News/Events

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Wednesday, November 11, 7:00pm
  Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture
  Mark Joseph, PhD
  Case Western Reserve University, Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences
  Mixed-Income Development: Building Housing or Building Community?

• Managing Growth With Priority Funding Areas: A Good Idea Whose Time Has Yet to Come

  A new article published in the Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA) by Rebecca Lewis, Gerrit-Jan Knaap and Jungyul Sohn examines the development, implementation and effects of Priority Funding Areas in Maryland--the key policy instrument in Maryland's pioneering approach to smart growth.

• Join Team Maryland To Compete And Win The 2010 Uli-Hines Prize

  Want to be on a winning team and take home $50,000 your trouble? Faculty in all the disciplines are committed to working with one or more teams to earn Maryland the $50,000 top prize in the 2010 National ULI-Hines Competition-- the largest Design and Development Competition in the country.

• Maryland Alums, Faculty Selected for 2009 AIA Potomac Valley Design Awards

  AIA Potomac Valley honored numerous Maryland faculty and alumni at its 2009 Awards Gala.

• NSHOF Comprehensive Design Studio Exhibit in Annapolis, MD

  October 13-30, 2009
  Annapolis Mayor's Office
  160 Duke of Gloucester Street
  8:30am - 4:30pm, weekdays

• URSP Alumni Produce and Star in New Planning Video

  Three recent graduates now employed as consultants to Montgomery Planning collaborated on a web video about zoning changes in the Maryland county.

• EFC Offers Maryland Seafood Fresh from the Web at Foodtrader.org

  Buying and selling Maryland seafood direct from watermen and aqua-farmers just got easier thanks to a collaboration between the UM Environmental Finance Center and the Maryland Department of Agriculture. Seafood is a new addition to already popular website, www.foodtrader.org.

• Ruth Adler Schnee: A Passion for Color and Design

  Documentary Film Screenings
  Monday, October 5, 6:15pm and Friday, October 9, 11am and 2pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  
  Exhibit Opening Lecture + Reception with Ruth Adler Schnee
  Friday, October 9, Noon
  Architecture Building Auditorium + Kibel Gallery
  

• New Graduate Student Wins Minnesota Preservation Alliance Award

  Sarina Otaibi, a new graduate student in the preservation program, is recognized for her rescue and restoration of a historic house that was threatened by demolition.

• UM Student Drawings Submitted to Library of Congress

  As recipients of the Peterson Prize Measured Drawings Competition, twenty sheets of documentation drawings, begun by Maryland historic preservation students and completed by adjunct faculty Judith Capen, are now housed at and curated by the Library of Congress.

• Mahmoud Riad Wins AIA Maryland Student Design Competition

  Mahmond Riad, a recent graduate of the master's of architecture program wins AIA Maryland Student Design Award for his project entitled, Architecture: Music, City, and Culture. Riad also received the architecture program spring semester Thesis Prize for this work.
  

• Schumacher's Cattaneo Exhibit Headed for UVA

  Casa Cattaneo: A Jewel of Italian Rationalism
  November 9-27, 2009
  University of Virginia

• Historic Preservation Alum, Najah Duvall-Gabriel, featured in Washington Post

  Najah Duvall-Gabriel, alumnus of the historic preservation program and a member of the African American Heritage Preservation group, is featured in the Washington Post for her efforts to preserve Prince George's County's rich African American heritage.

• Architecture Graduate Student, Daniel Ankri, Wins at ACSA Competition

  Daniel Ankri, architecture graduate student, wins honorable mention at the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) Preservation as Provocation: Rethinking Kahn's Salk Institute, International Student Design Competition.

• Fall 2009 Lecture Series

  Wednesday, November 11, 6:30pm
  Mark Joseph, Ph.D.
  Case Western Reserve University
  Mixed-Income Development: Building Housing or Building Community?
  Promoting Impact and Sustainability
  Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture

• Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  Friday, October 23, 2009
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  1:30pm

• Interdisciplinary Hillman Design and Development Case Competition

  The Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development and Developer, David Hillman, are co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary design and development competition and the winning team will walk away with $15,000.
  Registration Deadline: September 19, 2009 | Click Here to Register

• Solar Decathlon 2011: Learn More + Get Involved

  Wednesday, September 30, 2009
  1110 Kim Building Lecture Hall
  5:00 - 6:15pm

• Students Teach Visually Impaired During NFB Youth Slam

  July 26 - August 1
  Architecture Building, Great Space

• Thomas L. Schumacher, Architect and Educator, Dies at 67

  Thomas L. Schumacher, professor of architecture at the University of Maryland and fellow of the American Academy in Rome, died on July 15, 2009 after a short battle with brain cancer. He was 67.

