This event is open to the publicSpeaker: Dr. Caitlin AhrensAssistant Research Scientist,NASA Goddard Space Flight Center ; University of MarylandDr. Caitlin Ahrens, who is part of the Center for Research and Exploration in Space Science and Technology at NASA GSFC, will give a presentation involving...
Come join us in celebrating our Fall 2025 Graduates! A short program will be held in the Architecture Building Auditorium, followed by a reception serving coffee, cookies and tea in the Great Space.Speaker:Tamir Ezzat, AIA, '08, M.Arch '13After earning a Bachelor of Science ('08) and Master of Archi...
The biggest threat to the shorelines of Maryland’s Assateague State Park aren’t the throngs of tourists or galloping hooves of its wild horses: It’s climate change, the effects of which are eroding the island’s iconic beaches, dunes and diverse habitat.This summer, the first of two new design studio...
It’s not every day that a crowded lecture hall hosting an academic symposium breaks into song. But when the song is led by Los Angeles-based poet and urban planner Amy Shimshon-Santo, and the symposium centers on catalyzing civic action through art and design, there is singing—along with poetry, art...
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...
Supporting Maryland’s Local Governments to Take Climate Action
To meet Maryland’s nation-leading greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals of net-zero emissions by 2045, the State of Maryland has committed to delivering state-wide and economy-wide climate pollution reduction plans under the EPA’s Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) for Planning.
UMD-State Partnership will Rehabilitate Historic Jail
The University of Maryland and statewide nonprofit Preservation Maryland are partnering to repurpose the historic Ellicott City Jail, a looming landmark in Howard County, Md. that has stood for more than 170 years. Preservation Maryland anticipates breaking ground on this project in Spring 2026.Unde...
MAPP Mourns Karl Du Puy, Professor Emeritus of Architecture
Peter Noonan has a perspective that few architecture alumni have, but all would envy. Thirty years ago, he had the great opportunity to study architecture and the urban form under Professor Karl F.G. Du Puy, an experience that launched an established career in practice and solidified his love for ci...
Are World Disruptions Defining the Future of “New Urbanism”?
To understand how COVID-19 might impact the future of the built environment, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, FAIA, looked 100 years into the past: to the Spanish Flu. Her research with colleagues at the University of Miami, where she is a Malcolm Matheson Distinguished Professor of Architecture and directo...
