The Architecture of Place: In Conversation with Kate Chambers Beck

The Architecture of Place: In Conversation with... is a series of interviews between design practitioners, scholars, and educators. The latest iteration of the series, from February 2026, features architects Robbie Kerr and Kate Chambers Beck and sculptor Clunie Fretton.

In this three-part series, each speaker alternately serves as interviewer and interviewee, discussing the influences, experiences, and projects that have shaped their approach to the architecture of place.

The Architecture of Place series is a collaboration between the ICAA, INTBAU, and The King's Foundation.

In this installment of the winter 2025-2026 Architecture of Place series, Robbie Kerr interviews Kate Chambers Beck.

Kate Chambers Beck received her M. Arch. and Master of Architectural Design & Urbanism from Notre Dame in 2018. At Notre Dame, she completed independent research on the history of modern Greek architecture and designed a pattern book for repairing the modern city. Kate is a Senior Project Architect with Tippett Sease Baker Architecture, a firm dedicated to the craft of hand drawing and the exploration of vernacular design. From 2021-2024, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Notre Dame and continues to participate in charrettes with the University of Notre Dame’s Housing and Community Regeneration Initiative. Kate was the ICAA’s 2024 recipient of the Architect’s Prize for Excellence in Architecture. She is a member of the ICAA and a registered architect in Alabama and North Carolina.

Presented as part of The Richard H. Driehaus Curricula for the Built Environment at the Institute of Classical Architecture & Art. The ICAA is very grateful to The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for its generous support of this program.

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