Finding Friendship in Warm Waters
A conversation with a stranger—in the checkout line, riding a quiet elevator or waiting for class to start—can spark a human connection that brightens an otherwise ordinary day. Yuval Zohar ’08 has had plenty, with one distinction: He’s usually naked. In these cases, he has disrobed and descended in...
A Design Career Takes Off
This article originally was published in Terp.AN AIRPORT’S MOVING walkway offers a window into the spectrum of human emotion in motion: the exhaustion of a mother placating her toddler with M&Ms; the collective fury over a canceled flight; the apathy brewing in a stagnant queue at Starbucks.But ...
2022 Kea Professor Corie Sharples on Designing Skylines, Re-Thinking Construction and Revisiting Old Haunts
Of all the iconic places conceived by SHoP Architects along New York City’s skyline, the one that gives Founding Principal Corie Sharples ‘87 the most satisfaction is the place she once vowed never to return: South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, a slice of Manhattan’s East River Waterfront that once hous...
Your Guide to a Great Afternoon at The Wharf—From Two Alums Who Helped Develop It
Few things are as sumptuous as cozying up in a waterfront Adirondack chair with a cup of hot coffee and taking in the view. That this serene scene is within walking distance of the urban bustle of the nation’s capital is just one reason the Wharf is suddenly must-see D.C.—and one of the many design ...
A Foundation for Dignified Senior Housing
Rodney Harrell (PhD ’08) and Shannon Guzman (M.C.P. ’08) will tell you that senior housing issues in America aren’t a senior problem—they’re an everyone problem. In less than 10 years, there will be 72 million people over the age of 65 in the United States. Many of those individuals will be cared fo...
ARCH Alum Named Maryland Secretary of Housing & Community Development
Maryland Governor Wes Moore has appointed University of Maryland alum and former Salisbury, Maryland, Mayor Jake Day as the state’s new secretary of housing and community development. Day took office as acting secretary on January 18.“With each announcement, we continue to build a cabinet that refle...
William P. Mallari Elevated to FAIA
Written by Christine HinojosaMAPP congratulates William P. Mallari, AIA (B.ARCH ’80) as he is elevated to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows. This prestigious honor is awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the architecture profession. He will be celebrate...
Unmasking a Secret Famine: Larysa Kurylas (B.ARCH '80)
Alumni Profile: Larysa Kurylas (B.ARCH ’80)In November 2009, a week before Thanksgiving, Washington, D.C.-architect Larysa Kurylas found herself driving a complete stranger to Dulles International Airport. In the stranger’s hands was a box, holding a model and drawings for a memorial design competit...
UMD Architecture Students, Alumni Recognized at 2019 AIA Maryland Design Awards
Six student projects were recognized for design excellence this year by AIA Maryland during the AIA Maryland 2019 Excellence in Design Awards, taking prizes in four out of the six categories and sweeping the “beginning design, graduate level” category. Nine Master of Architecture students and two un...
What Lies Beneath Dupont Circle
This story appeared in Maryland TodayIt’s hard to imagine that the raucous activity (and raging traffic) of Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle could be rivaled by what’s happening just under its sidewalks. But what was once the city’s first underground trolley station (and later, a much-maligned food ...