

Lecture Series: James Timberlake

Through the past, present and ‘future’ work at KieranTimberlake, Founding Principal James Timberlake FAIA explores the path ahead for work and the profession. 

Gary Rohrbacher Appointed Robert Lynn Leininger Endowed Professor in Furniture Design

Gary Rohrbacher, associate professor in the University of Kentucky School of Architecture, has been announced as the Robert Lynn Leininger Endowed Professor in Furniture Design, a four-year appointment that will continue through June 30, 2029.