• LEAFHouse Participants on Voices of the Chesapeake Bay Radio Show

  LEAFHouse Team Leader Brittany Williams, along with faculty advisers Dr. Kaye Brubaker, Julie Gabrielli and Amy Gardner will be featured on the radio program Voices of the Chesapeake Bay with noted radio host Michael Buckley.  

• New Graduate Student Orientation Tour

  Tuesday, August 25, 2009
  8:30am - 6:00pm
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery

• Smart Growth in Maryland

  Tuesday, September 22, 2009
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  4:30pm-6:30pm

• Preservation Alumnus, Zasha Guzman Torres, Gives Historic Monument New Life

  Preservation Alumnus, Zasha Guzman Torres, gives a Harriet Tubman Monument new life as part of New York City's Monuments Conservation Program.  Work on the project was recently featured in the New York Times.

• MRED New Student Orientation

  Thursday, August 27, 2009
  6:30 -9:00, ARC Room 1101

• New Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) Announced

  Using LEAFHouse as a pilot project, the new Center for the Use of Sustainable Practices (CUSP) was formed.  CUSP joins the National Center for Smart Growth as a sister center, in order to explore research, design, education and outreach activities related to sustainable practices at the scale of the building, the community, and the city. 

• 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.

• Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, Publishes Article in Urban Land Magazine

  Planning Alumnus, Cathy Brown, MCP '06, has published a feature article in the May issues of Urban Land, entitled Lithuania's Capital City Goes Modern.

• Associate Professor Amy Gardner Receives Award for the Gilmer Project

  Associate Professor Amy Gardner's firm, Gardner Mohr Architects, LLC, has been awarded a 2009 Remodeling Design Award for Merit, a national award honoring excellence in design - as well as functional value, cost-effectiveness and sensitivity to the existing structure and surroundings. 

• 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.

• Planning Student, Lily Shoup, Wins APA Best Student Paper Award

  Lily Shoup, a first year Masters of Community Planning student, recently won an award from the American Planning Association's Transportation Planning Division for the best student paper of 2009.

• 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.

• Maryland Team in the Winner's Circle in AIAS/AARP Livable Communities Design Competition

  A team of seniors in the Architecture program has won second place in the national competition. Alice Chiang, Tony Maiolatesi, Dan Reed and Sandra Schwartz collaboratively designed a mixed-use development that incorporates housing, retail and community amenities.

• Birx Honored with American Institute of Architects Fellowship

  Glenn W. Birx, FAIA, LEED AP, BS Arch '80, honored with AIA fellowship for his leadership and expertise in the profession of architecture, particularly in the design of colleges and universities worldwide.

• Architecture Faculty and M.Arch. Student Present at CAADRIA Conference in Taiwan

  Assistant Professor Michael A. Ambrose and graduate student Joseph Kunkel (M.Arch. 2009) are in Taiwan this week to present a paper co-authored with two former UMD graduate students in architecture.

• Sustainability Exhibit Designed and Built by Students

  Drawing the Line
  Gallery Talk and Reception—Monday, April 27, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building, Linear Gallery
  

• Two MCP Students Win APA's National Video Competition

  Master of Community Planning students Michael Lancaster and Catherine Walsh are the winners of the American Planning Association's "The Next 100 Years" student video competition.

• Places of Refuge: The Dresser Trunk Project

  Gallery Talk and Reception: Monday, April 20, 6:30pm
  Curator William Darryl Williams with Yolande Daniels and Gary Bowden

• Collaborative Faculty/Student Urban Design Work Exhibited in Brooklyn

  The work of the Maryland Urban Research Studio will be exhibited in Brooklyn, NY, April 11–May 9, 2009. The exhibition will feature Ground Work/s, a project created by the studio in 2008.

• ARGUS Summer Skills Course

  Mike Daugard will be teaching our summer ARGUS Class which will be held on six Saturdays  from 10:30 am to 1:00 pm beginning July 18 through August 22.
  

• MRED Students Tour National Harbor for Site Visit

  On April 24^th, the Planning Policy, Practice and Politics class took a long awaited site visit to National Harbor. The visit was arranged by Mary Konsoulis and Margaret McFarland and hosted by Leslie Hristov, Associate Property Manager (MRED ‘09).

