Architecture

Hometown: Cary, NC BA in Architecture 2027 How did you first get interested in design?I got into architecture through doing set building & design in high school for my school’s theatre productions. I fell in love with the unique blend of creativity and logistics in the building and designing process and decided to go into […]

Hometown: Minneapolis, MN BA in Architecture 2025 How did you first get interested in design?I became interested in all of the various art forms by attending ballet for 11 years starting at 2 years old, being active in art classes and art camps, as well as being in some local musicals. I really found my […]

The College of Arts + Architecture (CoA+A) will honor five Distinguished Alumni on Friday, April 12, in the tenth annual celebration of alumni achievement. The award ceremony will take place at 1:00 pm in Rowe Recital Hall and will be open to the public. The Distinguished Alumni Awards were created by the College of Arts […]

Liz McCormick was recently invited to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to participate in the Prototypes for Humanity Professors Collaboration Program, where she led a roundtable discussion on Health in the Built Environment. Prototypes for Humanity is an annual exhibition of 100 student-led innovations that “have the power to change the world.” The 2023 exhibition projects […]

Hometown: Maiden, NC BA in Architecture and a Minor in Urban Studies 2026 How did you first get interested in architecture?I have always been a super artistic person. I grew up dancing, then I learned how to paint and later became involved in theatre. I knew that I wanted to have a career invested in […]

Several faculty and alumni in the College of Arts + Architecture have been recognized in the 2023 “Best in the Nest” Awards presented by Charlotte independent weekly newspaper Queen City Nerve. Covering a wide range of categories, the annual awards include both Critics’ and Readers’ Picks. In the “City Life” Category, professors Heather Freeman and […]

Architecture alumni Craig Kerins ‘04 and Robby Johnston ‘03 of The Raleigh Architecture Company were awarded the prestigious 2023 Kamphoefner Award by AIA North Carolina. One of the state’s highest design awards, the $10,000 prize was named after Henry Kamphoefner, the first dean at North Carolina State University’’s School of Design and celebrates commitment to […]

The “Bleachery Heritage Plaza,” designed by Associate Professor of Architecture Rachel Dickey and completed in 2022, has received the 2023 BLT Built Design Award for Cultural Heritage Landscape in the Landscape Architecture category. The annual international competition recognizes “the most pioneering and ground-breaking designs” in four broad categories: Architecture, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture, and Construction […]

Project Architect for the Raleigh Architecture Company

The David R. Ravin School of Architecture at UNC Charlotte launches its 2023-24 lecture series on September 27, 2023. The series, New South meets Global South, will feature nine distinguished speakers throughout this school year. Curated by Associate Professor of Architecture Nadia Anderson, with Julio Diarte and Elena Vazquez Pena, and organized with Associate Professor […]