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Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:00

Town centers, skyscrapers and construction sites became classrooms for 30 MAPP students during a three-day trip to New York City earlier this month.Storymap photos (link below) by Jelena Djakovic

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 12:00

Alums of a certain age look back on the Architecture Building’s Great Space as the setting for countless studio hours, lectures, thesis and even graduations—but also for its wild transformation each spring to a 1920s speakeasy, the streets of New York City or a star-studded Hawaiian luau. Beaux Arts Ball, the beloved annual fete that ran from the mid-’70s until 2007, was part Halloween costume party, part Hollywood movie set and a dash of high school prom, where elaborate décor and dress dominated the building’s Great Space for one epic night. 

Fri, 04/19/2024 - 12:00

Post-doctoral Associate Stefan Woehlke was one of 27 grantees to earn funding from University of Maryland's inaugural Do Good Campus Fund to recruit and engage underrepresented students in archaeological heritage fieldwork. Read the article in Maryland Today. 

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 12:00

The story originally appeared in Maryland Today, written by Sala Levin. Looking for a set of ’70s barstools for a basement renovation or a crystal chandelier for your Victorian’s entry hall? A 40,000-square-foot warehouse in Hyattsville is a secondhand maven’s Disney World, filled with light fixtures, floor-model washing machines, vintage windows and even toilets.

Mon, 04/15/2024 - 12:00

The story originally appeared in Maryland Today. Federal grant money available for emissions-cutting projects could be a windfall for local governments looking to go green—if the applications didn’t look so much to municipal staffers like billows of red tape.

Fri, 03/29/2024 - 12:00

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated Ann Marie Borys (B.ARCH '80) to its College of Fellows. She is among 98 architects recognized this year. The prestigious honor is awarded to architects who have made significant contributions to the profession.Borys is a professor and undergraduate program coordinator at the University of Washington, where she teaches history and theory, professional practice and design. Her work focuses on conditions of practice and the built environment as material culture.