Architecture

An essay by Assistant Professor of Architecture Kyle Spence is included in a series of “Field Notes” published this fall in Places Journal. Founded in 1983, Places Journal is a leading national platform for public scholarship on contemporary architecture, landscape, and urbanism.  Spence’s “Repair as a Paradigm for Design and Community Healing,” appears in the […]

Degree: Master of Architecture Graduation Year: 2026 Hometown: Hampton, VA How did you first get interested in architecture?I became interested in architecture at young age; my earliest memories are of my dad taking me and my sisters to home shows like Home-a-rama and the endless drives he would take us on to look at homes […]

Degree: BA in Architecture  Graduation Year: 2026 Hometown: Jacksonville, NC How did you first get interested in architecture?From a young age designing and crafting was something that provided joy for me. Art has always been a part of my life from a young age, whether it was dance, music, or craft. Prior to architecture, I […]

Degree: B.A. in Architecture and violin performance minor Graduation Year: 2028 Hometown: Fletcher, NC How did you first get interested in architecture and music?I spent my childhood playing with blocks, drawing the houses in my neighborhood, and staring out the window in awe at buildings on long car rides. So, when I first heard the […]

Program Manager of the Charlotte Urban Design Center

Blaine Brownell will present research from his book, Hypernatural.

Project Manager and Architect at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting Education: BS in Architecture, University of Buffalo (2015)Master of Architecture, UNC Charlotte (2017)  Hometown: Webster, NY Garrett Herbst is a project manager and architect at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting in Charlotte, where he oversees commercial projects from initial design through to documentation and construction. He has […]

Hometown: Lafayette, Indiana Degree: M2 Master of Architecture track with a dual Master’s degree in Critical Heritage Studies Graduation Year: 2026 How did you first get interested in architecture? I had the opportunity to take introductory engineering courses in high school, and I originally thought I would end up in civil engineering at Purdue University. […]

Hometown: Gastonia, NC Degree: BA In Architecture Graduation Year: 2027 How did you first get interested in architecture? I’ve loved design my whole life! I put together legos or make “cities” for my dolls, I always knew I wanted to make things. The idea of being an architect came when I toured Charlotte and learned […]

Matthew Gin explores 300-year-old precedents for the 2024 spectacle in Journal18 essay.