• Architecture in the Schools

  Student Presentations: Wednesday, April 16, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building, Great Space

• MRED Spring Capstone Presentations are a Grand Success

  Eleven students presented a feasibility analysis based on a "real world" development proposal of their making. Three students made summary presentations of their research thesis of a single topic.

• MRED Graduation Award Winners

  Seven graduating Master's of Real Estate Development students are recognized during the School's Spring commencement ceremony.

• UM in the Winner's Circle in National Real Estate Development Competition

  An interdisciplinary team of students sponsored by the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development has, for the second year in a row, placed Maryland in the top three in the national REIDO Case Competition.

• UM AIAS Chapter Hosts Spring Quad Conference

  April 3-5, 2009
  Highlights: Moshe Safdie keynote, Beaux Arts Ball, architecture tours of Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis.

• Interdisciplinary Team Reaches Finals in National Real Estate Development Competition

  For the second year in a row, a team of students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has been selected to advance to the finals of the annual Real Estate Investment and Development Organization (REIDO) Case Competition.

• 2009 Colvin Institute Symposium - Sustainable Development: Smart, Adaptive and Green

  Saturday, May 9, 9:00am
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• Dennis Jankiewicz Receives 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award

  Dennis Jankiewicz, B.Arch '73, has been awarded the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's 2009 Distinguished Alumni Award.

• Interdisciplinary Student Team Top 10 in National Urban Design Competition

  A team of five graduate students from the Planning, Architecture and Real Estate Development programs shares the winner's circle with MIT, Harvard and Columbia at the HINES Urban Design Competition.

• Adaptive Reuse Architecture Studio Participates in Rockville Community Charrette

  The studio spent a weekend in Rockville brainstorming strategies for saving, restoring and reinventing the "Pink Bank," a 1960s-era modernist building currently slated for destruction.

• Washington on the Move: The Architecture of Transportation

  The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation will host the Eighth Biennial Symposium on the Historic Development of Metropolitan Washington, DC on Saturday, March 7, 2009.

• Robert C. Embry to Deliver Annual Carl M. Ruskin Lecture

  The Challenge of Urban Public Education: Robert C. Embry
  March 25, 2009, 8 pm
  Sponsored by the Urban Studies and Planning Program
  

• PhD Student Wins Transportation Scholarship

  Carolina Burnier is the winner of an annual graduate scholarship from the Women's Transportation Seminar.

• PhD Program Contributes to New Book on Smart Growth in China

  Two faculty members and a student in the PhD program in Urban and Regional Planning and Design are key contributors to a new book on smart growth in China

• Students and Alums Publish New Research in Leading Journals

  Several recent graduates and a student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design program contribute articles to several leading planning and development journals.

• Spring 2009 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture: Friday, May 8, 7:00pm
  Greg Pasquarelli: SHoP Architects
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  

• Pompeii/Stabiae Study Abroad Program Featured on CBS News

  Pompeii/Stabiae study-abroad program in Italy's Vesuvian region was recently featured on the CBS Evening News. Coverage includes interviews with architecture alums Leonardo Varone, M. Arch. '06 and Nandor Mitrocsak, B.S. Arch. '06, M. Arch. '08.

• Real Estate Development Program Featured on ICSC Website

  The International Conference of Shopping Centers highlights the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development on its student homepage.

• MRED Student-Athlete Named to 2008 Allstate-AFCA Good Works Team

  Jordan Steffy, a student in the Master of Real Estate Development program, was recently named to the 2008 Allstate/AFCA Good Works Team (Division I).

• Dickson and Yazdanseta Win Architecture Thesis Award

  Beret Dickson and Farzam Yazdanseta, Fall '08 graduates of the M. Arch. program, are the winners of the Architecture Thesis Award.

• Spring 2009 Kea Distinguished Professor Announced

  Frances Halsband, FAIA will serve as the Spring 2009 Kea Distinguished Professor in the Architecture program.

• LEAFHouse Published in AIAS Journal

  The University of Maryland's award-winning LEAFHouse was published in the Fall 2008 issue of Crit, the journal of the American Institute of Architecture Students.

• SUBSEQUENT ACTION: Creative Work on Neglected Ground

  Friday, December 5, 2008
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
  6:30-8:30pm

• Spring Commencement 2009

  Thursday, May, 21, 7:00pm - Comcast Center (University)
  Friday, May 22, 9:30am - Samuel Riggs Alumni Center (School)

• Maryland Students and Faculty Attend 2008 Maryland-Delaware APA Regional Conference

  This year's conference focused on green urban design and planning for the Mid-Atlantic region.

