Design+Make at Kansas State University

05/04/2026

Looking forward to sharing this semester’s final proposals for two upcycled projects, one for The Land Institute (original 1970’s greenhouse >> proper gathering place) and one for Kansas City Artists Coalition (early 20th C automobile showroom >> contemporary cultural center and artists studios). If you’re in beautiful Manhattan, KS, on Thursday, May 7, we’ll be in Regnier Hall 2141 from 9:00-5:30. Come say hello!

The Land Institute
Kansas City Artists Coalition
College of Architecture, Planning & Design at Kansas State University
K-State Architecture

🙏🙏🙏 to our generous guests:
wasson e.bauer

05/01/2026

It’s about more than just protecting a pretty view…

https://www.kansas.com/opinion/article315561757.html?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZnRzaARhNYBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEei35BmC3-amxL4Kq0iM0RMDmnagvihI-pZzFE2UOSAn7_TR1B7Sf5O6OrTm0_aem_dzbA2v6aCqo7Y9noKq-LZA

The Buffalo Flats project’s 133 miles of steel towers and millions of pounds of concrete would cause permanent, irreparable damage to the Tallgrass Prairie. | Opinion

04/28/2026

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
The Nature Conservancy in Kansas
Kansas Reflector

🙏🙏🙏

A trail hike can walk you back into your soul. The Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve hiking trails provide over 40 miles for you to do so.

04/24/2026

Today!!
High noon CST

Jennifer Devlin-Herbert
In Dialogue

From the Eames Institute, where Jennifer was recently named one of their Curious 100, a celebration of 100 courageous leaders and creative minds across the US who are harnessing the transformative power of curiosity to address today’s most pressing problems and shape the cultural conversations that define our moment:

“Jennifer Devlin-Herbert, a nationally recognized architect, is CEO and principal of EHDD, the San Francisco–based firm honored as AIA National Firm of the Year. For over 20 years, she has led nearly 30 projects for institutions like museums, aquariums, including the Kansas City Zoo Aquarium, universities, and libraries, rooted in the public good and committed to ambitious sustainability goals.

As EHDD’s first female CEO, Jennifer found a natural home for her belief that design excellence and civic impact are inseparable. A graduate of UC Berkeley, where she has also taught, she frequently serves on national design juries and continues to champion architecture as a vehicle for connection and belonging.”







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04/13/2026

Spring Hootenanny in MHK!

This past week we hosted the first Spring Hootenanny at APDesign in Manhattan, celebrating graduate students’ work on a new meeting place for The Land Institute and a new home for artists run by artists for Kansas City Artists Coalition. Both involved upcycling existing buildings and Bonafide stakeholders.

Special thanks to our clients who journeyed to Manhattan from Kansas City and Salina, Kansas – Rachel Stroer, Tiffany Durr and Tracie Thomas from TLI and Courtney Wasson from KCAC. Thanks also to our gaggle of insightful architects – Dan Maginn from Dake Wells Architecture, Doug Stockman from Helix Architecture + Design, Elvis Achepohl from BNIM, Quint Redmond from APD and Nick Kratz from JE Dunn. Caitlin Taylor from Midcourse Design delivered an inspired lecture and spent the day with us sharing her unique insights as an architect / farmer / educator.

We look forward to continued dialogue with all of these folks as we march towards final reviews in early May.

03/30/2026

See you next week!

03/23/2026

This Wednesday!

What better way to re-enter the semester after a nourishing Spring Break than an informal conversation with .gamolina from celebrating Women’s History Month, and Design Excellence?

Please join us!

03/13/2026

A must read:

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2026/03/most-imperiled-terrestrial-ecosystem-planet?fbclid=IwZnRzaAQgVGBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEefoRux33raAQFuSzbDsTkQ2BgjP2qJr2g5H8afLBYBHjOi2gK9PmcmvCDcyA_aem_iRp98X1MxIkNkWI7zEaHeg

Tall prairie grasses nodding in the breeze at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve in the Flint Hills of Kansas and in a small number of similar landscapes reflect a tiny fraction of those that once filled a swath of North America.

03/09/2026

Like it or not, politics, politicians and policies matter.

Thank you, KCUR 89.3.

Kansas farmers have faced significant challenges due to the Trump administration’s tariffs, which drove up equipment costs and caused crop prices to fall. The Kansas Farmer’s Union says the tariffs contributed to the closure of hundreds of farms and added stress to an already unpredictable indus...