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Michele Lamprakos Awarded National Humanities Center Fellowship
Written by Dan Novak.View Article Details for Michele Lamprakos Awarded National Humanities Center Fellowship
TERP Feature: “Bridging the Gap” by Creating Space for Community
This spring, graduate and undergraduate students from UMD's architecture program collaborated virtually with students from Al-Nahrain University in Baghdad for a joint-studio called "Bridging the Gap.” Now, in its second year, this cross-cultural, virtual classroom centers on bridging the distance and cultural gaps that exist across two continents, by exploring the commonalities, differences and challenges of each culture through site-specific projects. This year, the teams targeted marketplaces.View Article Details for TERP Feature: “Bridging the Gap” by Creating Space for Community
Giving Shelter: Terp Magazine Remembers Professor John Wiebenson
Fifty years ago, one of the first projects undertaken by UMD’s then-new school of architecture was to make the final major vision of Martin Luther King Jr. a reality. John Wiebenson, the late architect, professor and co-founder of what is now the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, helped designed the plans for “Resurrection City,” a campsite on the National Mall where the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s “Poor People’s Campaign” lived and lobbied for jobs, better wages and a voice in government.View Article Details for Giving Shelter: Terp Magazine Remembers Professor John Wiebenson
Unmasking a Secret Famine: Larysa Kurylas (B.ARCH '80)
Alumni Profile: Larysa Kurylas (B.ARCH ’80)View Article Details for Unmasking a Secret Famine: Larysa Kurylas (B.ARCH '80)
Kibel Gallery Photo Exhibit Shows that Nothing is Ordinary
In the digital age of the selfie, photography is so prolific, accessible and widely shared that, often, the medium dilutes what can make it special and unique. A new exhibit at the School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation flips the phrase “look at me” to “look at what I see,” proving that some of the most compelling pictures are not of people, but of everyday things. The show, #nothingisordinary, comprises over sixty photographs of everyday occurrences from the lens of Cindy Frank (M.ARCH ’87), the school’s librarian and go-to photographer.View Article Details for Kibel Gallery Photo Exhibit Shows that Nothing is Ordinary Restoring an Ancient Community with 21st Century Technology: Stabiae, Italy
Since 2004, the University of Maryland’s Architecture Program has been a major player in uncovering one of the largest excavation sites in the ancient world: the Roman villas of Stabiae. Located on the western coast of Italy, Stabiae was a holiday mainstay for the Roman elite prior to the devastating eruption of Mt. Vesuvius, which buried the resort in over two meters of volcanic ash in 79 AD.View Article Details for Restoring an Ancient Community with 21st Century Technology: Stabiae, Italy