College Park’s ‘Main Street’ Finishes Safety Upgrade
This article was originally published in Maryland Today. Written by Allison Eatough ’97. Chester Harvey’s commute from Washington to the University of Maryland via Metro and a foldable bicycle has always been eco-friendly, if not always convenient. Sometimes he’d have to use the sidewalks and clunk ...
Building Towards AI?
The story originally appeared in Inhabit Magazine. The following images in this story were generated using Midjourney by MAPP designer Jelena Djakovic, using keywords pulled from each of the interviews. Hundreds of hands and years of planning are behind the architectural marvels that make up our cit...
To Design the Future, Look to the Past
When it comes to designing for a warmer planet, modern-day architects may find inspiration not from the latest technology, but from their earliest predecessors: the Sumarians of Babylon. To manage the sweltering temperatures of 4100 BCE Mesopotamia, humanity’s first civilization constructed their ho...
Federal Overhaul … of D.C. Buildings
The FBI Headquarters fits into the urban fabric of Washington, D.C., like a rayon leisure suit in a collection of silk blouses. The bleak, blocky building in the brutalist style (sideburns-era, all-concrete), nestled among its neoclassical counterparts on Pennsylvania Avenue, is a low-rise low point...
Students Vie for National Title in Ninth Annual Colvin Case Study Challenge
Four teams made their “case” for top honors Saturday at a long-running national student competition hosted by the University of Maryland’s Colvin Institute for Real Estate Development. Clemson University beat out the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and New York University (NYU) for the w...
Stephen Ayers Named Interim CEO of American Institute of Architects
The Honorable Stephen T. Ayers ‘85, FAIA, LEED AP has been appointed interim executive vice president and CEO of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). An accomplished architect and administrator with decades of leadership in public service, Ayers will assume the role in February following the ...
6 Little-Known Facts About a Founding Father
This story was originally published in Maryland Today.
Susan Kern, Director of the Historic Preservation Program.
Students hurrying past McKeldin Library on route to statistics class may never steal a glimpse of the quote etched into its stony facade, “The field of knowledge is the common property ...
Brutal Truths About “The Brutalist”
At a key moment in Brady Corbet’s film “The Brutalist,” architect Laszlo Toth, a tortured visionary played by Adrian Brody, berates another architect for revising his design of a career-making project in rural Pennsylvania: “Everything that is ugly, stupid, cruel, but most importantly, ugly … is you...
The School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation Mourns Harold Adams, FAIA
Legendary architect and teacher Harold Adams, FAIA, died April 12, 2022, at his home near College Station, Texas, following a short illness. He was 82. An early faculty member instrumental in devising the Maryland architecture program’s first professional practice courses, Adams was the visionary be...
“The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had as an Architecture Student”
Written by Maggie Haslam and Brianna Rhodes. Photos by Jelena Djakovic.How do you create more foot traffic in a slice of downtown Washington, D.C. that has seen more retreat than feet—first emptying after the pandemic, and now with a shrinking federal workforce? Maybe by offering more places to walk...