Faculty News

In the class Design and Construction Futures, architecture students created virtual reality (VR) models of the Afric-American Picture Gallery (1859)—an important but little known work of Black speculative fiction.

Assistant Professor Aaron Brakke has been awarded First Prize for the Best Public Space in the category of Gestion Integral (Integrated Development) at the Biennial of Public Space of Bogota.

The Illinois School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Suchi Reddy, Founding Principal of New York-based architecture and design practice Reddymade, has been appointed as the Plym Distinguished Visiting Professor in Architecture for the fall 2019 semester.

The School of Architecture has been selected as a Chicago Architecture Biennial 2019 partner site.

The Psychology Today article “Let’s Hear, Think, and Feel It for Environmental Psychology” features quotes from Professor Kathryn Anthony.

Clinical Associate Professor Randy Deutsch, AIA, LEED AP has been invited to present at the Sixth International Technical Symposium on the Applications of BIM Technology in Design, Construction, and Real Estate in Shanghai, China.

Associate Professor Marci Uihlein will present at the 2019 AIA Conference on Architecture in Las Vegas as part of a team for a half-day workshop called “Architectural Research: Designing Your Research Project.”

Clinical Associate Professor Randy Deutsch’s foreword and chapter were published this week in Michael LeFevre’s book Managing Design: Conversations, Project Controls, and Best Practices for Commercial Design and Construction Projects (Wiley, 2019).

Her submission for the 2018 competition, “Crossing the Skyline,” connects the Harold Washington Library and the Metropolitan Correctional Facility with a library annex for prisoners.

Clinical Associate Professor Randy Deutsch has been invited to speak at Design Futures Council events throughout Australia.

Related Midwest and the University of Illinois School of Architecture today announced their partnership on an innovative program that will offer Chicago teens an opportunity to immerse themselves in the architecture and building industries.

Professor Kathryn Anthony received the 2018-19 Faculty Award for Excellence in Research and Assistant Professor Sudarshan Krishnan received the 2018-19 Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The Illinois School of Architecture is excited to announce that Spring Harrison, Administrative Aide for the Director’s Office, has received the 2019 Chancellor’s Distinguished Staff Award.

Clinical Associate Professor Randy Deutsch has been invited to give a keynote address at the World Summit on the Digital Built Environment.

Assistant Professor Yun Kyu Yi’s paper has been published in the journal Building and Environment.

Lecturer Tait Johnson explores an underlying process for how modern architectural materials spread during the twentieth century in a paper entitled “Enemies on the Same Side: Alcoa, Reynolds, and the Battle for Progress during WWII,” which he will present at the Construction History Society of America conference in May.

Professor Mohamed Boubekri is featured among an illustrious group of architects, engineers, and researchers from all over the world in an upcoming six-part documentary series on skyscrapers titled Building to the Sky, which is expected to be completed in 2019.

Marci S. Uihlein, P.E., Associate AIA, has been named the executive editor of the journal Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD) for volumes 3 and 4.

Associate Professor Scott Murray will be an invited speaker at the Facade Tectonics Forum on April 15 at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

T.F. Tierney’s paper “Toronto’s Smart City: Everyday Life or Google Life?” has been published in Architecture_Media_Politics_Society.