What’s in a Name? For UVA’s Architecture School, It’s Ethics, Aesthetics and Relationships

The lobby at the north entrance of University of Virginia School of Architecture’s Campbell Hall, where faculty, staff and students often meet, now has a name. School officials will soon christen the space the Van Lengen Lobby to honor Karen Van Lengen, the William Kenan Professor of Architecture and the school’s dean from 1999 to 2009. Van Lengen is stepping down from the faculty after 26 years at the school to continue leading her design practice and focusing on her groundbreaking work in sound and architecture.