Faculty News

Scott Murray and Marci Uihlein have been selected to present their research at the conference of the Building Technology Educators’ Society (BTES) in Des Moines, Iowa, in June.

The School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Lowell Miller has been appointed its fabrication coordinator.

Professor Jeffery S. Poss, FAIA, was part of a team that received a Heritage Award from the Preservation and Conservation Association (PACA) of Champaign County for the restoration and improvement of the residence at 609 West Delaware in Urbana.

The school’s new robotic arm has been featured in a story by the Daily Illini.

Associate Professor Paul Kapp has been awarded the 2017 James Marston Fitch Mid-Career Fellowship through the Center for Advanced Study.

The school’s new robotic arm has been featured in a story by the Illinois News Bureau.

The Student Sustainability Committee, which allocates over $1.1 million each year to sustainable projects on campus, has recommended that the School of Architecture’s Root to Roof initiative receive $94,750 in funding, pending final administrative approval.

In an article published in Arch Daily, Kathryn Anthony writes about the Americans with Disabilities Act and interviews Carl G. Lewis. Read the article.

ROPE pavilion, a temporary winter shelter designed by Associate Professor Kevin Erickson and built alongside pavilions by Anish Kapoor, Frank Gehry, and others in Winnipeg, is featured in Philip Jodidio’s new book The New Pavilions published by Thames and Hudson.

Professor Joy Monice Malnar, AIA, retired from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign on January 15, 2017, after nearly two decades on the faculty of the School of Architecture.

5x5 Participatory Provocations opened on January 14, 2017, at Omi International Arts Center in Ghent, New York, and will be on view until March 12.

Assistant Professor Yun Kyu Yi, along with several colleagues, were chosen to have their article titled “Programmable Kiri-Kirigami Metamaterials” published on Advanced Science News’ website. Read the article.

Associate Professor Lynne Dearborn is featured in the latest American Institute of Architecture Students #Askanarchitect video.

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) has just launched the Journal of Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD), the first new journal published by the association in over 70 years. Marci Uihlein was instrumental in the journal’s founding and now serves on its inaugural editorial board.

Robert Thaddeus Mooney, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, passed away in Iowa City, Iowa, on December 9, 2016.

Visiting Lecturer David Emmons recently collaborated with senior Yanhao Liu (BSAS ’17) on a competition entry entitled “The L.A.W.N.,” which was named a top 6 finalist in the Quad Competition for the Architectural Boston Expo.

Visiting Lecturer David Emmons recently collaborated with a former U of I exchange student, Claire Gaspin, on a competition entry titled “Babel: Settlement No. 1,” which was awarded an honorable mention in the 24H: Mars Competition sponsored by Ideas Forward.

The Illinois School of Architecture lost more than a loyal alumnus and admired emeritus faculty member with the passing of A. Richard (Dick) Williams (1914-2016) on May 27, several months short of his 102nd birthday.

Associate Professor and Associate Director for the Collaborative for Cultural Heritage Management and Policy Paul Kapp had his essay “Intangible Industrial Heritage” chosen as one of only eight essays for the US/ICOMOS Report.

Policies for Action (P4A) today announced $248,250 in grant funding for a research project on which Associate Professor Lynne Dearborn will serve as co-principal investigator, along with the principal investigator, Sherry Ahrentzen, PhD, professor at the University of Florida Shimberg Center for Housing Studies.