Established in 1965, the University of Tennessee’s School of Architecture was one of the first new architecture programs founded in the U.S. following the Great Depression. As a land-grant institution, the School of Architecture within the College of Architecture at UTK continues to build on the tradition of service in the public interest consistent with [...]
The University of Tennessee Center for Conservation and Stewardship’s (CCS) mission is broad in spirit, with several key areas of focus. Broadly based in the arts and the sciences, the CCS is as a research and study center that advances the preservation and ethical management of Tennessee’s and the Tennessee Valley’s natural and cultural resources. [...]
Research Interests Building Performance is an emerging approach in architecture and building science. This knowledge domain investigates questions of performance in the design and construction of buildings across a range of issues, including physical, material, geometric and ‘soft’ performance issues, such as user comfort. Buildings and their sites have profound impacts on both the social [...]
The University of Tennessee top-ranked Interior Design Program joined the School of Architecture to form the College of Architecture + Design in 1997. The College of Architecture + Design offers a comprehensive interior design curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Science in Interior Design. The four-year Bachelor of Science in Interior Design degree is professionally [...]
The landscape architecture graduate program — offered jointly by the College of Architecture + Design and the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources — welcomed its first class in fall 2008. The program is administratively housed in the College of Architecture + Design but is cross-disciplinary in its scope of studies and in the [...]
Research Interests Design, land-use planning and applied research services for communities and citizens of Tennessee and the Appalachian region; sustainable community growth and economic development through enhancement of the built and natural environment. Faculty Architecture and Design (Barbara Klinkhammer) Institute of Public Services (Dr. Chuck Shoopman and Beth Phillips) Institute of Agriculture, Extension (Dr. Joe [...]
