Kevin
Nute

School of Architecture Professor Kevin Nute is described as embodying an encyclopedic knowledge of architectural history combined with a relaxed demeanor, guiding students toward a quest for knowledge. A colleague observes his classroom responses as open-ended and informal, creating a sense that he is speaking with students, rather than to, or at them. Professor Nute mines his expansive work on the migration of forms across cultures to guide students in differentiating between benign creative inspiration and potentially damaging cultural appropriation. He has a passion for natural architecture primarily through natural resources and believes there is a direct correlation between the resonance of buildings with the public and the extent to which their designers have understood something about humanity in general. One student reflects on Professor Nute guiding architecture students to develop an approach to design inclusive of related disciplines through collaborative teaching as the mode of instruction. A colleague says that “it is obvious architecture holds an incomparable place in his heart which shines through everything he does.”