Craig Spangler Elevated to AIA's Prestigious College of Fellows
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated MAPP alum Craig Spangler (B.ARCH ‘82) to its College of Fellows. He is one of 96 members–and two non-member architects–elevated this year out of 80,000 AIA members. This honor is one of the most prestigious awarded to an architect, with only 3% holding the distinction.
Ann Marie Borys Elevated to 2024 AIA College of Fellows
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated Ann Marie Borys (B.ARCH '80) to its College of Fellows. She is among 98 architects recognized this year. The prestigious honor is awarded to architects who have made significant contributions to the profession.Borys is a professor and undergraduate program coordinator at the University of Washington, where she teaches history and theory, professional practice and design. Her work focuses on conditions of practice and the built environment as material culture.
MAPP Students Take a Bite Out of the Big Apple
Town centers, skyscrapers and construction sites became classrooms for 30 MAPP students during a three-day trip to New York City earlier this month.Storymap photos (link below) by Jelena Djakovic
An Emblem of Resurgence and Restoration
Twenty-three years ago, architect Bill Spack ‘82 was tapped for an unusual assignment: Accompany Arlington County historic preservationists to a derelict mausoleum slated for demolition on the edge of Arlington National Cemetery to see if anything could be saved.
An AR-Aided View of Black History
Visitors pointing their phones at the unassuming log cabin tucked along a wooded road in Olney, Md., may see a 19th-century wash basin still wet with laundry just outside the back door, chickens roaming around a wooden coop or a neighboring log cabin just yards away.But when they lower their phones, all that remains is an empty yard and a deeper understanding of this property’s complicated past.
Homecoming
As a native Washingtonian who grew up in Southwest and Northwest D.C., Maia Shanklin Roberts (M.C.P. ‘14) embraced being in an urban environment surrounded by a majority-Black community.“Everything was so Black,” she said, from her neighbors to her doctors—indicative of why D.C. was once known as “Chocolate City.”
Students and Alums Win Big at 2024 AIA Maryland Design Awards
University of Maryland students and alums received top honors for their architectural projects at the annual AIA Maryland Excellence in Design Awards Celebration. This year’s event was held on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at the Chesapeake Bay Foundation - Philip Merrill Environmental Center in Annapolis, Maryland.
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.
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 departure of current EVP/CEO Lakisha Woods.
Five Questions with Heather Wellington
Heather Wellington MRED ’11 admits she had no idea what real estate development was as an undergraduate student. A finance major at George Washington University, she had reluctantly resigned herself to a future on Wall Street. “My classmates were super excited about it—I was not,” she said. “I liked being out and looking and touching and feeling, but didn't know the word for it at the time.”