Architecture

Master of Urban Design Program Names New Director
The UNC Charlotte School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Professor Deborah Ryan has been named the new director of the Master of Urban Design program. Ryan assumed program leadership on January 15. Ryan is a registered landscape architect and a professor of architecture and urban design at UNC Charlotte, where she has taught […]

SoA Teams Are Among Competition Finalists
Two graduate student teams based in SoA professor Nadia Anderson’s Studio Peru and one based in the City.Building.Lab research center were finalists in the Habitat for Inhabitants-Lima’s Human Right to Housing competition sponsored by Discover Needs Architecture (DNADD). DNADD is a non-profit based in Italy that seeks to educate the public about housing insecurity, advocate […]
Students Present “Millennial Plan” to City Council
In Spring 2018 a studio of fifth-year architecture students, led by Professor Deb Ryan, developed a “Millennial Plan” for Charlotte. Their plan is a vision for the future of Charlotte that is based on research into Charlotte’s history, research of best practices in other municipalities, and input from Charlotte residents, with particular focus on the […]

Professor’s AR Project Allows Users to “Be a Historian”
In partnership with the Levine Museum of the New South, Assistant Professor of Urban Design Ming-Chun Lee and UNC Charlotte students will help Charlotte residents discover the stories behind the rise and fall of Eastland Mall and its surrounding neighborhood at an event on Saturday, December 8. The event, “Being a Historian for a Day,” […]

Design/Build Seminar Brings Improvements to Salisbury Building
On October 27, a group of UNC Charlotte architecture students led by Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack installed “Mending Fences,” a design/build project for the city of Salisbury. The project was funded by the city’s BlockWork grant program, which is managed by Alyssa Nelson, urban design planner for the city of Salisbury and an […]

Immersive Exhibition in Storrs Gallery Challenges Visitors to See in New Ways
On view through November 16, an exhibition in Storrs Gallery brings together data, technology, imagination, and artistic expression to challenge viewers to reconsider the notion of “the visible.” “SEE-ING: The Environmental Consciousness Project” presents work by a dozen artists and architects from across the globe that explore themes such as how technology is transforming our […]

House Designed by SoA Professor Wins AIA NC Merit Award
Assistant Professor of Architecture Marc Manack, AIA, has received a 2018 Merit Award from American Institute of Architects North Carolina (AIA NC) for the Hillside Rock House, designed by his practice, SILO AR+D. The award was one of 14 given at the 2018 AIA NC Design Conference on October 18 in Durham, N.C. More than […]
“SEE-ING” Symposium and Exhibition Explores Transformed Notions of the Visible
The School of Architecture will present a symposium and exhibition, SEE-ING: The Environmental Consciousness Project, on October 15 from 1:00 to 6:00 pm. The multi-dimensional program, curated by Assistant Professor of Architecture Catty Dan Zhang, includes distinguished guest speakers, a dance performance, and an immersive installation/exhibition that features work by a dozen artists and designers […]
Professor Publishes Chapter in “Letters to the Leaders of China”
Dr. Zhongjie Lin has just published “When Green was the New Black: What Went Wrong with China’s Eco-cities?” in the book, Letters to the Leaders of China: Kongjian Yu and the Future of the Chinese City (ed. Terreform Press, 2018). Dr. Lin is Professor of Architecture & Urbanism and the Director of the Master of […]

New Anthology Features Essay by SoA Associate Director
An essay co-authored by Dr. José Gamez, associate director of the School of Architecture, is included in a new architecture theory anthology, Introduction to Architecture: Global Disciplinary Knowledge, edited by Joseph Godlewski and published by Cognella. Dr. Gamez’s essay, “An Architecture of Change,” was written with Susan Rogers, a professor at the University of Houston, […]