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Mon, 10/24/2022 - 12:00

Two stunning urban enclaves—“Stack Alley” by graduate students Joseph Chase Edwards (B.S. Architecture ’20) and Marcelino Defngin (B.S. Architecture ’21) and “Dwelling in the City” by undergraduate student Meredith Eby (B.S. Architecture ’22)—were awarded top honors in the graduate and undergraduate categories last week at the 2022 AIA Baltimore Excellence in Design Awards celebration.

Wed, 09/21/2022 - 12:00

Most students at the University of Maryland probably don’t consider what went into creating the campus’s iconic red brick buildings. But for one afternoon each fall, that afterthought becomes an assignment as fledgling architects sling mud and level rows of brick.

Fri, 04/15/2022 - 12:00

A dynamic second act for the largest performance hall in the Southeastern United States earned a team of University of Maryland graduate students top honors—and a $20,000 first-place prize—in the ninth annual Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning Competition sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

Wed, 04/13/2022 - 12:00

Legendary architect and teacher Harold Adams, FAIA, died April 12, 2022, at his home near College Station, Texas, following a short illness. He was 82. An early faculty member instrumental in devising the Maryland architecture program’s first professional practice courses, Adams was the visionary behind national design firm RTKL Associates (now CallisonRTKL) and a prominent architect in the Washington, D.C. region. He remained a mentor, supporter and benefactor of the school, most recently as a member of the Board of Visitors, until his death.

Tue, 03/08/2022 - 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 ninth annual HUD Innovation in Affordable Housing Student Design and Planning (IAH) Competition 2022, beating out 28 teams from some of the most formidable graduate-level programs in the United States. UMD will go up against two teams from the University of California, Berkley and a team from the University of Kansas in a virtual competition to vie for the winning title.

Wed, 08/25/2021 - 12:00

The biggest threat to the shorelines of Maryland’s Assateague State Park aren’t the throngs of tourists or galloping hooves of its wild horses: It’s climate change, the effects of which are eroding the island’s iconic beaches, dunes and diverse habitat.