Budding Architects and Chipboard Collide with Return of TERP Young Scholars Program
Discovering Architecture, a three-week program for high school students grades 9-12, returned this summer after a two-year pandemic hiatus, bringing buzz back to the Great Space as students sketched, built and presented their first projects as fledgling architecture students. Part of the university-...
Making (an Even Greater) College Park
Written by Jeremy BerlinWant to look into the future?
Jessica Jones MRED ‘09 and Tom Parker ‘09, MRED ‘17 in front of Aster in College Park, Md.
Try driving around College Park, Maryland, on an arctic Tuesday in January. You’ll see nondescript office buildings become high-tech research hubs. Past-...
Prime Real Estate
When Eric Walter ‘04 MRED ‘10 was first breaking into real estate development after graduating from the University of Maryland, the prevailing response he heard from recruiters was, “You’re never going to get hired.” This was probably not the story that Elliot Genus ‘26, who graduates from UMD this ...
Through Newberry Fellowship, Juan Burke Charts New Book, Curriculum
Since the dawn of civilization, maps have been an instrumental tool for discovering the world around us. They decipher unfamiliar cities, illustrate climate zones and natural features and facilitate a faster route to work. But Assistant Professor Juan Burke will tell you that maps, especially the an...
The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Mourns Former Dean John Steffian
Architect, educator and second Dean of Maryland’s School of Architecture, John Steffian passed away on August 2, 2022. He was 89. A generous and affable leader of the school for seven years, Steffian played a pivotal role in establishing the school’s place both at the University of Maryland and in t...
Students Channel Animal Instincts to Create Urban Spaces
One of Washington, D.C.’s fastest-growing hot spots may be a recreational and culinary boon for D.C.’s human inhabitants—but it’s a bummer for its winged ones, particularly the reclusive American bittern, a native bird that makes its home along the Anacostia.So when undergraduate architecture studen...
UMD Welcomes New Architecture Program Leadership Team
First year students aren’t the only new faces gracing the halls of the Architecture Building this fall: Maryland’s Architecture Program returned for the 2022-23 school year with a new leadership team and new plans to grow and enhance the student experience at Maryland. Led by Director Mohammad Ghari...
When a Movie’s Scene Stealer Is the Scene Itself
Wes Anderson metric montage by Ken Filler, Matt Bender and Austin Raymond.
Most cinephiles agree that Jimmy Stewart’s portrayal of a man in a wheelchair held captive by his apartment—and his own devices—stole the show in Alfred Hitchcock’s masterpiece, “Rear Window.” But architecture Professor of th...
Inaugural Pioneers Endowed Scholarship Fuels the Passion of a Remarkable Student
If the road to architecture licensure is a marathon, by all accounts, Maria Farieta is making incredible time. This fall, she is prepping for thesis, advising undergraduate students as a Graduate Assistant, entering design competitions and clocking hours with Maryland design firm Grimm+Parker. It’s ...
Don’t Know What You Got ’Til It’s Green
Written by Sala Levin '10, originally published in Maryland Today.Blue skies, a warm (but not scorching) sun and just the right touch of crispness in the air practically begged Terps to leave their study carrels, offices and residence halls on Friday and rejoice in the pleasure of being outside. A n...