Faculty News

T.F. Tierney has launched “Making New History: The Chicago Biennial” in conjunction with her ARCH 576 architectural theory seminar students.

Associate Professor Scott Murray was invited to lecture at the College of Architecture and Design at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on April 2, 2018.

Lynne Dearborn and Ph.D. candidate AnnaMarie Bliss will have an article published in Technology | Architecture + Design.

The Illinois School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Dina Griffin, FAIA, NOMA, IIDA, will serve as the speaker at this year’s convocation ceremony on Sunday, May 13, 2018, at 9:30 a.m. in Foellinger Auditorium.

Professor Mohamed Boubekri and Nastaran Shishegar, a Ph.D. student, received a grant from the Jim H. McClung Lighting Research Foundation to study the effect of tunable white lighting technology on older adults’ health and quality of life.

Randy Deutsch has been invited along with two other leading members of the architecture, design, and technology communities to serve on the jury for Architect Magazine’s R+D Awards. Winners will be featured in the July 2018 issue of the magazine.

Associate Professor Scott Murray presented research papers at two national conferences in March.

Lecturers Claire Gaspin and David Emmons were recently awarded a shortlist mention in the Lighthouse Competition sponsored by the Cyprus School of Architecture.

Randy Deutsch has been invited to speak at two events.

Global higher education analysis firm Quacquarelli Symonds has revealed its rankings of the world’s 200 top universities for the study of architecture/built environment for 2018.

The Illinois School of Architecture would like to congratulate Aeron Hodges and John Paul Rysavy for being selected as the 2017-2018 Francis J. Plym Traveling Fellowship recipients.

The Illinois School of Architecture would like to congratulate Camden Greenlee for being selected as the 2017-2018 Clyde Lee and Cecilia Baker Traveling Fellowship recipient.

Lynne Dearborn has been elected second vice president of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).

Yun Kyu Yi’s journal article titled “Developing an Advanced Daylight Model for Building Energy Tool to Simulate Dynamic Shading Device” will appear in volume 163 of Solar Energy. Access the article.

In the summer of 2013, the Warfield Archives of Vernacular Architecture were dedicated at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning at Tongji University in Shanghai, China.

Visiting Lecturers Claire Gaspin and David Emmons collaborated with BSAS student Mingda Zhang on “Home, Again,” which was awarded second place in the 24H: Home Competition sponsored by Ideas Forward.

Lynne Dearborn’s work on low-income housing funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation was highlighted on the Urban Institute’s website. Read more about her project.

Architecture faculty members are featured in “Illinois Icons: Max Abramovitz.”

Kathryn Anthony is featured in “The Original: Kathryn Anthony Guides Architects to Think Big Picture” by Chicago’s Edward Keegan in Architect Magazine.

The Illinois School of Architecture’s Fall Lecture Series poster received fourth place in Archinect’s Get Lectured contest. Voters selected their favorite posters of the semester. Read more about Get Lectured and the other winning posters.