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Fri, 10/02/2020 - 12:00

Ten University of Maryland architecture students were recognized for innovative, sustainable design projects at this year’s AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Awards, sweeping the top prize for each of the undergraduate and graduate-level categories. This year’s jury, a roster of established practitioners from California, Idaho, Texas and Colorado, also recognized several alumni in the jury citation, merit and honor categories. Winners were celebrated in a virtual ceremony on September 24, 2020. 

Fri, 05/15/2020 - 12:00

The Washington Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA|DC) and Washington Architectural Foundation (WAF) have awarded Assistant Clinical Professor Lindsey May the distinction of AIA|DC’s 2020 architectural educator.

Wed, 02/19/2020 - 12:00

The first thing you notice are the stalks of wheat. Cast in bronze and measuring 30 feet long, the sculpture depicts a bountiful wheat field that slowly recedes into the background until it finally disappears. The stunning visual depicts the confiscation of Ukraine’s wheat crop by Stalin in 1932 and 1933, an orchestrated act of oppression through engineered starvation, resulting in over four million deaths. Today, it is known as Holodomor, which in Ukrainian means “hunger by extermination.”

Fri, 01/31/2020 - 12:00

Imagine living in the agricultural epicenter of Europe, yet being so hungry you must eat dried nettle leaves to survive. This was the reality for millions of Ukrainians in 1932, the victims of one the worst manufactured famines in human history. Called Holodomor, which loosely translates to “death by starvation” in Ukrainian, Stalin’s year-long campaign to starve Ukrainian wheat farmers into submission resulted in nearly four million deaths and was kept quiet for nearly half a century, proclaimed “fake news” by the Soviet regime.

Fri, 10/11/2019 - 12:00

Six student projects were recognized for design excellence this year by AIA Maryland during the AIA Maryland 2019 Excellence in Design Awards, taking prizes in four out of the six categories and sweeping the “beginning design, graduate level” category.

Tue, 09/24/2019 - 12:00

Bridging the Gap, a collaborative, cross-continental design studio between the University of Maryland School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation and Al-Nahrain University in Iraq, was awarded Architect Magazine’s 2019 Studio Prize.