Historic Preservation

• Sites to be Seen (and Saved) in 2013: Maryland Life Magazine Unveils "Endangered Maryland"

  Each year, historic preservation director Dr. Donald Linebaugh joins a group of his colleagues to pore over possible contenders for “Endangered Maryland,” Preservation Maryland and Maryland Life Magazine’s annual list of at-risk historic properties.
  

• MAPP March 2013 e-Newsletter

  The latest issue of the The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation monthly e-newsletter should be in your mailbox now! If you have not received it, check it out here!

• STUDENTS BRING HYATTSVILLES HISTORY TO LIFE THROUGH STORIES OF BRICKS AND MORTAR

  Historic preservation graduate students researched the history of Hyattsville properties for HISP 611: Historic Research Methods.
  

• A Conversation and Book Signing with Gary D. Rappaport - NEW DATE

  Rescheduled Date: Thursday, February 7, 2013
  Lecture    6:15 – 7:30 pm; Book Signing    7:30-8:30pm
  School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Auditorium

• Sneak Preview: KIPLIN HALL, BIRTHPLACE OF MARYLAND, Wednesday, January 30, 2013

  Join us for a special sneak preview of the new documentary Kiplin Hall: Birthplace of Maryland, Wednesday, January 30th, 6:00pm in the Architecture Auditorium. The film explores the restoration and student work within the manor house known as “the birthplace of Maryland.” Admission is free.

• Public Interest Design: Training Program

  The University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, in conjunction with DesignCorps, is pleased to announce a Public Interest Design Institute.

• Gerrit Knaap stresses the need for more transportation funding at Annapolis summit

  URBAN PLANNING PROFESSOR GERRIT KNAAP CALLS FOR “INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS” TO ADDRESS MARYLAND TRANSPORTATION FUNDING SHORTAGE

• RESCHEDULED LeFrak Rosenbloom Lecture: Is Perfect the Enemy of Good?

  RESCHEDULED
  Talk: Tuesday, Feb. 5th, 2013 8:00 pm
  Architecture Building, Auditorium 0204
  Seminar: Wednesday, Feb 6 9:00 am
  Architecture Building, Dean's Conference Room 1213

• UMD Alumna Rebecca Lewis Honored

  Congratulations to 2011 Ph.D. alumna and Smart Growth Center affiliate Rebecca Lewis for receiving the Barclay Gibbs Jones Award for Best Dissertation in Planning from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning!

• Redevelopment Plan for the Gasholders Site Presentation in St. Petersburg, Russia

  St. Petersburg Russia | Summer Studio 2012
  Presentation, Auditorium
  October 24, 2012, 6:00 PM
  Reception to Follow 

• Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture - Ruth Adler Schnee

  Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture
  October 19th- 12:30-1:45 pm
  UMD KIbel Gallery- Lunchtime 
  Lecture by Ruth Adler Schnee
  "Courage: the key factor in every form of the creative and artistic process"

• GLOBAL MAPP - Study Abroad 2012

  Advancing opportunities for students to break out of the classroom and explore the world is a fundamental mission of the University of Maryland's School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. 

• Michele Lamprakos Joins MAPP

  The University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation is pleased to announce Michele Lamprakos’ return to Maryland this fall as an Assistant Professor.

• Historic Structure Audit for National Park Service

  The National Park Service has awarded the University of Maryland’s Historic Preservation Program a
  $25,000 contract extension to conduct historic structures fieldwork within the National Capital area. 

• Fall 2012 Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  You are invited to attend the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and Real Estate Development’s Prospective Graduate Student Open House on Friday, October 5, 2012, at in the Architecture Building Auditorium.

• Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture

  Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Kibel Gallery Lecture
  September 19, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Architecture Auditorium - Reception in the Kibel Gallery to follow
  Lecture by TIME[SCAPE]LAB: Brian Ambroziak & Andrew McLellan
  "Confabulatores Nocturni"
  

• Fall 2012 Lecture Series: The Swiss Touch in Landscape Architecture

  Fall 2012 Lecture Series: Gallery Lecture
  Friday, September 21, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Lukas Schweingruber Schweingruber Zulauf Landscape Architects, Zurich
  "The Swiss Touch in Landscape Architecture"
  

• Avanti, Tartarughe!

  Whether you birdie, par or bogey, an afternoon on the Maryland links is a great opportunity to connect with alumni and friends of Architecture, Planning, Historic Preservation and Real Estate Development. If you're not a golfer, you can still participate by joining us for dinner.

• Director of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, Donald Linebaugh, Wins Buchanan Award

  Donald Linebaugh, Director of MAPP's Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, is the winner of this year's Buchanan Award

• New Book - Inspired Innovation: WaterShed at the University of Maryland

  Get your copy of the new book Inspired Innovation: WaterShed at the University of Maryland, which tells the story of the making of the winning entry in the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon 2011

• First Certification through "Sustainable Maryland Certified" Program received by Berlin, Maryland

  The Environmental Finance Center (EFC) has recognized the town of Berlin as the first municipality in Maryland to complete its certification through the “Sustainable Maryland Certified” program (SMC)

• 40th Anniversary Celebration - October 12th and 13th, 2012

  Join Dean Cronrath, faculty, alumni, students and friends October 12-13th as we mark the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's 40th Anniversary.

