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School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

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Imagine Yourself Here

 

The University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation combines world-class resources, hands-on interdisciplinary opportunities and close-knit learning environments—all just minutes from the energy and opportunity of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis. We drive innovation in design, research and community engagement to build a better future.

 

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Design Excellence

From stunning skylines to walkable neighborhoods, our students, faculty and alumni set the bar for creativity, impact and innovation.

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World-Class Faculty

Learn from leaders. Our faculty are acclaimed scholars, award-winning practitioners and forward-thinkers shaping the future of the built environment.

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Campus to Capitol

Just minutes from D.C., Baltimore and Annapolis, our students learn in a living laboratory of history, design and development—connecting them to the people and places shaping the future of the built environment.

 

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By combining hands-on learning with groundbreaking research, we empower students and scholars to shape thriving, just and resilient places.

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Undergraduate Programs

UMD’s undergraduate degrees in architecture and real estate development are interdisciplinary, engaging and give students the tools to shape the cities and communities of the future.

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Graduate Programs

From designing city skylines to driving neighborhood revitalization, our competitive, professional graduate programs in architecture, planning, preservation and real estate prepare students for careers that shape vibrant, just places.

Learn more about our Graduate Programs
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Research Centers & Institutes

Our research centers and institutes forward groundbreaking research within the built environment that advances dynamic, sustainable and just places.

Learn more about our Research Centers & Institutes

 

Student Work

See our students’ ideas come to life—bold designs, thoughtful planning and creative solutions shaping our communities. From concept to creation, explore the innovative work of our students across architecture, planning, preservation and real estate.

The Church in the Diaspora project rendering

Julio Miguel T. Alumbro won the Spring 2025 Thesis Prize Award for his project “The “Church” in the Diaspora.”

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Deisy Valasquez's housing development for Antigua, Guatemala won the Fall 2024 Thesis Prize Award.

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"The Jacquelynn Residences at Uptown Place," Master of Real Estate Development student, Jack Tintle's independent senior living development. Winner of the Fall 2024 Colvin capstone competition.

Pink and purple poster for live music in Prince George's County

Historic preservation students designed a Zine for the sounds of Prince George’s County.

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A model created by an ARCH403 Design Studio student for their final project, focusing on the design of an observatory at Monocacy Battlefield.

News

  • Howard County Jail

    UMD-State Partnership will Rehabilitate Historic Jail

    The University of Maryland and statewide nonprofit Preservation Maryland are partnering to repurpose the historic Ellicott City Jail, a looming landmark in Howard County, Md. that has stood for more than 170 years. Preservation Maryland anticipates breaking ground on this project in Spring 2026.
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  • MASS design's Alan Ricks and student

    MASS Design’s Alan Ricks Joins UMD as 68th Kea Professor

    Alan Ricks, AIA, Int FRIBA, the founding principal and co-executive director of MASS design group, joins the University of Maryland this fall as the Architecture Program’s 2025-26 Kea Professor. A celebrated, socially minded, global designer, Ricks will work alongside Associate Clinical Professors Julie Gabrielli and Brittany Williams, Assistant Professor Deok-Oh Woo and Lecturer Dan Curry to teach the fall Integrated Design Studio.  
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  • Fresco at a Villa in Ancient Stabiae

    New Exhibit Uncovers a Buried History

    In the summer of 2006, University of Maryland Professor Emeritus Lindley Vann and 19 architecture students traveled to the Bay of Naples to explore an ancient city, lost in ash. Over the next 20 years, factions of students returned each summer to participate in a global effort to excavate and document one of the last surviving Italian villas that once catered to the Roman elite. 
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