The 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 […]
Read MoreOver the last year, the School of Architecture at the University of Utah has been collaborating with The Other Side Village to design and construct a tiny house. Our students and faculty developed unique designs and construction documents for 12 projects during the Fall 2021 semester, of which one was selected to be built. The […]
Read MoreThe 2022 End-of-Year Student Exhibition, which was held from May 2 to May 9, showcased our students’ work from graduate and undergraduate studios and other courses. The celebration event, held on the evening of May 4, brought together our students, their families, the professional community, alumni, staff, and faculty to honor our students and celebrate […]
Read MoreAn interdisciplinary team of students from the University of Utah is being recognized by the United States Department of Energy and its Building Technologies Office. During the annual JUMP into STEM final competition hosted virtually by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in January, four winning teams were announced from the largest competition to date, with 84 […]
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