College of Architecture: Recent Episodes
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The College of Architecture prepares students for the built-world through programs in Architecture, Interior Design, Community and Regional Planning and Landscape Architecture. The college offers state-of-the-art facilities and unique collaborative environments for students.
Jeff Day’s architecture students roll up their sleeves and get to work at Nebraska Innovation Studio. They are part of a multidisciplinary team working on the OUR STORY project, which will fill a gap in the Omaha market for small, aging-ready house designs.
Community and Regional Planning faculty and students met at an open house with citizens of Ogallala to gather information and opinions about the city’s future growth and land use development. The objective is to create strategic goals and recommended actions for better city planning in the next 20 years.
Team of students present ideas for needed upgrades to Kimball, Nebraska, before an expected population boom.
Landscape Architecture students create plans to mitigate flood damage in eastern Nebraska.
The College of Architecture kept busy this semester preparing towns for population booms, raising awareness of flood risk, visiting Rome and honoring an outstanding faculty.
Award-winning art director and UNL alum Alex Gordon Stotz, one of the creative driving forces behind blockbuster hits like “Barbie” and “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," returns to campus and meets with students.Stotz's visit was presented by the College of Architecture and the Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts in collaboration with Sheldon Museum of Art. Learn more at https://news.unl.edu/article/husker-alumnus-to-share-how-architecture-degree-launched-film-career
Interior Design students in the College of Architecture explore the world of textiles and fabrics.
Members of the Lincoln Indian Center seek renovation ideas from students in the College of Architecture.
CRP students in the College of Architecture design flood mitigation plans for the town of Fremont.
Architecture students help the town of Fremont, reimagine the Lincoln Indian Center, learn ways to incorporate textiles into interiors and build a micro dwelling in central Nebraska.
Professor Jason Griffiths and students from the UNL College of Architecture worked for four years planning, building and finishing Mizer's Ruin, a structure located at Cedar Point Biological Station outside Ogallala, Nebraska. The micro dwelling is constructed almost entirely out of eastern red cedar trees that came from less than a mile from the site. This process allows the structure to sequester carbon at a high rate. Mizer's Ruin will soon be available for guests and faculty.
A team of architecture students conduct research that puts the John M. Thayer House on the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom registry.
UNL Architecture students in a collaborate studio work with city planners and local preservationists to explore new possibilities for a historic Lincoln area. Learn more about the Interior Design program here: https://architecture.unl.edu/degree-programs/interior-design
Professor Zhenghong Tang’s Community and Regional Planning students re-imagine a growing city’s downtown corridor. Learn more about the Community and Regional Planning Architecture degree focus here: https://architecture.unl.edu/degree-programs/community-and-regional-planning
Assistant Professor Yujia Wang and his student traveled to China to collect data on climate, water quality, noise levels, and visitor surveys in a designed urban park. Learn more about the Landscape Architecture degree focus here: https://architecture.unl.edu/degree-programs/landscape-architecture
A collaborate studio team of Architecture, Interior Design and Landscape Architecture students develops plans to improve Niobrara State Park in northeast Nebraska. Learn more about the Architecture program here: https://architecture.unl.edu/degree-programs/architecture
Architecture and Interior Design students design an automated demonstration dairy to be built on the UNL campus.
Community and Regional Planning students work with Peru residents to rethink their downtown.
Architecture and interior design students give a much needed make-over of one of Lincoln's oldest church structures.
Community and Regional Planning students evaluate Lincoln's Wellington Greens neighborhood to make recommendations for it's future.
The College of Architecture's product design course challenged students to bring their digital designs to life using equipment at Nebraska Innovation Campus.
College of Architecture students from different disciplines work on designs that may turn a military relic into a unique research center.
A Collaborate Studio project teams up with childhood educators, Nebraska Extension, and parks officials to redesign elements of Nebraska's Indian Cave State Park.
Student in the College of Architecture roll up their sleeves and get to work making furniture of their own design.
University of Nebraska launches Only in Nebraska campaign to address future needs of the state
With substance abuse a growing problem in rural America, students in the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s College of Architecture are partnering with small communities, envisioning how architecture and planning can positively contribute to this issue. Assistant Professor of Architecture Lloyd "Bud" Shenefelt talked live on RFD-TV, Nov. 8, 2020, about the ongoing project in Alliance, Nebraska that includes a focus on recreation and a new treatment center.
After hours of sawing and drilling, workers remove the first of many bricks, making way for a new hallway that will connect the old Architecture Hall Library to the Gallery, improving traffic flow and accessibility.
This Architecture sophomore has a full day: classes, an on-campus job and hitting the gym with friends.
Students prepare research for new mental health facilities in a rural community in western Nebraska.
Interior design students experiment with native plants to create new building materials.
The College of Architecture shows how it is fulfilling N2025 Aim 2: Impactful Research and Creative Activity. The college's design/build studios engage in design intensive projects with creative, non-profit clients in collaborations that span design and construction.
Lloyd "Bud" Shenefelt, assistant professor of architecture speaks live with RFD-TV on October 26, 2021. He talks about his project in Kimball County, Nebraska where students meet with stakeholders to develop plans for community revitalization.
A community and regional planning student maps city sidewalks to improve community vitality.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture Dean Kathy Ankerson delivers accolades and updates on studio projects.
College of Architecture Alumni offer congratulatory messages and advice to 2021 graduates.
Dean Kathy Ankerson gives graduation address and introduces alumni and student address speakers.
College of Architecture Dean Kathy Ankerson reports on significant accomplishments over the past year.
Working remotely, Architecture students collaborate with community leaders in Valentine, Nebraska, to design a housing project.
In the next couple of years, UNL’s Ruth Staples Child Development Lab and the Family Resource Center will likely break ground on a new duplex facility just east of the Barkley Memorial Center. The building is aimed at capturing and enhancing the synergy of the two programs with students from the College of Architecture helping them communicate their vision and explore new possibilities.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture Dean Kathy Ankerson describes unique ways to support the college through matching gifts. https://architecture.unl.edu/give
Dean Kathy Ankerson introduces student speakers Keleigh Ketelhut and Abigail Nelson, who speak to graduating classmates.
Community and Regional Planning students put their coursework to the test in order to help save a flooded out Nebraska town.
Kathy Ankerson, dean of the University of Nebraska College of Architecture, relives the London program reunion and unveils renovation plans. Stories include students working to create new child care spaces and helping with flood recovery.
Ashlynn Engelhard is a sophomore interior design major. Ashlynn loves working outdoors, lounging in the link and watching scary movies for class. Learn more about what Nebraska has to offer. Visit https://admissions.unl.edu/
Lindsay Meyer is a junior interior design major. Lindsay loves her residence hall, Husker Heroes and buying new arts supplies. Learn more about what Nebraska has to offer. Visit https://admissions.unl.edu/