Architecture

Professor Contributes to New Public Interest Design Book

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Nadia Anderson, associate professor of architecture and urban design, has written the chapter, “Evaluating Student Learning: Engaging Experience to Create Agents of Change” (Ch. 25) in the new book, Public Interest Design Education Guidebook: Curricula, Strategies, and SEED Academic Case Studies (ed. Lisa Abendroth and Bryan Bell), published by Routledge Press. The second volume in […]

SoA Teams Win 1st and 3rd Prizes in Design Competition

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Two teams from the School of Architecture have won top awards in the 2017-2018 Steel Design Student Competition hosted by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA). The competition recognizes exceptional projects in two categories, one addressing affordable housing and the other for open submissions, that […]

Urban Design Professor Named Niantic/Knight Fellow

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Ming-Chun Lee, a professor in the School of Architecture’s Master of Urban Design program, has been named one of five inaugural fellows in the Niantic/Knight Fellows Program, a community engagement initiative by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Niantic, Inc., maker of the popular Pokémon GO game. The fellowship will support projects […]

Building Design by Alumni Team is Competition Finalist

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A project by a team of UNC Charlotte architecture alumni at Little Diversified Architectural Consulting was named a finalist in the Metals in Construction Magazine 2018 Design Challenge. The purpose of the competition was to generate concepts for building façades that contribute to the health and well-being of a building’s occupants. The sepcific challenge was […]

Recent Architecture Graduate Receives 2018 Emerging City Champions Fellowship

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Amir Naeem, a recent graduate from the School of Architecture, has received a 2018 Emerging City Champions Fellowship from the John S. and James. L. Knight Foundation. The Emerging City Champions program is open to people between the ages of 19-35 in the 26 communities where Knight invests. The Knight Foundation awarded fellowships to 20 […]

SoA Announces 2018-19 Faculty Research Grants

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The School of Architecture (SoA) announces the 2018-19 Faculty Research Grants. The objective of the grant program is to advance creative inquiry and research in the SoA. Since 2012, this program has allocated more than $125,000 to 15 faculty in support of their creative work. The SoA will fund three awards this academic year. The […]

New Recipients Begin Scholarships in Practice

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The 2018 recipients of the School of Architecture Scholarships in Practice will begin their summer internships later this month, ushering in the new academic year of internship and scholarship support provided by these partnerships with local architecture firms. The 2018 Scholarship in Practice winners are: C DESIGN Scholarship in Practice: David Harrill BB&M Scholarship in […]

Architecture Students to Address Planning Commission

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Students in Professor Deb Ryan’s fifth-year architecture studio will address the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission working group on May 7, presenting their research from their #ShapeCLT project. The project, funded by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, integrates community input with research on the city’s history and development to propose plans […]

Jeffrey Ludlow

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Creative Director/Principal, Point of Reference Studio, Madrid, Spain

SoA Alum Named Assistant City Manager

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School of Architecture alumna Tracy Dodson has been named assistant city manager for economic development by City Manager Marcus Jones. Dodson will leave her position as a vice president in the Charlotte-based real estate and development firm Lincoln Harris and begin the city post on May 7. Dodson has served as the Director of Economic […]