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Associate Professor Erin Carraher appointed as the Director of Undergraduate Studies

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Erin Carraher, Associate Professor, has been appointed as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the School of Architecture. Erin’s dedication to students, her exemplary teaching of undergraduate courses (design foundation workshops, pre-major design courses, and beginning architecture studios), as well service supporting our undergraduate programs have been significant contributions to our School. In her role […]

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January 21, 2022

Associate Professor Jörg Rügemer Receives the 2021 ACSA Collaborative Practice Award

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The award was given for Jörg Rügemer’s community outreach efforts to design the Field of Dreams EcoCommunity project in Kearns, Utah. The ACSA Collaborative Practice Award honors best practices in university-based and community-engaged programs. It recognizes programs that demonstrate how faculty, students, community groups, and/or civic clients, can work to realize common objectives. The award […]

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January 20, 2022

CA+P Grants support for the establishment of Nááts’ílid initiative

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In 2019, five faculty members of the School of Architecture won two grants offered by the College of Architecture + Planning to envision a Center for Global Citizenship in Architecture & Planning. Lisa Benham, Ole Fischer, Jose Galarza, Dwight Yee, and Shundana Yusaf won $15000 Scholarship Incentive Program (SIP) and $3000 Community Engaged Scholarship (CEP) […]

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January 15, 2022

Dialectic IX is Published

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The School of Architecture is announcing the publication of Dialectic IX: Decolonizing Architectural Technologies journal. Dialectic is the refereed journal of the School of Architecture at the University of Utah. Established in 2012, the journal brings together the most competing opposing voices on the most compelling questions in the discipline today. It interrogates the issues, […]

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January 6, 2022

University of Utah Professor Anne Mooney Receives 2021 AIA Western Mountain Region Silver Medal

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School of Architecture Professor Anne Mooney, AIA, NCARB, LEEDAP, has been awarded the 2021 Silver Medal by the American Institute of Architects Western Mountain Region. This prestigious award recognizes Mooney’s significant contributions to the Institute, the profession, the region and its citizens, as well as to her students and community, and recognizes that Anne’s work […]

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November 29, 2021

Ajla Akšamija elected President of the Facade Tectonics Institute

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Ajla Akšamija, Professor and Chair of the School of Architecture, has been elected as the President of the Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI). FTI is a non-profit member organization for the architectural, engineering and construction industry. Its mission is to accelerate transformative change in the built environment toward common goals of resilience and sustainability, specifically focusing […]

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November 25, 2021

Chair Ajla Akšamija Elected as the President of the Facade Tectonics Institute

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Ajla Akšamija, Professor and Chair of the School of Architecture, has been elected as the President of the Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI). FTI is a non-profit member organization for the architectural, engineering, and construction industry. Its mission is to accelerate transformative change in the built environment toward common goals of resilience and sustainability, specifically focusing […]

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November 25, 2021

Prof. and Chair Ajla Akšamija Keynotes Mass Timber Enclosure Symposium

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Ajla Akšamija, Professor and Chair of the School of Architecture, presented a keynote address at the Mass Timber Enclosure Symposium, organized by the RDH Science on November 16, 2021. Professor Akšamija’s presentation, titled “Wood Enclosure Systems: Design and Research Considerations”, discussed the applications of wood in building enclosures, as well as design and building science […]

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November 16, 2021

High-Performance Facades: Professional Webinar

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Ajla Akšamija, Professor and Chair of the School of Architecture, organized a webinar on October 21, 2021, focusing on high-performance facades. The webinar brought together more than 300 professionals from around the world, including architects, engineers, and building industry consultants, and provided continuing education learning units. The learning objectives were: Introduce properties and characteristics of […]

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October 21, 2021

Asst. Prof. Michael Abrahamson Publishes Article on Architectural Practice in Spanish Journal RA. Revista de Arquitectura

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Assistant Professor Michael Abrahamson has published an article titled “A Pyramid of Paperwork: Labors of Imagination and Interpretation in Late Twentieth Century Architectural Practice” in issue 23 of the open-access Spanish journal RA. Revista de Arquitectura. The issue’s theme is “Who Designs Architecture? On Silenced and Superimposed Authorship” and Michael’s contribution theorizes two alienating forms of […]

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October 7, 2021