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Studio Spotlight: Arch208 Architectural Design 1 (Genevieve Baudoin)
The primary focus of this section of studio 208 was on the relation of site to design. Students tackled three radically different site locations over the course of the semester through various techniques of site analysis, and their projects had to directly engage in the site. In their first project, the students were given 1400 [...]
Studio Spotlight: Arch812 (el dorado studio – Josh Shelton)
The current semester’s project includes a collaboration with Chicago-based Theaster Gates, his non-profit foundation Rebuild, and Omaha-based Bemis Center for the Contemporary Arts. Theaster Gates, raised in West Chicago and now a rising star in the international art world, has built his art practice around the creation of “new economies” in blighted neighborhoods in Chicago [...]
Course Spotlight: Arch560 Site and Context (Genevieve Baudoin)
ARCH 560 in the Fall 2011 was a combined lecture and field-study course that introduced concepts of architectural context and site analysis. Using the built forms in and around Lawrence as an urban laboratory, students learned to analyze architecture as a practice of place-making by applying their course readings to actual sites and buildings around the area. Students [...]
Beijing Internship Program
In recent years, China’s contribution to the built environment is unprecedented in the history of the world. Increasingly known for its balance of tradition and modernity, this incredible development is being built upon the foundation of the oldest civilization in the world. With China’s population of over one billion people, complex-mixed use projects of millions [...]
Vitruvius on the Plains
To mark the centennial of architectural education at the University of Kansas, we are offering a book consisting of a selection of faculty writings since 1912. From Goldwin Goldsmith, former apprentice to Stanford White and first Professor of Architecture, through the changeover from Beaux Arts design instruction to the influence of the Chicago School, the [...]
Studio Spotlight: ARCH 608 Architectural Design V (Stephen Grabow)
A NEW OPERA HOUSE FOR CHICAGO The Lyric Opera of Chicago currently occupies a site on Wacker Drive between Madison and Monroe Streets. The current structure is simply too large to provide a reasonable number of seats within an acceptable distance to the stage with good acoustics. By reducing the seating from 3,600 to 2,400 [...]
Studio Spotlight: Arch608 Architectural Design V (Chad Kraus)
Quality Hill Animal Care Center “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” - Mahatma Gandhi The Quality Hill Animal Care Center – located in downtown Kansas City – aims to contribute to social connectedness within an urban neighborhood while creating a noble dwelling [...]
Studio Spotlight: Arch208 Architectural Design 1 (Steve Padget)
Project 2: Eco Machine Pavilion (Living Machine) Program Statement The University of Kansas has been awarded a grant to install an eco machine (aka “living machine”®) on the campus. As a condition of the grant, the installation and its function must serve an educational purpose by demonstrating to the public (all ages) how the installation [...]
Course Spotlight: Arch600 Blacksmithing (Walt Hull)
This course is taught by Walt Hull and is held at Walt Hull Iron Work in Pleasant Grove, KS. It is a hands-on course that results in a final blacksmithing project of the students’ own design and making. These photos are from the final review on Dec. 13, 2011.
AIA Kansas City Recognizes Excellence
The American Institute of Architects Kansas City chapter celebrated a successful year and announced the recipients of the 2011 Board Awards at their annual Holiday Party and Installation of Officers. These awards recognize individuals or firms whom have made significant contributions in advancing or preserving the built environment of metropolitan Kansas City. Congratulations to KU [...]