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Bobbie Kilberg

  ADVANCE Scholar Lecture:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012 | 4:00pm
  Art /Sociology Building | Room 2203
  Lecture by Bobbie Kilberg
  "The Road Ahead: The Technology Industry and the Region's Economic Future"

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Alaa el-Habashi

  Marvin Breckenridge Patterson Lecture:
  Thursday, April 26, 2012 | 6:00pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Alaa Elwi el-Habashi
  "Community Participation and Conservation:
  Selecting World Heritage Sites in the Arab Region"

• AIA Reception in the City of Washington

  Reception for Alumni of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
  Friday, May 18, 2012 | 5:00-7:00 p.m.
  Offices of Suzane Reatig Architecture
  

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series: Dr. Jaafar Chalabi

  Lombardo Lecture:
  Wednesday, April 18, 2012 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Dr. Jaafar Chalabi
  "Move"

• Sustainable Tuesdays: Building Resilience to Climage Change: Planning, Policy & Practice

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series
  Tuesday, April 17, 2012 | 3:30 pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Zoe Johnson and Students of Professor Vikki Chanse
  "Building Resilience to Climate Change: Planning, Policy & Practice"

• International Night 2012

  International Night Sponsored by NOMAS
  Friday, April 13, 2012 | 6:15 pm
  Great Space
  featuring student and faculty art | live music | international cuisine +
  linear gallery study abroad exhibition
  

• PhD Student Finds Many Treasures in Squished Pennies

  Christine Henry, a PhD candidate and assistant to the Director of the Historic Preservation program, has had a passion for the squished penny for over a decade.

• WATERSHED TAKES ROOT AT PEPCO'S ROCKVILLE FACILITY

  Bay-inspired solar house will continue to educate, innovate under new ownership

  “It’s fantastic to know that the house and its mission will live on, that Pepco will carry our torch and build upon what the team had started years ago. It couldn’t go to a better owner,” said Brian Grieb, WaterShed’s Project Manager and Faculty Advisor.

• 75th Anniversary Symposium: Sustaining Greenbelt's Legacy

  "Sustaining Greenbelt's Legacy" is a two-day symposium celebrating the 75th Anniversary of this New Deal community.  It is being held in the Greenbelt Community Center--the original Resettlement Administration elementary school--on April 27th & 28th, 2012.

• Admitted Graduate Students Open House - Friday, March 30, 2012

  Friday, March 30, 2012 | 1:30 pm
  Register outside the Architecture Auditorium
  

• Documentary Film Hopes to Preserve a Rich Part of Prince George's History

  A documentary film depicting the educational experiences of the African American community of Lakeland, entitled “Folk Made the School,” had its second showing this past month at the Lakeland Gala Event for Black History Month 2012.

• Historic Preservation Alumnae Named Town Historian

  Laura Mancuso, a 2005 graduate of Maryland’s Historic Preservation Program has been named Town Historian of her hometown of Brookfield, CT, unanimously voted in by Brookfield’s Board of Selectmen last week.

• Career & Internship Fair 2012

  Architecture, Planning, Preservation, and Real Estate Development
  Career & Internship Fair 2012
  Friday, March 9, 2012 | 1:00 - 5:00 pm
  Great Space in the Architecture Building
  

• HISP Graduate Student Featured in Washington Post Magazine's Education Issue

  A Washington Post article covering the uptick in professionals returning to graduate school will include a familiar face; Tom Hardej, HISP ’12, was interviewed for the piece, which appears in the Washington Post Magazine’s Education Issue this Sunday.

• MAPP Renovation

  “The goal is to provide our students with the tools they need to work creatively and successfully during their time at Maryland,” says Dean Cronrath.

• Spring 2012 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture:
  Wednesday, February 08, 2012 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Ufuk Ersoy
  "To See Daydreams"

• The Collaborative Legacy of Merce Cunningham

  The Collaborative Legacy of Merce Cunningham
  Exhibit on View in the Kibel Gallery 
  January 25, 2012—May 7th, 2012

• HISP Grad Creates WWI Poster Installation for Raleigh City Museum

  Jennifer Carpenter, a 2010 graduate of Maryland’s Historic Preservation Program, unveiled an installation on WWI poster art this month at the Raleigh City Museum in Raleigh, NC.

• Summer Study Abroad Opportunities

  Education around the globe

  Five summer study abroad opportunities are available to students in 2012.

• Linear Gallery Show Opening and Reception

  Interdisciplinary Design and Development Case Competitions

  November 9, 2011 | 6 - 7 pm 
  Linear Gallery
  Ground Floor of Architecture Building
  

• Fall 2011 Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  You are invited to attend the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation and Real Estate Development’s Prospective Graduate Student Open House on Friday, November 4, 2011, at 1:30pm in the Architecture Building Auditorium.
  

