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2013 Alumni Honoree Event! (RSVP here)

We are pleased to announce Jase Wilson as our 2013 AUP+D Alumni Honoree! Jase Wilson founded Neighbor.ly, the civic crowdfunding platform that lets people, companies and institutions invest in the places and civic projects they care about. A self-described “civic … Continue reading

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UMKC / KSU Design Discovery Summer Program!

PLEASE NOTE: REGISTRATION CLOSES MAY 31. Are you interested in one of the design fields, but don’t really know which one or what it entails? Here’s your chance to find out! Kansas City Design Discovery is a one-week intensive studio-based program … Continue reading

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Bud Prize: We Have A Winner!

This year’s Bud Prize happened in a slightly revamped format: our fifteen second-year students presented to the Bud Prize jury on Thursday, December 6th, then met again (with family, friends and the community at large) on Friday, December 7th for … Continue reading

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UMKC Alumni featured in NYT

After several years of frustrating rain delays at the U.S. Men’s Open, the New York Times invited select architecture programs around the nation to submit ideas for a roof design for the Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. Kansas State … Continue reading

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Fall Open House

Come help us celebrate  the 25th anniversary of Architectural Studies and  the 10th anniversary of Urban Planning + Design!   See student work, talk to professors and current students and learn more about our program. Fall Open House Saturday, November … Continue reading

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The President’s Award for University Citizenship

Each year, the president of the University of Missouri system awards the President’s Award for University Citizenship. There are three categories of awards: leadership, service and mentoring. The Leadership Award recognizes faculty who have provided exemplary leadership for the university. … Continue reading

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Spring Open House!

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UMKC + KSU = Dallas Road Trip

Our second-year architecture students just returned from the annual UMKC/KSU architectural tour of Dallas/Ft. Worth (with a brief stop in Oklahoma City). The trip joins our students together with their future classmates: the second-year architecture students at Kansas State University. (Our students transfer to … Continue reading

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Katz Hall in Springtime!

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Ted Seligson, FAIA Honored by AIA and HKCF

We congratulate Ted Seligson, FAIA for receiving two achievement awards in the span of two days!  The American Institute of Architects – Kansas City Chapter presented a Presidential Award on December 6, 2011. The Historic Kansas City Foundation presented a Lifetime Achievement … Continue reading

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