Welcome to Architecture
Collaborative research and education for a sustainable future is our mantra as we move forward to realize the full potential of our multidisciplinary School for leadership in planning, design, development and preservation of our environment. Strong relationships with the professional community of the Baltimore-Washington area support the interdisciplinary thrust of the School. With our four academic disciplines and the Center for Smart Growth, we are uniquely positioned to inform the rebuilding of the nation's infrastructure, to contribute expertise to the greening of the building industry, to educate students for an increasingly knowledge-based, performance-oriented, collaborative practice, and to mentor the next generation of architectural educators.
The current economic crisis has hit our professional community hard; created a harsh new reality for our soon-to-be graduates; and challenges us to do more with less. Our opportunity is to create the knowledge and educate the students that will be poised to implement change as resources begin to flow.
Madlen Simon, AIA
Associate Professor and Architecture Program Director
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Architecture News
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Students to Teach Visually Impaired During NFB Youth Slam
National Federation of the Blind (NFB) Youth Slam
July 26 - August 1
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Architecture Program Work Published in form-Z Joint Study Journal
The work of several Architecture Program faculty and students was recently showcased in the 2009 publication of the form•Z Joint Study Journal - Partnerships in Learning 16 - Digital Media and the Creative Process.
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Architecture Program Well Represented at ASCAAD Conference in Bahrain
Papers presented at the ASCAAD Conference in Bahrain include those authored by: Michael A. Ambrose, Carl Lostritto, Johnathan Healey and Lisa LaCharité-Lostritto. Papers by Marek Hnizda and Mahmoud Riad were published in the conference proceedings.
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LEAFHouse Receives Washingtonian Residential Design Award
LEAFHouse, Maryland's Solar Decathlon 2007 house, has received an Award for Distinctive Residential Architecture in the Washingtonian / American Institute of Architects 28th Annual Awards Program.