Undergraduate seniors and graduate students in the 3+ program will focus on the topic of gateway communities this semester, examining the unique blend of social, economic, and environmental pressures that towns such as Moab, Utah encounter. SoA faculty Anne Mooney, Jörg Rügemer, Lisa Henry, Timothy Adekunle and Valerie Greer led a four-day site visit to […]
Read MoreThe University of Utah SoA Associate Professor Shundana Yusaf has been selected for a Clark Fellowship for the 2022/2023 academic year. She will be the Kaleta A. Doolin Foundation Fellow in residence at the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts in the Spring and Summer of 2023. Clark Fellowship is a distinction that since 1997 […]
Read MoreThe Design Futures Public Interest Design (PID) Student Leadership Forum is a five-day, interdisciplinary forum focused on bringing together designers, strategists, artists, scientists, and futurists to facilitate and advance responsible design and strategy practices that consider the ethical, cultural, environmental, political, and economic challenges and opportunities of future products, services, and systems. Conversations are framed […]
Read MoreThe Age-Friendly Communities Symposium brings together individuals from the Intermountain West to identify innovations and opportunities that will transform how neighborhoods, campuses, and health environments foster the independence, productivity, and wellbeing of older adults. The virtual symposium, which will take place from Sept 22nd to Sept 23rd, is designed to convene national and regional experts […]
Read MoreThis story originally appeared in the Art Viewer. For the original article and additional photos, please click here. Among global designers, such as Võ Trọng Nghĩa Architects (Vietnam), Emerging Objects (USA), Husos Arquitecturas (Spain), ZAV Architects (Iran), CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab (USA), Practice Architecture (UK), People’s Architecture Office (China), Stephanie Chalthiel/MuDD Architects (France/ Spain), […]
Read MoreAjla Akšamija, Ph.D., LEED AP BD+C, CDT, Professor and Chair at the SoA, gave an invited presentation at the European Façade Network (EFN) Conference “Teaching Façades for a Sustainable Future”, held in Lisbon, Portugal on June 14, 2022. The presentation was titled “Sustainable and High-Performance Facades: A Decade of Educational Programs”, which discussed Akšamija’s research […]
Read MoreDr. Timothy O. Adekunle joins the School of Architecture as an Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies. Dr. Adekunle’s teaching and research work focuses on sustainable architecture, building technologies, materials and construction methods, and the integration of building systems. Dr. Adekunle’s previous academic appointments include the University of Hartford, where he served as an […]
Read MoreAssociate Professor Shundana Yusaf, Adjunct faculty in Architecture & Peripheral Office Tonia Sing Chi, Affiliate College of Architecture and Planning CarmiRae Holguin; and Adrienne Caesar, Bluff Campus Coordinator + Online Curriculum Coordinator for Yestermorrow are the founding members of Nááts’ílid, an indigenous-led coalition recipient of the 2022-2025 Mellon Foundation’s award for Humanities in Place for […]
Read MoreAjla Aksamija, Ph.D., LEED AP BD+C, CDT (Prof. and Chair at the SoA) and Sunny Milosevic (Ph.D. Student at the CMP and Associate Instructor at the SoA) participated at the Sustainable Urban Development: Designing Smart, Inclusive and Resilient Cities symposium of the 13th Days of BHAAAS (Bosnian-Herzegovinian American Academy of Arts and Sciences) in Sarajevo, […]
Read More“I grew up in Provo, Utah. After graduating from Provo High School, I attended Brigham Young University for two years while living at home. When I changed my major to architecture, I transferred to the University of Utah, graduating in 1966. At that time, the School of Architecture was housed in some of the old-World […]
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