• PhD Student Presents Paper at Immigration Research Conference in College Park

  Joe Costanzo, Ph.D. candidate, presents a paper entitled "Planning to Integrate: Immigrant Participation in Urban Projects," at a University of Maryland-sponsored Conference on Immigration Research in College Park, MD.

• Interdisciplinary Career Fair

  Friday, March 6, 2009, 1:00pm
  Architecture Building, Great Space
  

• UM Alumni Recognized with Four Design Awards for New MSU Library

  A collaborative team led by three University of Maryland Architecture Program alumni has received four awards for the new Morgan State University Library in Baltimore.

• Planning Alumna Receives 2008 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award

  Anne Corbett, M.C.P. '97, has received the 2008 Meyer Foundation Exponent Award for visionary nonprofit leadership in the Washington, DC area, which includes a $100,000 award for her organization, the Cultural Development Corporation.

• First Friday: Thesis Exhibition + AIAS Social

  Friday, December 5, 2008
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
  6:30–8:30pm
  

• Comprehensive Design Studio Reviews

  Monday, December 15, 2008
  Architecture Building
  10:30am-2:30pm

• M. Arch. Student Published in White House Redux Competition Book

  Ritsaart Marcelis, M. Arch. '09, was recently published in a book documenting the White House Redux Competition, judged by Elizabeth Diller, Mark Wigley, John Maeda and others.

• UM Alum Leads Design Team for New Green NOAA Building

  Roger Schwabacher, M. Arch '99, Senior Associate, HOK, is the lead designer for the new 280,000SF NOAA National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction.

• Fall Lecture Series: Living on the Edge with Bing Thom

  Wednesday, November 19, 2008, 6:30pm
  Guy Lombardo Memorial Lecture
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• M. Arch. Thesis Presentations

  Monday, November 17, 9am–6:30pm
  Architecture Building
  

• M. Arch. Student Wins International Digital Modeling Competition

  Competing in a field of students from more than 150 universities in 27 countries, Farzam Yazdanseta, M. Arch. 2008, has won the top prize for architecture in the 2007–08 form•Z Joint Study Program Competition.

• Kea Professor Filippo Caprioglio Speaks at the Italian Embassy

  Friday, November 14, 6:30pm
  Italian Embassy, Washington, DC
  Free Admission - RSVP Required

• Fall Lecture Series: In-Site with Patricia Patkau

  Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 6:30pm
  Colden “Coke” Florance Lecture
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• LEAFHouse Returns to Campus

  LEAFHouse, the University of Maryland's award-winning 2007 Solar Decathlon entry, is back on campus!

• Assistant Professors Oakley and Ambrose Awarded 2008-2009 CTE-Lilly Fellowships

  The Architecture Program is proud to announce that Assistant Professors Deborah Oakley and Michael A. Ambrose have been awarded the prestigious University of Maryland CTE-Lilly Fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year.

• Feminist Practices: Interdisciplinary Approaches

  Friday, October 3, 2008, 7:00pm
  Architecture Building, Kibel Gallery
  

• Maryland Students Sweep 2008 AIA Maryland Design Awards

  For the second year in a row, Maryland Architecture students have won the Undergraduate and Graduate Student Awards in the AIA Maryland Design Awards Competition.

• Planning Grad Featured in Real Estate Review

  Elana Messner, a 2007 graduate of the Urban Studies and Planning Program, has been published in the spring 2008 edition of Real Estate Review.

• Stereotomy Lecture: Stone Vaults for the Modern World

  Wednesday, September 24, 2008, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• Fall Lecture Series: The Archaeology of Tomorrow

  Wednesday, September 17, 2008, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• Planning Alumna, Cathy Brown, Receives Fulbright Scholarship

  Cathy Brown, a 2006 alumna of the Urban Studies and Planning program, has been awarded a Fulbright scholarship to conduct research in Lithuania.

• High School Students Receive Scholarships to Young Scholars Program

  The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has awarded scholarships to six high school students for the 2008 Discovering Architecture - Young Scholars Program.

• New Book by John Frece Details Political History of Maryland's Smart Growth

  A new book by John W. Frece, Associate Director of the National Center for Smart Growth, details the politics and back-room maneuvering that in 1997 led to the creation of Maryland's well known Smart Growth and Neighborhood Conservation initiative.

