- Architecture Faculty Generates First AI-generated Cover for Fashion Magazine, Harper’s BAZAARThe latest digital cover and fashion editorial for Harper’s BAZAAR Serbia follows the familiar formula of a model wearing high-fashion wardrobe and posing in exotic settings. Well, formulaic except for one small detail—none of the locations and scenery in the photographs actually exist. Instead, they were generated by UNLV architecture professor, Joshua Vermillion using an AI-driven…
- Architecture Student Wins Second Place in Jeff Harnar AwardsArchitecture grad student Andrya Mojena recently won second place in the University of New Mexico College of Architecture's Jeff Harnar Awards (student category) for her studio project, Desert Senses. The award recognizes design excellence for projects that reflect an understanding of the desert regions of the southwest. This is the first time a student from UNLV has been…
- UNLV College of Fine Arts Promotes 'Around the World' InitiativeThe College of Fine Arts Around the World initiative is a powerful example of the way in which the CFA embeds and integrates global experiences into the education we offer to students. This is no ordinary travel abroad program, but rather it provides a robust opportunity for students to make original art and perform throughout the world to better understand it. Through this experiential learning…
- Architecture Professor Awarded 2023–24 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation FellowshipDr. Jung-Hwa Kim, assistant professor in Theory and History of Landscape Architecture has been awarded the 2023–24 Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship. Project Title: The Design and Use of the Wanamaker’s Department Store Rooftop in Philadelphia, 1910 to the 1920s. Institutions: The Library Company of Philadelphia and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania (joint fellowship).…
- UNLV Student Wins Award, Honorarium for Project 'Desert Senses'School of Architecture graduate student Andrya Mojena recently earned 2nd Place in the University of New Mexico College of Architecture Jeff Harnar Awards in the student category for her 5th year studio project, Desert Senses. She also receives a $1,000 honorarium. The award emphasis is on design excellence for projects which reflect understanding of the desert regions of the…
- Architecture Alumna Bill Passes Assembly, Moves to SenateLisa Ortega, UNLV School of Architecture Alumna (Landscape Architecture) and Adjunct Faculty wrote Bill AB131 that calls for the state to have an Urban and Community Forestry program. It has passed Assembly, and is on its way to the Senate for consideration. Congratulations! Read more about the Bill on the State legislature website or at the Reno Gazette Journal.
- Architecture Professor Interviewed in German Magazine PhotonworldAssociate professor Joshua Vermillion (Architecture) was interviewed by Thorsten Naeser and published in the German magazine Photonworld. Vermillion is certain AI will continue to evolve, there's no stopping it. "Things are going to get very interesting, and very fast. I think the biggest change we will see is the way we will communicate with AI," the artist says. "Now you can tell…
- New Research by Professor Steffen Lehmann Published!Dr. Monika Szopińska-Mularz and Dr. Steffen Lehmann have published new research entitled 'Balancing Increased Urban Density with Green Spaces: The Marketing of New Housing Estates in Poland'. Buildings. 2023; 13(3):777. Read more: https://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/13/3/777
- Klai Juba Wald’s Architecture Lecture Series ReturnsKlai Juba Wald is equally proud of its namesake lecture series, founded in 1997 for the UNLV School of Architecture, bridging professional practice, academia and the community, always expanding awareness and understanding the value of design in our world. Klai Juba Wald is grateful to and celebrates the longevity of its many loyal, committed employees and remains “proud of every endeavor – our…