Architecture

Architecture Faculty and Students Create Exhibition About Phil Freelon
The Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture will be the first museum to present an exhibition about the North Carolina architect Phil Freelon (1953-2019). Created by faculty and students in the UNC Charlotte School of Architecture, Container/Contained: Phil Freelon – Design Strategies for Telling African American Stories opens at the Gantt Center […]

Announcing the Inaugural Charlotte Urban Design Awards
The School of Architecture and the City of Charlotte Urban Design Center presented the city’s first Urban Design Awards, or “Urbies,” today to elevate the importance of excellent urban design. The goal of the annual awards program is to recognize and celebrate quality urban design in Charlotte, while encouraging continued community discussion around what makes […]

SoA Director to Deliver AIA Oklahoma Conference Keynote
School of Architecture Director Blaine Brownell, FAIA, will deliver a keynote address for the 2021 annual conference of the Oklahoma state chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA Oklahoma). His presentation, “The Corona Effect: Toward an Inoculated Architecture,” will close the conference’s first day on September 30. “The COVID-19 pandemic has transformed the way […]

City and School of Architecture Launch Charlotte Urban Design Awards Program
The City of Charlotte Urban Design Center and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte School of Architecture are collaborating on the city’s first Urban Design Awards, or “Urbies,” to elevate the importance of excellent urban design. An awards ceremony recognizing the inaugural Urbies winners will take place on Thursday, Sept. 23, at 5 p.m. […]

Jamie Dail
Registered Architect, Dunn & Dalton Architects, PA, Kinston, NC

2021 CoA+A Convocation Brings Newcomers into the Circle
The College of Arts + Architecture welcomed new members of our College family into the “circle” on Sunday, August 22, with the 2021 CoA+A Convocation ceremony and after party in the Arts Quad. Dean Brook Muller opened the evening: “I want to express my gratitude to all of you for joining us on this fine […]

Integrated Design Research Lab’s Window Project Wins R+D Award
A patent-pending microalgae window system developed in the College of Arts + Architecture’s Integrated Design Research Lab (IDRL) has won a 2021 R+D Award from Architect Magazine. The interdisciplinary project, led by Dr. Kyoung Hee Kim, associate professor of architecture and director of the IDRL, is in its ninth year of development and has received […]

NSF Grant Will Further Development of Solar Windows
A research project to develop high-performance regenerative windows integrated with climate responsive solar cells will move to a new phase of development thanks to a $250,000 Partnerships for Innovation – Technology Translation (PFI-TT) grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Principal Investigator Dr. Kyoung Hee Kim, associate professor of architecture, and her co-investigators Dr. Chengde […]

Precast Concrete Industry Support Sends Graduate Studio to NYC
A group of architecture graduate students, led by Professor of Architecture Chris Jarrett, had the opportunity to take the School of Architecture’s first post-pandemic field trip this month, thanks to $5,000 in financial support from precast concrete industry partners. The sponsorship, organized by Ray Clark, executive director of the Georgia/Carolinas Precast Concrete Institute (PCI), included […]

Architecture Professor’s Team Shortlisted for Tallinn Architecture Biennale Competition
Associate Professor of Architecture Jefferson Ellinger and his project partners Joseph Choma and Wesam Al Asali are among 12 design teams shortlisted for the Tallinn Architecture Biennale (TAB) Installation Competition. Organized by the Estonian Centre for Architecture, the Tallinn Architecture Biennale is the largest architectural festival in the Baltics. The 12 finalists for the TAB […]