• Gary Bowden, Professor of the Practice, Interviewed on NPR

  Gary Bowden, Professor of the Practice at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, is featured today on Baltimore's NPR station (88.1FM) during Maryland Morning with Sheilah Kast.

• Graduate Orientation 2008

  Orientation Week is August 24-30, 2008. This week will include a series of information sessions and social activities.

• Fall Kea Lecture: Questions! Answers?

  Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 6:30pm
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• Fall 2008 Lecture Series

  Join the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland this fall for a series of lectures with leading architects, planners and urbanists.

• AIAS Featured in Washington Post Transforming Space Into Universal Design

  A group of American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) is featured in The Washington Post real estate section for their contributions toward transforming a DC home into a model of universal design.

• Potomac Valley AIA Announces
  2008 Art + Architecture Contest Winners

  The Potomac Valley Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA PV) is pleased to announce the winners of its 2nd annual Art+Architecture Contest. The competition was organized and coordinated by Peter Noonan, AIA, Professor of the Practice at University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

• UM and NASA Join Forces: Architecture Students Conceptualize Proposed Center

  Aided by a research grant from NASA, eight architecture graduate students have designed concepts for the proposed Science Education and Exploration Center (SEEC).

• Real Estate Development Grads Get Nod in The Washington Post

  The inaugural class of Master of Real Estate Development graduates are featured in the Washington Post article, Grads' Next Assignment: Forge a Path of Service. 

• Discovering Architecture Program Open for Summer 2008

  Once again this year, the Architecture Program will offer Discovering Architecture for high school students as part of the Young Scholars Program from July 14 - August 1.

• Unique Maryland Ag Exchange Network Creates Free, User-Friendly, Online Marketplace to Help Farmers

  The Maryland Agricultural Exchange, created by the Environmental Finance Center at the University of Maryland, will help farmers in Maryland and throughout the Chesapeake Bay region exchange products such as manure, compost, hay, fodder crops, fruits and vegetables, organics, equipment, livestock, and much more.

• Dean Rockcastle Interviewed in The New York Times

  Garth Rockcastle, Dean of the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation, is featured in today's New York Times in the Real Estate section.

• PhD Student Successfully Defends Thesis

  Rodney Harrell, a student in the Urban and Regional Planning and Design PhD Program, successfully defended his thesis, Understanding Modern Segregation: Suburbanization and the Black Middle Class.

• Architecture Students Offer Design Solutions for Proposed Hall of Fame

  Monday, May 12, 2008, 2 p.m.
  You are invited to Architecture in Sailing, a studio presentation of student designs for the proposed National Sailing Hall of Fame in Annapolis, Maryland.

• Ph.D. Student Wins Summer Fellowship and Travel Grant

  Ph.D. student Joe Costanzo has been awarded the 2008 Summer Graduate Research Fellowship and the Goldhaber Travel Grant to attend and present at a conference in Rome, by the University's Graduate School.

• LEAFHouse Featured in New York Times Magazine's Green Issue

  The New York Times Magazine featured the University of Maryland's award-winning LEAFHouse in its April 20 issue.

• Maryland Faculty and Alumna Contribute to Spring 2008 Real Estate Review

  The Spring 2008 issue of Real Estate Review includes several articles authored by affiliates of the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation.

• M.Arch. Thesis Reviews April 22-24

  Spring 2008 Master of Architecture thesis reviews will be held at the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation April 22-24.

• Special Colloquium - Visions of Place: Regionalism and Architecture

  Friday, May 9, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  You are invited to attend Visions of Place: Regionalism and Architecture, a colloquium celebrating the teaching career of Professor Emeritus William Bechhoefer on the occasion of his retirement from the faculty of the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

• Special Presentation: Architecture in Education

  Wednesday, May 7, 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  You are invited to attend Architecture in Education, a studio presentation of student designs for a new Amidon Elementary School in Washington, DC.  The studio benefits from a collaboration with the UM College of Education.

• Spring 2008 Lecture Series

  Next lecture: Wednesday, April 23, 6:30 p.m.
  Doing More: Eric Naslund, Studio E Architects
  2008 Kea Distinguished Professor Lecture

• PhD Students Present Papers at Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID)

  PhD students Lynette Boswell, Joe Costanzo, Jung Ho Shin, and Maria Teresa Souza presented their research at the Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID).

