SoA Students and faculty participated in the 2022 AIA Academy of Architecture for Health STERIS Student Design Charette in San Antonio, TX. This annual event brings students of architecture to encourage and celebrate innovative thinking about health environments at the Healthcare Design Conference. The theme for this year’s charette was “Coupling Traumatic Care with HealthCare: […]
Read MoreProfessor and Chair Ajla Akšamija has been elected to the Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) College of Fellows. The FTI held its College of Fellows induction ceremony at the conclusion of the World Congress in Los Angeles on October 13. The FTI College of Fellows is composed of members of the Institute who are elected to […]
Read MoreProfessor Ajla Akšamija and Associate Instructor Sunny Milosević presented research papers at the Facade Tectonics Institute (FTI) World Congress in Los Angeles on October 12 and 13. Professor Aksamija presented a paper “Novel Active Facade Systems and Their Energy Performance in Commercial Buildings: Impact of Thermoelectric Materials on Heating and Cooling in Different Climates.” This […]
Read MoreThis story originally appeared in Innovation Matters – College of social Work. More than two years after the beginning of a global pandemic, it’s still difficult to think through all the changes COVID brought with it. There isn’t a sphere of society or a point in the lifespan that wasn’t altered. Sarah Canham, associate professor in […]
Read MoreWe invite you to register and attend the following three public lectures below: Tuesday, 9/27 9:00 AM MST In-person @ Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center *Students & faculty should register to attend. Friday, 10/28 4:00 PM MST Zoom Register Here! Monday, 11/14 4:00 PM MST Zoom Register Here! Download the poster […]
Read MoreUndergraduate 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), […]
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