Academics
Interior Architecture
Contact: Kate Pike
Address:
The Department of Interior Architecture102 Gatewood Studio Arts Building
Greensboro, NC 27402-6170
Phone: 336.334.5320
Website: http://www.uncg.edu/iar/
Catalog: Catalog Information
Programs:
- Interior Architecture (BS) U540
- Interior Architecture 2Plus (BS) U791
Special Application Procedures
Prospective students must apply to and be accepted by both UNCG and the Department of Interior Architecture. Departmental application materials may be requested through the above contact or downloaded from the IAR Web site: http://www.uncg.edu/iar
What's Unique about Interior Architecture at UNCG?
- Four-year accredited professional degree program
- Studio-based curriculum
- Digital design, interior product design, holistic design emphases
- International exchange programs in Finland, Australia, England, etc.
- Honors Studio and Honors Program
A Brief Message from the Department Chair
"We have a 'charged' atmosphere here. It's an electricity that fosters critical thinking and innovation in all that we do: interior environments, products, and graphics, digital imaging, historic preservation, and exhibit design." Tommy Lambeth, Department Chair
Special Help to Students
"Design education at UNCG is a partnership in design exploration between students and faculty. A design workstation assigned to every student, accessible twenty-four hours a day, and studios of 18 students or fewer, maximizes the quality time faculty can spend individually with each student.
Design education is interactive and takes place in a studio environment where students share experiences with one another, argue and debate theoretical and philosophical issues, and help each other with design skills and drawing techniques. Working in the studio increases students' exposure to and contact with faculty." Novem Mason, Professor
Careers
- 75% of our new graduates are employed as entry level designers
- Typical career choices: interior architecture, residential interior design, lighting design, showroom design, digital design, furniture design
Some examples
- Interior design project manager, Chase Manhattan Corporation
- Interior designer, Ethan Allen
- CAD cutting engineer, Sara Lee
- Interior design consultant, Walt Disney Corporation
- Manager of Visual Display, Thomasville Furniture Industries
- Curatorial specialist, NC Museum of History
- Web designer, Morton-Beck Advertising
- Designer, Gensler Associates (Charlotte, Denver, San Francisco, London, etc.)
Our Students Say
"This program stimulates your hands as well as your imagination. It enriches your mind, body and soul. Our program is far more than choosing colors and furniture – it is a world of universal design." Frantz Dautruche, Class of 2000, Brooklyn, NY
Accreditation
- Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA)
Honors, Awards and Achievements
Faculty have won Outstanding Teaching Awards and Teaching Excellence Awards Annual student excursions to major metropolitan art and design centers in Chicago, New York, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta
Students compete in and win local, regional and national design competitions and awards.- 2006 Metropolis Magazine "Hotseat" Competition
- 2005 Crypton Fabrics Loominary Competition
- 2004 NC AIA "Barkitecture" Competition
- Future Furniture 2004 Competition
- 2003 Lucite Bathroom Fixture Competition
- 2003 Sustainable Residence Design Competition
- 2002 Aging in Place Competition
- 2002 Sustainable Furniture Competition
- 2001 Design on the Green Edge
- 2001 IDEC first place undergraduate award in student design competition
- 2000 Design On The Edge furniture design competition
- 2000 IDEC Digital Environment competition
- 2000 ADAC student competition
- 2000 Kravet Award for Student Design