• Architecture Students to Present at Graduate Research Interaction Day

  Three students from the School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation will present research-based design at the University of Maryland's Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID) on April 17th in the Stamp Student Union. 

• Real Estate Development Team Wins $15,000 First Prize

  A team of Masters of Real Estate Development (MRED) students win first place and $15,000 at the Second Annual REIDO Real Estate Development Case Competition.

• Prof. Ambrose and Three M.Arch. Students to Present Papers at CAADRIA Conference

  The Computer-Aided Design Research in Asia (CAADRIA) Conference will be held in Chiang Mai, Thailand on April 9-12, 2008. 

• Affordable Housing Exhibit Highlights Innovative Development and Design

  On view in the Kibel Gallery April 2–May 14, 2008

• 1746 Mansion Serves as Historic Preservation Laboratory for Learning

  The School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation's Historic Preservation program has secured Bostwick, one of only four remaining pre-Revolutionary War structures in Bladensburg, MD, as a laboratory for hands-on learning and community enrichment.

• Baltimore Developer John Colvin Donates $3M to Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development Endowment

  John Colvin, Principal of Questar, Inc., a Baltimore real estate development company, and his wife Karen have provided a $3 million gift that will endow the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development.

• AIAS Art Auction - April 11th

  Don't miss the AIAS Art Auction, with artworks donated by Cesar Pelli, Mark McInturff, Roger Lewis, Michael Graves, and many more!

• New Student Exhibit Showcases Study Abroad Experiences

  Invitation to a new exhibition "Out of Bounds" featuring a collection of sketches and photographs, which highlight the variety of venues visited in 2007 by the students from the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation.

• New Study: Inclusionary Zoning's Impact on Housing Production, Cost, Size

  A new National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education study shows that policies aimed at increasing the stock of affordable housing can stimulate construction of multi-family housing, but may also push up the price and reduce the size of single family houses that are built within the cities that adopted the policy.

• Smart Growth and the Maryland Department of Transportation Collaborate on Policy Research

  The National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education and the Maryland Department of Transportation are announce the establishment of a joint Transportation Policy Research Group on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park.

• Urban Studies & Planning and University of Baltimore Co-host Lecture on Racial Politics in Baltimore

  The 2008 Carl N. Ruskin Memorial Lecture, "Roots: A Genealogy of Racial Politics in Baltimore", will be given by Dr. Matthew Crenson, Professor Emeritus of Political Science at The Johns Hopkins University, at 8pm on March 26, 2008 at the University of Baltimore, Thumel Business Center Auditorium.

• Historic Preservation Program Secures 1746 Mansion for Educational Use

  The Historic Preservation Program secures Bostwick, a pre-Revolutionary War structure, outbuildings, and approximately 7 acres of grounds owned by the Town of Bladensburg, for educational use.

• Student Project Named Top Ten Urban Planning Website of 2008

  Rethink College Park, an interactive community website launched by two University of Maryland students in 2006, has been named one of the web's top ten planning, development, and design websites in 2008.

• URSP Alumnus Sarah Franklin wins APA 2007 New Planner of the Year award

  Sarah, who earned her Master of Community Planning degree in 2006, received the 2007 award on the basis of her high quality work at Jakubiak & Associaties, a town planning and economic consulting firm based in Annapolis, MD.

   

• School Experts from Zurich and Washington to Convene for Urban School Design Symposium

  "Defining the Urban School in the 21st Century," an international symposium, will be held at the University of Maryland on February 16.

• New Gallery Show to Feature 31 International Examples of Innovative School Buildings

  “School Buildings—The State of Affairs,” a traveling exhibit organized by Professor Isaac Williams with partners from AIA DC and the Embassy of Switzerland, will be on display in the Kibel Gallery February 15–March 14, 2008.

• Mark your calendar! URSP Alumni Career Panel - February 22, 2008

  Annual URSP Alumni Career Panel sponsored by Student Planning Association (SPA) - Friday, February 22, 2008 from 6:00pm to 8:00pm

• Professors Schumacher and Ambrose Publish Essays in New Monograph

  Architecture Professors Thomas L. Schumacher and Michael A. Ambrose contributed to a new monograph on the work of Giovanni Caprioglio.

• Maryland Team Envisions the "City of the Future"

  A faculty/student team from the University of Maryland competed in "City of the Future," a design competition staged by the History Channel.

• New Architecture Graduates Share Their LEAFHouse Experience

  Three architecture students graduating this month are profiled by the UM Newsdesk. Learn more about their involvement in LEAFHouse.

