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Tue, 05/16/2023 - 12:00

Six talented graduate-level architecture students have been awarded scholarship-internship opportunities in the Baltimore/Washington, D.C., area through the generous support of partner firms Ayers Saint Gross, Design Collective, David M. Schwarz Architects, Gensler, Torti Gallas + Partners and WDG. These annual awards recognize academic achievement and a continued dedication to the built environment through study and practice.a 

Mon, 04/03/2023 - 12:00

This story appeared in Maryland TodayIt’s hard to imagine that the raucous activity (and raging traffic) of Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle could be rivaled by what’s happening just under its sidewalks. But what was once the city’s first underground trolley station (and later, a much-maligned food court) now thrums with large-scale sound and light projections, night markets, performances and art exhibitions.

Fri, 03/24/2023 - 12:00

There’s a statistic in the architecture world that Lakisha Woods thinks deserves more attention. It’s not related to community development, sustainable practice or green design—but rather, who’s doing it. Although 51% of architecture students are women, they comprise only 17% of all registered architects.

Tue, 03/07/2023 - 12:00

It’s not every day that a crowded lecture hall hosting an academic symposium breaks into song. But when the song is led by Los Angeles-based poet and urban planner Amy Shimshon-Santo, and the symposium centers on catalyzing civic action through art and design, there is singing—along with poetry, art and other examples of powerful, community-centered design projects.

Fri, 02/24/2023 - 12:00

When Clinical Associate Professor Julie Gabrielli landed her first job out of graduate school, she was eager to put the big, sustainably minded ideas cultivated during school into practice. But the practice had other plans.“Firm life is intensely practical, and client focused,” she said. “Back then, people weren’t thinking about sustainability the way they are now. And I had so much to learn about the basics.”

Fri, 02/17/2023 - 12:00

An interdisciplinary team of graduate students from UMD’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation has landed one of four finalist slots in the 2023 HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning (IAH) Competition, beating out interdisciplinary teams from some of the most formidable graduate-level programs in the United States. UMD will go head-to-head with the University of Illinois Chicago, Harvard Graduate School of Design and University of Texas at Austin on April 12, 2023, at HUD’s Washington, D.C., office to vie for the winning title.