Design-build teaching and learning is an innovative approach to educating architects and making architecture, with the potential to advance both […]

Robert French, adjunct associate professor of architecture, is leading the College of Architecture and Design’s involvement in a multi-year effort […]

The Odd Fellows Cemetery is a historically important and culturally relevant cemetery in East Knoxville. This six-acre burial ground was […]

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, has been recognized nationally for a project designed to improve the wellness and disaster readiness […]

Assistant Professor of Interior Design Liz Teston used her 2015 Community Engagement Incentive Grant to preserve the design and culture […]

The Mission The Nashville Civic Design Center is an independent nonprofit organization formed in 2000 to improve quality of life […]

University of Tennessee Design Studio The Nashville Civic Design Center maintains a strong partnership with the University of Tennessee Knoxville […]

PANELISTS: James Cramer, Founder, Greenway Group – Moderator Dr. Martin Keller, Associate Lab Director for Energy and Environmental Sciences, Oak […]

ISS is a research center focused on integrating architecture and emerging technologies. It offers research and development for the building sector and combines the areas of material science, engineering, and architecture to solve immediate problems as well as provide revolutionary concepts for new applications. Over the last decade, the Institute has overseen the construction of three net-zero prototype buildings for use as research and education tools.

“Working with partners and community members illustrates that we are better together than we are individually. Diverse project teams that include a mechanism for community outreach and dialogue are better able to tackle the pressing concerns of our time.”