• PhD Graduate's Article Published in the Journal of Planning Education and Research

  Our second Ph.D. graduate, Vikas Mehta, has just published an article in the Journal of Planning Education and Research.

• URSP ranked as a top 10 planning program in new national study

  The Urban Studies and Planning Program (URSP) ranks #10 among all U.S. urban and regional planning programs, according to a new study from Academic Analytics.
  

• Tiffany Williams, 2nd year URSP student, wins 2007 APA Outstanding Student Leadership Award

  Tiffany won the award on the basis of her Student Planning Association work and her pivotal role in a highly successful partnership between the University of Maryland and Norwood High School in Montgomery County.

• Ph.D. Student Wins a Research and Seminar Grant from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

  Maria Teresa Souza received a US$10,000 grant from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy to develop a research paper and to participate in a seminar focusing on the impact of public regulations on the process of urbanization in Latin America with her research proposal titled "Informality, Land Use Regulation, and Housing Price: a Model Applied to Curitiba, Brazil,"

• M. Arch. Thesis Reviews December 12-13

  Fall 2007 Master of Architecture thesis reviews will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• New Book Shows How Changes in Land Development Can Help Mitigate Climate Change

  A new book co-authored by URSP faculty member Reid Ewing concludes that urban development is both a key contributor to climate change and an essential factor in combating it.
  
  

• Maryland is #1 Solar Decathlon Team in America

  In a field of 20 U.S. and European universities, the University of Maryland placed 2nd overall in the Solar Decathlon and won the People's Choice Award.

• New Gallery Show Features the Work of Grimshaw Architects

  “Macro to Micro” is now open at the Kibel Gallery.

• URSP Student Wins Distinguished Leadership Award

  Tiffany Williams, a 2nd year masters student in the Urban Studies and Planning Program, has been named as the 2007 winner of the "Sherwin Greene Distinguished Leadership Award for a Student Planner" by the National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association.

• Maryland Students Sweep AIA Maryland Design Competition

  Florence Ho and Brian Essig, graduate students in the Architecture Program, were honored for design excellence by the AIA Maryland Society.

• Maryland Students Sweep Storm Housing Design Competition

  Students in the Fall 2007 graduate-level Advanced Technology course took the top three places in Storm Housing 2007, an international design competition sponsored by the Tilt-Up Concrete Association. Maryland students also received four honorable mentions in a field of nearly 60 entries.
  

• LEAFHouse Wins at Solar Decathlon 2007

  University of Maryland's LEAFHouse wins the BP Solar People's Choice Award and places 2nd overall in the Solar Decathlon 2007.  Click here to see the final scores.

• URSP Recently Visited by Richard Sennett for Lecture and Seminar

  World-renowned social science scholar Richard Sennett recently gave a lecture entitled "The Architecture of Justice" on Monday, Nov. 19 in the auditorium of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Sennett also led a seminar further exploring the subject on Tuesday, Nov. 20 in the School's conference room.

• US-India Conference a Success

  This event, held on Nov. 16-17, was sponsored by the University of Maryland Office of International Programs and hosted by the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation

• Fall Lecture Series: Planning for Opportunity, Equity and Change

  Monday, October 27, 2008, 8:00pm
  Samuel J. LeFrak Lecture
  Architecture Building Auditorium

• LEAFHouse Featured on Voice of America

  LEAFHouse, the University of Maryland's entry in the Solar Decathlon 2007 competition, was recently featured on Voice of America. Read more and download the video at Voice of America.

• "Community Heritage Preservation Project" Receives Mayor's 2007 Award

  Dr. Angel David Nieves, Assistant Professor, Historic Preservation was a founding committee member of the Washington DC “Community Heritage Preservation Project,” along with Joy Ford Austin of the DC Humanities Council, Patsy Fletcher of the DC Office of Planning, and Marya McQuirter, Ph.D., an independent scholar.

• Gallery Talk

  The Kibel Gallery will host a panel discussion, Architectural Design and Structural Innovation, on Monday, September 24, at noon. Come for lunch and an illuminating conversation! Free and open to the public. Event Details

• New Exhibit Features Innovative Structures of Waclaw Zalewski

  The new exhibit at the Kibel Gallery examines the work of Waclaw Zalewski, one of the most innovative and influential structural designers practicing today. The show includes an ingenious folding pavilion for a world's fair in Seville, a roof of steel that floats on a halo of light in a Korean arena, and a soaring supermarket roof in Poland.

