University of Kentucky College of Design - 2024 AIA KY Honor Award

University of Kentucky College of Design

Architect of Record: K. Norman Berry Associates Architects, PLLC with Jeane Gang + Studio Gang Architects

Landscape Architect: Carman

Structural Engineer: Brown + Kubican Structural Engineers

Mechanical & Electrical Engineer: CMTA Engineers

Construction Manager: Turner Construction

Owner: University of Kentucky

Location: Lexington, KY

Category: Additions/Renovations/Restoration: greater than $5M

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UK College of Design_Open Studio Upper Level

Renovation of a 107-year-old former tobacco warehouse into an education facility for a University’s College of Design, comprising of multiple design departments, with a focus on fabrication and cross-disciplinary collaboration. The site is on a non-traditional edge of campus, in a developing district, establishing a new gateway to the University and connector to the larger town and community.

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“This project displays the skill of a mature design team which chose clarity of concept as the key to articulation. The historic building is restored to a useful and pleasant open interior rendered in white with operable windows and an unobtrusive mechanical system. Interventions within and outside of the building are indicated both in deep grey color and through graceful curves culminating at a heroic “Maker Marquee” canopy.’ -Jury Comment

Jury

David Black, AIA, Design Principal and Partner, Flad Architects, Madison, WI (Jury Chair)
Michael P. Eberle, AIA, Founding Partner, Aro Eberle Architects, Madison, WI
Jeffrey Charles Raasch, AIA, Architect, adjunct university instructor, Taliesin Preservation Board, WI
James W. Shields, FAIA, Design Principal, HGA Architects & Engineers, Milwaukee, WI