Architecture

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 […]

Owner of Medium Small Design Studio

Founder/Owner, Medium Small Design Studio, San Francisco

Hometown: Charlotte, NC BA in Architecture 2026 How did you first get interested in design?I am a sibling to 3, and am a strong momma’s baby. I am a huge part of the Arianators, and I love Italian and Mexican cuisine. I grew up in Charlotte, NC, and began my interest in design around the […]

A house designed, built, and owned by Associate Professor of Architecture Marc Manack, with his firm SILO AR+D, has been awarded the 2023 George Matsumoto Prize from NC Modernist, a non-profit organization and educational archive established for the documentation, promotion, and preservation of residential modernist architecture in North Carolina. Founded in 2012, the George Matsumoto […]