Over 60% of our faculty are actively engaged in creative and professional practice while teaching in our programs. These faculty work in top design studios, development firms and agencies in the Baltimore-Washington area, bringing their expertise and talent into the classroom for the next generation of practitioners.
Highlighted Professional Practice Projects
Faculty, Alums Make Forbes’ “Residential” Experts List
Five of Eight Named Firms on Forbes' 2025 America’s Best-In-State Residential Architects Belong to Terps
EFC Water Quality Expert Tapped by Gov. Wes Moore
Jennifer Cotting will Join Maryland Subcabinet Panel on Chesapeake Bay Restoration Effort
A Life at the Museum
Architecture Alum Chun-Hsi Wong ’92 Keeps Wildly Popular Smithsonian Venue Humming
Housing, Reframed
Urban Planner Casey Dawkins Says Modern Manufactured Homes Could Expand Options for First-Time Buyers
Reservoir District Master Plan and Recreation Center
Award-Winning Project Taps UMD Faculty and Alums to Revive Historical D.C. Site for Surrounding Community
6 Little-Known Facts About a Founding Father
UMD Scholar in New Docuseries Shares ‘These Truths’ on Thomas Jefferso