• Fall 2007 Lecture Series

  The School will host eight lectures and a gallery talk this fall. Materiality, structure, and tectonics create the framework for the architectural lectures this fall, reinforced by technologically-rich exhibitions and events in the Kibel Gallery. All events are free and open to the public.

• Ph.D. Students Win Graduate Fellowships from the Federal Highway Administration

  Two URPD students, Andi Livi Smith and Carolina Burnier received Eisenhower Graduate Fellowships from the Federal Highway Administration.
  

• Ph.D. Student Wins Dissertation Fellowship Funded by Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

  Andi Livi Smith was the recipient of dissertation fellowship plus travel funds to attend the Active Living Research conference in San Diego in 2007.
  

• Alumni in the News

  Colleen Mitchell, MCP 2004, was awarded the 2006 Planner of the Year "New Planner" from the Maryland APA Chapter

• Assistant Professor Isaac Williams awarded Henry C. Welcome Fellowship

  Isaac Williams, Assistant Professor of Architecture, at the School of Architecture, Planning, & Preservation is a recipient of this year's Henry C. Welcome Fellowship, issued by the Maryland Higher Education Commission. The Welcome Fellowship is a state-wide competitive grant program that supports the research, creative work, publications, and speaking engagements of accomplished and promising new full time faculty of diverse backgrounds.

• April 2007: Ph.D. student, Rodney Harrell

• LEAFHouse in the News

  The project, called Leading Everyone to an Abundant Future House or "LEAFHouse," boasts of 48 solar panels powering 52 batteries and floors heated by rain water. It is the brainchild of architecture, engineering and even some communication students at the University of Maryland.

• Michael Vergason, FAAR Named the Spring 2007 Visiting KEA Professor

  Michael Vergason, FAAR of Michael Vergason Landscape Architects, Ltd. (MVLA) Named the Spring 2007 Visiting KEA Professor

• Dr. Gerrit-jan Knaap Receives 2006 Outstanding Planner Award

  Dr. Gerrit-Jan Knaap, executive director of the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education, has been awarded the “2006 Outstanding Planner Award” by the Maryland chapter of the American Planning Association.

• April 25th at 7pm: Diversity and Planning - Challenges and Prospects.

  Panelist Anne Baum, Joseph Chang, Deborah Crain and Dr. Iraya Ruiz and moderator, Dr. Angel David Nieves talk about the challenges and prospects of planning in today's diverse society.

• Rodney Harrell co-authors article

  April 2007: Ph.D. student, Rodney Harrell, co-authored the article "From Renting to Homeownership: Using Tax Incentives to Encourage Homeownership among Renters" in the Harvard Journal on Legislation.

• Willow Lung Amam & Professor Shenglin Chang Present Article at Asian-American Studies Association Conference

  April 2007: Master's student, Willow Lung Amam, along with UMD Landscape Architecture faculy member, Shenglin Chang, co-authored the article "At Home, Away from Home: Suburban Landscape Encounters and Taiwanese Immigrant Identity Transformation"

• School Wins Two Congress for the New Urbanism Awards in 2007

  College Park – Thursday, March 22, 2007 -- Alejandra Hernandez, who received her Master of Architecture degree in December 2006, has won the coveted 2007 Charter Award from the Congress for the New Urbanism. 

• Amy Hofstra and Professor Reid Ewing Co-Author Article in Planning Magazine

  February 2007: Master's student, Amy Hofstra, along with faculy member, Reid Ewing co-authored the article "Traffic Calming Initiatives - Approaching the Tipping Point" in this month's Planning Magazine.

• URSP Students Rodney Harrell and Willow Lung Amam Place at PROMISE Research Symposium

  January 2007: Two URSP students, Ph.D. student Rodney Harrell and MCP student, Willow Lung Amam, placed at this year's PROMISE Research Symposium held at College Park on January 22nd for their oral presentations in the area of the Behavioral and Social Sciences, Arts, Education, and Humanities.

• Up-to-date List of Specialization Classes Announced!

  Click here to download PDF
  

• New Graduate Certificate in Transportation Planning

  For more information, visit http://professionalstudies.umd.edu/transportation/
  

• Alumni in the News: Colleen Mitchell & Adrianne Aul

  Colleen Mitchell, MCP 2004, was awarded the 2006 Planner of the Year "New Planner" from the Maryland APA Chapter

• Rethink College Park

  Check out this blog site about College Park development news and events!