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Terps Hit “Home” Run in Forbes Best List

If you are building a home in the rolling landscape of Virginia’s Blue Ridge mountains magnificent views are as much a requirement as an extra bedroom. But architects Amy Gardner and Brittany Williams ‘05 M.Arch ‘07 decided early on in the project that scenery was only part of the equation— if sited and designed just right, they could also capture sunlight and ample mountain breezes, allowing the homeowners to power and ventilate the home, minimizing the need for AC even on sunny, hot and humid August summer days.
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McMillan Reservoir center with sand bins in background

An Abandoned D.C. Water Site Regains its Utility

For decades, abandoned concrete silos cresting the horizon like post-apocalyptic chess pieces presented an eerie curiosity for drivers crawling along one of the busiest arteries in and out of Washington, D.C.
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Portrait of Ken Filler, AIA

Ken Filler, AIA

Assistant Director, Undergraduate Architecture ; Assistant Clinical Professor

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Kibel Gallery Opening & Talk: STABIAE and the Visual Preservation of Architecture

Kibel Gallery Opening and TalkSTABIAE and the Visual Preservation of ArchitectureCurated by Joseph C. Williams, Lindsey May, and Lauren McNamara
October 3, 2025
December 22, 2025
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Making the Holodomor Memorial: Context & Questions

Whose truth? How do we mark loss? Why here? Why now?From 1932 to 1933 Josef Stalin’s communist government engineered and exploited a wheat shortage to starve millions of Ukrainians to death as the regime swept away small farms for a system of collective agriculture.
February 25, 2022
July 10, 2022
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People sitting on wooden cubes and pointing to a screen of the Dupont Underground sitemap

The Dupont Underground: Layered History & Possible Futures

The Kibel Gallery is proud to present The Dupont Underground: History & Potential Futures, a specially commissioned animation investigating the once abandoned underground streetcar station that has been transformed into a cultural institution for arts and architecture in Washington, D.C.
April 3, 2023
June 15, 2023
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Embracing Differences

The "Embracing Differences" exhibition displays the winning projects from 2022 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.The Kibel Gallery will display information on the vision, selection process, and historical data on past winners.
October 20, 2023
January 15, 2024
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Numerous white architecture building models leading to a large poster in the back with the map of the world in orange

Modeling Buildings | Rebuilding Models

The Kibel Gallery celebrated the opening of the Spring 2024 show titled Modeling Buildings | Rebuilding Models on March 8. 
March 8, 2024
April 30, 2024
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Seeing blinds exhibit with orange and blue banners

Seeing Blinds: Architecture for Avian Landscapes

Seeing Blinds is an exhibition of ongoing research on bird blinds by Michael Ezban, RA, ASLA, and features 40 case studies of extraordinary architecture by contemporary designers and artists.
October 18, 2024
January 17, 2025
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Biogenic Building Sections

The Kibel Gallery Exhibit is featuring the work from Paul Lewis / LTL Architects and LTL's award-winning book  "Manual of Biogenic House Sections." 
February 19, 2025
May 9, 2025
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