From studios working with real-world clients and meaningful project sites to competing in national competitions, our students produce creative, environmentally thoughtful and socially conscious projects that bring new energy to urban spaces, uplift community culture and create vibrant places for all.
To view individual student theses, projects and dissertations, visit The Digital Repository at the University of Maryland (DRUM).
Student Projects
The Haven Housing Development Project
Housing Development for Young Professionals Takes Top Prize in 2025 Colvin Competition
Linking Community Schools to Their Neighborhoods
Contextualizing Grange Elementary and Sandy Plains Elementary in Dundalk, MD
The Church in the Diaspora
Winning Design for Vacant Church Balances History and Memory with a Community’s Future
Best in Class (Fall 2024)
From Holistic Housing to a “Record” of the Region’s Music Scene, Students Show Skill in Final Projects
Restoring a Main Street’s Charm
Students’ Design Plan Revives Sense of Place for Historic Baltimore Neighborhood
Placemaking Project Nurtures Community Among Change
Watch Blooms and Beats, a semester-long creative placemaking project that brought together music, public art, whimsical seating and activities.