College Park Awarded Prestigious Sustainable Maryland Certification

The University of Maryland’s Environmental Finance Center (EFC) honored the City of College Park last Friday for achieving Sustainable Maryland Cer

William Bonstra Endowment to Provide Need-based Student Support through New Terpstart Program

Bill Bonstra, FAIA (B.ARCH ’83) has spent his career as an architect seeking to enrich people’s lives through thoughtful design, a philosophy he ha

Helaine Silverman - “The Inca in the Plaza: Contesting Change in the World Heritage Historic Center of Cuzco, Peru”

Helaine Silverman,

Professor of the Department of Anthropology at University of Illinois

 

Latinos in Heritage Conservation: Locating Equity & Social Justice in Historic Preservation

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Sarah Zenaida Gould’s lecture will consider the role of social justice in historic preservation, how we can increase equity in historic preservation, and current challenges to inclusion in preservation policy, education, and recruitment. She will describe the efforts of the national organization Latin@s in Heritage Conservation to increase Latino representation in and commitment to historic preservation.

Lectures 2019

FEBRUARY 21: Dr. Sarah Zenaida Gould

Director, Museo del Westside, San Antonio, Texas

Origami Structures

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The latest challenge for students in Ming Hu’s Structure and Architecture class (ARCH465) was to put their origami creations to the test

Architecture Students Exhibit Work at Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

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Architecture Students Exhibit Work at Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C.

Award-Winning Designers of DCPL Cleveland Park Public Library

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The recently completed Cleveland Park Public Library in Washington, D.C., whose designers from Perkins EastmanDC include a MAPP professor and alumnus, was awarded the 2019 AIA D.C. Chapter Urban Catalyst Award. Professor of Architecture Matt Bell, FAIA, Principal-in-Charge of Perkins EastmanDC, oversaw the project, and associate Matt Miller (B. ARCH ’12, M. ARCH ‘14) was the project architect. Tim Bertschinger and Emily Pasqual, served as project design leaders for the project, respectively.