Designing with Scarcity in Africa: Aziza Chaouni
This Craig and Mimi Spangler Lecture is part of the Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture series. "Designing with Scarcity in Africa" Aziza ChaouniFounding Principal,Aziza Chaouni Projects This event will be live streamed on Youtube and Facebook.About the lecture:This lecture explores how scarcity—of mat...
April 8, 2026
April 8, 2026
Czechoslovak Architecture 58—89 (Documentary Film Screening)
This Documentary Screening and Lecture is part of the Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture series.A Documentary Film Screening on "CZECHOSLOVAK ARCHITECTURE 58—89"Vladimir 518About the film:The feature documentary Czechoslovak Architecture 58-89 is the first film that comprehensively maps Czechoslovak ...
March 9, 2026
March 9, 2026
Seeking Abundance: Alan Ricks, MASS Design Group
This KEA Distinguished Professor Lecture is part of the Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture series. "Seeking Abundance"Alan RicksFounding Principal + Co-Executive Director,MASS Design GroupThe video will be live streamed on Youtube and Facebook About the lecture:In Seeking Abundance, architecture is pr...
February 25, 2026
February 25, 2026
Architecture Lecture Series + Events: Spring 2026
Spring 2026 Architecture Lecture Series:February 25, 2026KEA DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR LECTURE 4 - 5:20 p.m. | AuditoriumAlan RicksFounding Principal + Co-Executive Director,MASS Design GroupLearn more about Alan Rick's lecture. March 9, 2026DOCUMENTARY SCREENING AND LECTURE 5:30 - 8 p.m. | Audi...
February 25, 2026
April 22, 2026
MCA Portfolio Workshop
This event is open to the Maryland School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation (MAPP) Community only. Marshall Craft Associates (MCA) will join MAPP School in reviewing student work and offering insight from experienced industry professionals.
February 4, 2026
February 4, 2026
Professor Emeritus Ralph Bennett and Clinical Professor Amy Gardner Elevated to the American Institute of Architecture College of Fellows
Professor Emeritus Ralph Bennett and Clinical Professor Amy Gardner have been elected to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows (FAIA). Ralph and Amy are two of over 100 members elevated this year out of 80,000 AIA members. This prestigious honor recognizes their extensive con...
Building Knowledge, Brick by Brick
Most students at the University of Maryland probably don’t consider what went into creating the campus’s iconic red brick buildings. But for one afternoon each fall, that afterthought becomes an assignment as fledgling architects sling mud and level rows of brick.Brick Day is a crash course in the h...
Alumni Profile, Valentine's Edition: Chelsie and Ryan Rattanni
Over the past 50 years, MAPP has produced its fair share of power couples. In the fall of 2016, Ryan Rattanni and Chelsie Miller were added to the roster. The two met through UMD’s Urban Studies and Planning Program, where they worked and studied alongside each other in a tight-knit cohort; sparks b...
Vikas Mehta (PhD 06)
He has just accepted The Terence M. Fruth/Gemini Chair of Signage Design and Community Planning and Eminent Scholar of Urban/Environmental Design position at the University of Cincinnati. The chair professorship will develop a new initiative focused on communication in the urban environment (CUE) by...
HISP Alum Co-Authors Genealogy Article with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. for The Root
Alumna Kristin Britanik (MHP ‘09) co-authored an article for The Root this past July with literary critic and writer Henry Louis Gates, Jr. The article, entitled “Did Africans Immigrate to Jim Crow America?” addresses a reader question about tracing the roots of her great-great-grandfather, who will...