MAPP News
2nd Annual Colvin Case Study Challenge Winners
First Place: Kevin Turner and Christopher TringaliSchool: SUNY BuffaloProject: Delaware North Building, Buffalo, New York Faculty Adviser: Mark FoersterMentor: David StebbinsSecond Place: Jainam Shah and Vandana VishnubhotlaSchool: New York UniversityProject: Via Verde, South Bronx, New YorkFaculty ...View Article Details for 2nd Annual Colvin Case Study Challenge Winners Maryland Architecture Students Honored at the 2016 AIA UNBUILT Awards
Two current M.Arch students have been recognized for design excellence at this year’s 2016 UNBUILT Awards, presented by the Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|DC). Thuy Do and Haomin Yang won an Award of Merit for “Navy Yard Waterfront Vessel (The Vessel),” the result of...View Article Details for Maryland Architecture Students Honored at the 2016 AIA UNBUILT Awards UMD Study: “Targeted” Housing Policy the Key to Preventing Transit-Induced Gentrification
Researchers at the University of Maryland’s National Center for Smart Growth have leveraged an innovative land use model to predict how different policies surrounding Transit Oriented Development, or TOD, will affect housing, gentrification and opportunity in the Washington, D.C. region. The study, ...View Article Details for UMD Study: “Targeted” Housing Policy the Key to Preventing Transit-Induced Gentrification 
UMD Names Dr. Sonia Hirt New Dean of MAPP
The University of Maryland today announced the appointment of Dr. Sonia A. Hirt as dean of the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Dr. Hirt will officially assume her new role on October 1, 2016.“Dr. Hirt’s leadership skills and more than a decade of experience teaching and researchin...View Article Details for UMD Names Dr. Sonia Hirt New Dean of MAPP 
Studio Brings the “Heart of Campus” to Center Field
For years, the University of Maryland community has recognized the campus’ iconic McKeldin Mall as the “heart of campus.” Geographically, however, one would need to look north, to UMD’s Bob “Turtle” Smith Stadium, home to the Terp baseball team. This topographical reality represents a larger disconn...View Article Details for Studio Brings the “Heart of Campus” to Center Field 
UMD Joins NCARB’s IPAL Initiative
The National Council of Architecture Registration Boards (NCARB) has accepted the University of Maryland’s architecture program into the Integrated Path to Architectural Licensure (IPAL) initiative. By blending experience and examination into the curricula, the initiative will provide students with ...View Article Details for UMD Joins NCARB’s IPAL Initiative