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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 
Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise
This article was originally published in Maryland Today. The packet of unfamiliar sheet music was a signal that I might be in over my head as a rookie guitar player. (And by unfamiliar, I mean the actual symbols on the page—is that a parenthesis on its side?)I looked warily at my colleague, Ken Filler, who sat next me with an enormous plastic bowl of rice and mouthed, “What did we get ourselves into?”View Article Details for Come on, Feel (and Make) the Noise 
“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” 
To Succeed in Business, Think Like an Architect
Architecture Adjunct Professor Andrew Pressman believes a great team is akin to a big, unhappy dysfunctional family.You don’t have to like the other team members to produce great results,” Pressman says. “Tension between team members can be seen as constructive—as the gasoline that fuels innovation and excellent work.”View Article Details for To Succeed in Business, Think Like an Architect 
6 Little-Known Facts About a Founding Father
This story was originally published in Maryland Today.View Article Details for 6 Little-Known Facts About a Founding Father