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Two Alumni Find Recognition and Meaning in New D.C. Project
There’s an adage that Professor of Architecture Matthew Bell, FAIA shares with his students about the mark of a successful design project: if you did your job right, it will feel like the building has always been there.So, it’s no surprise that the latest project by two of Bell’s former students—Jea...View Article Details for Two Alumni Find Recognition and Meaning in New D.C. Project 
In 24 Hours, Six Campus Sites Reimagined
What if student artwork could be displayed, gallery-style on wide panels, along the high-traffic outdoor staircase flanking UMD’s Parren J. Mitchell Art-Sociology Building and Campus Drive, bringing the beauty and wonder conceived inside dramatically out on view?This clever concept wasn’t cooked up ...View Article Details for In 24 Hours, Six Campus Sites Reimagined 
New Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Parks in NYC
In a new report, UMD Environmental Finance Center's Dr. Jennifer Egan and a team led by the Trust for Public Land identify the economic benefits provided by parks in New York City. Nature provides important services and benefits to humans, and valuation of an area's natural resources helps people be...View Article Details for New Report Highlights Economic Benefits of Parks in NYC 
An Assault on Architecture to Target a People
A few days after fighting in the Syrian civil war ripped the millennia-old minaret off the Great Mosque of Aleppo, Syrian blogger Amal Hanono published an elegy to the symbolic piece of skyline, now absent.“They say that people make their cities,” she wrote in 2013. “But if you are from Aleppo, one ...View Article Details for An Assault on Architecture to Target a People 
"School" of Thought: How Fish Farms Might be the Secret to Sustainable Cities
When it comes to aquaculture, we are missing the boat. One of the fastest growing food producers on the planet, aquaculture, or fish farming, is now responsible for half of the seafood on the world’s dinner plate. But aquaculture’s centuries-old history and versatile applications, says Clinical Assi...View Article Details for "School" of Thought: How Fish Farms Might be the Secret to Sustainable Cities 
Alum Allison Wilson Earns AIA’s 2022 Young Architects Award
The American Institute of Architects has awarded Allison Wilson, a senior associate at Baltimore’s Ayers Saint Gross (ASG) and a 2011 M.ARCH alum, with a 2022 AIA Young Architects Award. The AIA Young Architects Award honors individuals who have demonstrated exceptional leadership and made significa...View Article Details for Alum Allison Wilson Earns AIA’s 2022 Young Architects Award