The Kansas State University College of Architecture, Planning, and Design is pleased to announce a unique opportunity to view work by noted architect and educator, John C. Gaunt, FAIA.

Sculpture and Drawing

will be exhibited in the Chang Gallery of Seaton Hall from Monday, March 8, through Friday, March 26.  The Gallery is open to the public from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

John Gaunt has been a practicing architect for over 35 years and has served as Dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design at The University of Kansas in Lawrence for the past nine years.  Prior to 1994, he was with Ellerbe Becket for 18 years, based in Minneapolis, serving as that firm's President/CEO during the last six years of that period.

As Dean of KU’s School of Architecture and Urban Design, he has the responsibility for strategic direction and management of the School.  He is an administrator and teacher—centered on supporting and enriching the School’s long tradition of excellence in architectural education.

The academic portion of his education occurred at the University of Minnesota, where he received Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Architecture degrees, and at the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Master of Architecture in the studio of Louis I. Kahn.  Dean Gaunt has also taught design and drawing at Columbia University and at Barnard College in New York.

Gaunt’s interest in freehand drawing for architectural students converges with his personal interest in recording experience through drawing.  This exhibit includes both his sculpture--assemblages of metal parts and subversive thoughts from the scrap heap--and sketchbook recordings of recent travel experiences and local townscapes.