Design Matters: APDesign at K-State

Design is important to our health, safety, and welfare. It is a major contributor to the our communities our economic viability and our quality of life. Design is not a luxury. It is essential and it is all around us even if we don’t notice it. APDesign at K State offers professional degrees in all of the major design fields at every scale. We teach and learn by doing. Many times our students are learning while working with communities to help solve their problems. In this way, applied learning, community engagement, and applied research are the exercise as we use our expertise to help the citizens of Kansas.

Michael A. McClure, FAAR, AIA is the Dean of the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design at Kansas State University. In addition, he is a founding partner of emerymcclure architecture. He was raised in rural Pryor OK. Previously he served as the Associate Dean for the College of the Arts and Distinguished Professor in the School of Architecture at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. In 2011 he was awarded the UL Distinguished Professor Award. He holds a MARCH degree from Columbia University and a BA in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. He has taught at Pratt Institute in New York and at Tulane, LSU and UL Lafayette. Before starting emerymcclure architecture with Ursula, Michael worked for Karen Bausman and Associates, Gluckman Mayner Architects, and Robert A.M. Stern.