MAPP News
ARCH Alum Named Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed University of Maryland alum and former Salisbury, Maryland, Mayor Jake Day as the state’s new secretary of housing and community development. Day took office as acting secretary on January 18.View Article Details for ARCH Alum Named Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development 
Students a City's Narrative Through a Camera Lens
As University of Maryland architecture student Elena Poll walked through Havana, Cuba’s, stately capitol building, what struck her wasn’t the marble halls or its majestic dome, but what she saw in its shadow: faded, pastel facades of once glorious Spanish-style buildings, now crumbling in ruin.View Article Details for Students a City's Narrative Through a Camera Lens 
Michele Lamprakos Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Associate Professor Michele Lamprakos, an architect and historian specializing in the architecture, heritage and urbanism of the Arab-Islamic world, has earned a 2023 fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities to forward her second book, Memento Mauri: The Afterlife of the Great Mosque of Cordoba (forthcoming, University of Texas Press).View Article Details for Michele Lamprakos Awarded National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship 
MAPP Fall 2022 Student Project Showcase
Each semester, students from MAPP’s Master of Architecture, Master of Historic Preservation and Master of Real Estate Development Programs culminate their graduate experience at the University of Maryland with one final project. For architecture students, it’s the design thesis, a written and oral presentation of a site-specific project and a mash-up of the skills, design thinking and interpretation they’ll use in the profession.View Article Details for MAPP Fall 2022 Student Project Showcase 
Your Guide to a Great Afternoon at The Wharf—From Two Alums Who Helped Develop It
Few things are as sumptuous as cozying up in a waterfront Adirondack chair with a cup of hot coffee and taking in the view. That this serene scene is within walking distance of the urban bustle of the nation’s capital is just one reason the Wharf is suddenly must-see D.C.—and one of the many design touches that University of Maryland architecture alums Martiena Schneller ‘08 and Matthew Steenhoek ‘05 hope bring people to the city’s vibrant new neighborhood.View Article Details for Your Guide to a Great Afternoon at The Wharf—From Two Alums Who Helped Develop It 
2022 Kea Professor Corie Sharples on Designing Skylines, Re-Thinking Construction and Revisiting Old Haunts
Of all the iconic places conceived by SHoP Architects along New York City’s skyline, the one that gives Founding Principal Corie Sharples ‘87 the most satisfaction is the place she once vowed never to return: South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, a slice of Manhattan’s East River Waterfront that once housed a windowless marketplace of souvenir shops and chain restaurants.View Article Details for 2022 Kea Professor Corie Sharples on Designing Skylines, Re-Thinking Construction and Revisiting Old Haunts