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Check out Jeff Day's lecture at UNL on Tuesday!

Jeffrey L. Day, FAIA, professor of architecture at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, will present the Nebraska Lecture on April 14.

Day’s lecture will begin at 3:30 p.m. in the Nebraska Union Swanson Auditorium, with a Q&A session and reception to follow. The Nebraska Lecture is free and open to the public.

Titled “House-ing,” the lecture will examine the house as both a site for testing new architectural ideas and a contested realm shaped by social conflict, access, and financial inequity.

“This lecture explores the house as a site for experimentation and crisis and focuses on potential opportunities and solutions,” said Day.

Featuring projects ranging from refined custom homes to affordable housing prototypes, the visually engaging presentation will highlight work from Day’s award-winning practice, Actual Architecture Company, as well as the UNL student workshop Fabrication and Construction Team (FACT). Projects include the New Attainable House, the Core ADU, the Wanaka Wedge House, and others in the United States and abroad.

The talk will conclude with an overview of OurStory, a community-based project in Omaha that asks, “How do we want to live as we age?” and offers potential solutions to the housing crisis.

Day, a registered architect in Nebraska, Iowa, and California, joined the UNL faculty in 2000 and served as director of the architecture program from 2012 to 2017. In addition to his academic role, he has been a founding principal of Actual Architecture Company since 2018 and previously co-founded the Min | Day firm (2003–2018). He is a fellow of the American Institute of Architects, the world’s largest network of architects and design professionals, and his work has received more than 130 design awards and been featured in nearly 180 publications.

He earned a Master of Architecture from the University of California, Berkeley in 1995 and a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard College in 1988.

New photos in of OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale, an exhibition of FACT’s latest work on the OurStory project now on at the Joslyn Castle through Thursday.

Carriage House
3902 Davenport Street
Omaha, NE 68131
Photograph by
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The semester has ended, but there’s still time to see the exhibition OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale open through next week

Carriage House
3902 Davenport Street
Omaha, NE 68131

Ongoing Gallery Hours
-December 13 - 30
-During tours, special events, open houses, and by appointment

The “OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale” exhibition features work created by the Fall 2025 FACTcollaborate! Studio at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture. OurStory is a project of

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors and advisors:ac , City of Omaha Planning Department, Joslyn Castle & Gardens, Castle & Cathedral District, and

Save the date! You’re invited to the OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale Exhibition and Lecture.

Location

Carriage House
3902 Davenport Street
Omaha, NE 68131

Exhibition Opening
-December 12, 2025
-Reception: 5 - 8 pm
-Lecture: 6 pm

Ongoing Gallery Hours
-December 13 - 30
-During tours, special events, open houses, and by appointment

The “OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale” exhibition features work created by the Fall 2025 FACTcollaborate! Studio at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture. OurStory is a project of

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors and advisors:ac , City of Omaha Planning Department, Joslyn Castle & Gardens, Castle & Cathedral District, and

Work at Bemis LOW END is almost done! The Merch are, recessed seating and light fixture was designed by FACT and built by the very talented with Callyann Casteel and Robert Webber with lighting specified by
Check out for opportunities to see a performance.
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Save the date! You’re invited to the OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale Exhibition and Lecture.

Location

Carriage House
3902 Davenport Street
Omaha, NE 68131

Exhibition Opening
-December 12, 2025
-Reception: 5 - 8 pm
-Lecture: 6 pm

Ongoing Gallery Hours
-December 13 - 30
-During tours, special events, open houses, and by appointment

The “OurStory: Building Aging-Ready Housing at Scale” exhibition features work created by the Fall 2025 FACTcollaborate! Studio at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Architecture. OurStory is a project of

Thank you to our exhibition sponsors and advisors:ac , City of Omaha Planning Department, Joslyn Castle & Gardens, Castle & Cathedral District, and

The model is already architecture. Architectural models are a central feature of our design process, but unlike a rendering or diagram, the model can be inhabited. Models are experienced from a variety of view points, and in different conditions of light and atmosphere. The scale model enacts architecture before architecture enacts social life. As Olafur Eliasson wrote, “We no longer progress from model to reality, but from model to model while acknowledging that both models are, in fact real…Models are co-producers of reality.”
This is a 1”=1’-0” construction model of the “Corby House” prototype. The model was built by to study prefabricated construction methods for the evolving system.
OurStory is a prototype aging-ready small home for Omaha that seeks affordability at the intersection of design, finance, and policy. Designed by the UNL College of Architecture’s FACT studio and led by Partners for Livable Omaha, OurStory fills a gap in the market for small house designs that are constructible, financeable, environmentally sustainable, and empowering.
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