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In Entrepreneurial Challenge, Architecture Students Build the Next Big Business
Some Maryland homeowners use bamboo to bring life to their outdoor spaces. To others, it can be a pesky plant. But, for two University of Maryland students, the pervasive perennial was the selling point that won them the first-place prize at this year's ArchiNova 2.0: Architects as Entrepreneurs Student Challenge.View Article Details for In Entrepreneurial Challenge, Architecture Students Build the Next Big Business 
‘Design Is a Universal Language’
This article was originally published in Maryland Today.Asked to design a researcher’s cabin set in the wetlands of Uganda, a group of University of Maryland architecture undergraduates envisioned a three-room, 538-square-foot structure made of locally sourced wood. A larger central space serves as the relaxation area, while two attached rooms create separate work and sleep stations, a layout meant to support work-life balance.View Article Details for ‘Design Is a Universal Language’ 
Designing Solutions to “Emerging Challenges”
In the mid-aughts, acclaimed architect Nader Tehrani was tapped to reconceive the historic Hinman Research Building on Georgia Tech’s campus for its College of Architecture. But when the market crashed in the early days of the project, Tehrani and the team at his architecture firm, NADAAA, had to find a way to deliver on the college’s programming needs—with half the budget.View Article Details for Designing Solutions to “Emerging Challenges” 
In Concrete Design Competition, UMD Breaks the Mold
The typical data farm’s destiny as a dreary digital fortress was reconceived as a stunning homage to the nation’s first union station by University of Maryland architecture students, “cementing” victory in an inaugural nationwide competition.View Article Details for In Concrete Design Competition, UMD Breaks the Mold 
“The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had as an Architecture Student”
Written by Maggie Haslam and Brianna Rhodes. Photos by Jelena Djakovic.How do you create more foot traffic in a slice of downtown Washington, D.C. that has seen more retreat than feet—first emptying after the pandemic, and now with a shrinking federal workforce?View Article Details for “The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had as an Architecture Student” 
Brutal Truths About “The Brutalist”
At a key moment in Brady Corbet’s film “The Brutalist,” architect Laszlo Toth, a tortured visionary played by Adrian Brody, berates another architect for revising his design of a career-making project in rural Pennsylvania: “Everything that is ugly, stupid, cruel, but most importantly, ugly … is your fault,” he roars. The scathing scene is one reason the film lives up to its name (copious drug use, violence and sexual assault, and a nearly four-hour run time also help). But it’s realistic, said architecture Assistant Clinical Professor Ken Filler.View Article Details for Brutal Truths About “The Brutalist”