MAPP News
2nd Annual Colvin Case Study Challenge Winners
First Place: Kevin Turner and Christopher TringaliSchool: SUNY BuffaloProject: Delaware North Building, Buffalo, New York Faculty Adviser: Mark FoersterMentor: David StebbinsSecond Place: Jainam Shah and Vandana VishnubhotlaSchool: New York UniversityProject: Via Verde, South Bronx, New YorkFaculty ...View Article Details for 2nd Annual Colvin Case Study Challenge Winners
Maria Day-Marshall Appointed Director of UMD’s Real Estate Development Program
The University of Maryland’s School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation welcomes Dr. Maria Day-Marshall, a 30-year veteran of housing policy, government and finance, as the new director of the school’s Real Estate Development Program [MRED]. Day-Marshall was most recently the interim executiv...View Article Details for Maria Day-Marshall Appointed Director of UMD’s Real Estate Development Program
Putting the “Quadruple Bottom Line” to Work: Marcus Ervin (MRED '09)
The first course Marcus Ervin took in real estate development, he nearly failed. An undergraduate architecture student at Morgan State University, Marcus took the course in hopes of parlaying the knowledge into a side job in the industry to earn some additional income. It was more than he expected. ...View Article Details for Putting the “Quadruple Bottom Line” to Work: Marcus Ervin (MRED '09)
Unmasking a Secret Famine: Larysa Kurylas (B.ARCH '80)
Alumni Profile: Larysa Kurylas (B.ARCH ’80)In November 2009, a week before Thanksgiving, Washington, D.C.-architect Larysa Kurylas found herself driving a complete stranger to Dulles International Airport. In the stranger’s hands was a box, holding a model and drawings for a memorial design competit...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 s...View Article Details for Kibel Gallery Photo Exhibit Shows that Nothing is Ordinary Architecture students win big at this year's Interschool Design Competition
Over the past two decades, the three Washington area chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Washington Architectural Foundation, and the National Building Museum have collaborated to organize the annual Interschool Design Competition. These competitions expose students to the va...View Article Details for Architecture students win big at this year's Interschool Design Competition