• Fall 2011 Lecture Series

  Next Lecture:
  Thursday, October 13, 2011 | 6:15pm
  Architecture Auditorium
  Lecture by Michael Pyatok, FAIA
  "Design with Equity Affordable and Sustainable Communities"
  

• Architecture Graduate Eric Faughnan Named Academic Advisor of the Year

  MAPP's Eric Faughnan has been awarded Academic Advisor of the Year at the University of Maryland's 16th annual Undergraduate Studies Advising Conference.

• Study Abroad: Great Britain, Spring 2011

  For 16 glorious weeks (January through May 2011) ten Maryland architecture students traveled in and around England, Scotland and Wales, taking advantage of all that the United Kingdom had to offer. These students, fortunate enough to be selected as part of the School's spring semester study abroad program, spent their days studying, drawing, designing, visiting, and otherwise, thoroughly involving themselves in the culture of those places.

• From New Towns to Old Towns: The Influence of Clarence Stein's Designs Today

  Presented by the University of Maryland Historic Preservation Program and Cornell University's Clarence Stein Institute.
  From New Towns to Old Towns
  The Influence of Clarence Stein's Designs Today

  Saturday, June 4, 2011, Greenbelt, Maryland 

• Historic Preservation Program's Annual Short-Course: "From New Towns to Old Towns"

  The University of Maryland's Historic Preservation Program and the Clarence Stein Institute at Cornell University presents this year's annual short-course, From New Towns to Old Towns: The Influence of Clarence Stein's Designs Today. The symposium will take place June 4th at the Greenbelt Community Center.

• Maryland Life Magazine Announces the 2011 "Endangered Maryland" Candidates

  This year, 11 sites make up "Endangered Maryland," an annual list of at-risk properties featured in Maryland Life Magazine. The list, found in the March/April issue, hits newsstands this week.
  

• Preservation Graduate Appointed to Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture

  Preservation graduate Najah Duvall-Gabriel was recently appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley to the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture. She joins eight other appointees who hold extensive knowledge in African American history, tasked with documenting, preserving and promoting Maryland's African American heritage.

• Smart Growth: What is it? Why is it important?

  Sustainable Tuesdays: A Lecture Series about
  Sustainability and the University of Maryland, College Park
  5pm Tuesdays, School of Architecture Planning and Preservation

  Tuesday, March 8, 5pm, Architecture Auditorium

• Rescheduled: Architect Daniel Libeskind to lecture Friday April 8, 2011 at 6:15 pm

  Daniel Libeskind, the world-renowned architect of projects like the master plan for the World Trade Center in New York and the Jewish Museum Berlin, will be giving a lecture at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation on Wednesday, February 16th 2011 at 6:15 pm.

• MARYLAND'S SOLAR DECATHLON WATERSHED TEAM AWARDED $50,000 GRANT

  The University of Maryland's Solar Decathlon WaterShed team has been awarded a $50,000 grant from Constellation Energy, a Baltimore-based company specializing in energy products and services. Constellation's "E2: Energy to Educate" grants recognize environmental projects that inspire students to use science and technology to address growing energy challenges.

• Architecture, Planning and Preservation Career & Internship Fair

  This key event for students and alumni of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation consists of several opportunities to interact and network with organizations and alumni.

  
  Friday, March 11, 2011, 12:00PM - 05:00PM  Great Space, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

• Liz Petrella, a Historic Preservation alum, speaks on tax credits for barn preservation

  Liz Petrella 200 graduate of the Historic Preservation program in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation recently  gave a talk titled "Save the Tobacco Barns", a presentation on tax credits for barn preservation.

• Thomas Spiegelhalter lecture

  Thomas Spiegelhalter will be lecturing on the topic of "Globally Benchmarked Buildings versus Green Washed Buildings: Taking a Critical Look at the Design, Resource Use, and Performance of Sustainable Buildings and Cities."

• Historic Preservation at the University of Maryland encourages diversity

  The Historic Preservation program at the University of Maryland is dedicated to diversity throughout its program of study. Housed in the School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, the program's strength lies in its multi-disciplinary approach to studying and preserving the built environment.

• Carl Elefante FAIA makes the Winter 2011 Commencement Address

  TV journalist Tom Brokaw popularized the term "The Greatest Generation" in his 1998 book to characterize those Americans who grew up during the Great Depression of the 1930's, defeated Fascism, Nazism and Imperial Japan in World War II, and afterwards shaped the modern world.  They created a world of unprecedented economic vitality and personal freedom. 

• School Year Kicks Off with Interdisciplinary Annapolis Tour

  On August 25, 80 incoming graduate students in Architecture, Planning, Preservation and Real Estate took a daylong tour of historic Annapolis, MD.

• 2010 Graduate Open House for Prospective Students

  Friday, October 22, 2010
  Architecture Building Auditorium
  1:30pm

• Cronrath Named New Dean of UM School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

  David Cronrath has been named the next dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the University of Maryland. He will begin his Maryland post on July 1.

• December Graduates and Award Winners Announced

  Please join us in congratulating our December graduates and award winners.

• Preservation Alum Raises Awareness of Threatened American Legion Post in Virginia

  HISP graduate Sonja Ingram describes the history of this Legion Post, one of few to admit African-American soldiers in the segregation era, on the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Preservation Nation blog. 

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• "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.