Architecture
Architecture Alums Win AIA NC 2020 Design and Chapter Awards
Alumni of the School of Architecture received numerous accolades at the AIA North Carolina Design and Chapter Awards, held on Friday, October 23, in an online event. The statewide awards competition recognizes design that exceeds benchmarks for outstanding architectural design, structural composition, and application of design theory. More than 100 projects were evaluated; 21 received […]
Professor To Join AIA Virginia Conference Panel
Associate Professor of Architecture and Urban Design Nadia Anderson will be a speaker/panelist for a session at Architecture Exchange East, the annual conference of the Virginia chapter of the American Institute for Architects (AIA Virginia). The conference, “Foresight 2020,” is being held virtually this year, October 2-November 6. Anderson’s session, “Unconventional Clients,” is part of […]
Dean Muller and Professor McCormick Join Sustainable Development Panel
Brook Muller, dean of the College of Arts + Architecture, and Assistant Professor of Architecture Liz McCormick will join a panel discussion on October 27 hosted by Clean Air Carolina. The event, on the topic of sustainable development in response to pandemic and climate change, will take place at 4:00 pm virtually, through Zoom. Registration […]
Professor’s Firm and Students Design Habitat House Prototype
More than 18 months ago, Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County was looking for help in rethinking the design of their houses to be more efficient and more affordable. Associate Professor of Architecture Marc Manack was intrigued by the challenge and took on the task pro bono through his firm, SILO AR+D, enlisting the participation of […]
Natasha Edwards
Project Manager/Project Architect at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, Charlotte, NC
School of Architecture Announces Fall 2020 Lecture Series
The School of Architecture (SoA) is pleased to present its Fall 2020 lecture series, featuring five public events offered virtually. The series opens on September 25 with Jack Travis, FAIA, NOMAC. “The focus of this year’s lecture series is diversity and inclusion—an examination of culture and social justice that is both timely and timeless,” said […]
SoA Graduate Students Place in National Competition
A team of graduate students in the School of Architecture has won third place in the 2020 Steel Design Student Competition, an annual contest presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The national competition recognizes 18 exceptional projects, in two categories, that explore a […]
Fellowship Allows Professsor to Design Affordable Housing Design Toolkit
Nadia M. Anderson, associate professor of urban design in the School of Architecture and director of the City Building Lab, is among the second cohort of Gambrell Faculty Fellows. The Gambrell Faculty Fellowship Program was developed by the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute in 2018 through a collaboration with the Gambrell Foundation and the Charlotte Opportunity […]
New U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum Shows Alum’s Handiwork
Last week’s opening of the United States Olympic and Paralympic Museum in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was especially sweet for alumnus Sean Gallagher (B.Arch. 2000). An associate principal and the director of sustainable design at the acclaimed New York City-based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), Gallagher produced the original concept design that won DS+R the […]
Karin Liljegren
Founder and Principal of Omgivning, Los Angeles