50+ Alumni Exhibition

The 50+ Alumni Exhibition is on view in the Hayes Hall Atrium Gallery from April 6 - September 5, 2022. Photo by KC Kratt.

The 50+ Alumni Exhibition is on view in the Hayes Hall Atrium Gallery from April 6 - September 5, 2022. 

The 50+ Alumni Exhibition celebrates innovations in practice led by graduates of the School of Architecture and Planning, in honor of our 50th anniversary. 

Drawing from submissions by alumni across our programs, the exhibition features 50 images, from 50+ alumni, over the past 50 years. From bold, unbuilt ideas to constructed projects, from temporary installations to sweeping urban plans, from quiet acts of service to provocations in practice, the alumni works featured in the exhibition reveal how we’re pushing the “plus” toward new modes of practice and avenues of impact across the built environment professions.

Mounted in the Hayes Hall Atrium Gallery in two 5x5 grids, each image can be viewed as a personal story of creative drive, professional excellence, and dedication to community. Taken together, they reveal a powerful story of collective impact, mobilized by a shared ambition to see and build a better world. The online gallery below features our 50+ featured alumni as well as additional works submitted by our graduates. 

We invite you to experience the spirit of the School of Architecture and Planning through these 50+ alumni, as representatives of our more than 6,300 graduates at work around the globe. May you find inspiration in the bold ideas exhibited here as we look ahead toward our next 50 years.

Since its launch at the 50+ Anniversary Celebration on April 5-6, 2022, the 50+ Alumni Exhibition has brought our community together in celebration of the bold ideas and creative drive of our alumni. Photos by KC Kratt 

See the exhibition in Hayes Hall

April 6 - September 5, 2022
Hayes Hall Atrium Gallery
3435 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
UB South Campus

Gallery hours: M - F, 8:30 pm - 5 pm

Exhibition Program.
View exhibition catalog
Exhibition Credits

Curated by Gregory Delaney, Joyce Hwang with fabrication by Wade Georgi, Daniel Vrana, Lindsay Romano and Christopher Saeli. Special thanks to Abasco Inc. for fabrication assistance and material donation. 

Exhibited alumni work

  • Various
    12/1/18
    A composite of various projects by Ryan Glick, consisting of buildings, competitions, thesis, academic and experimental projects that aim to test a wide range of typologies, concepts and skillsets. The diversity in project typologies, scales and complexities allows for investigations into various design ideas, many dating back to the foundational skills acquired during his tenure at the University at Buffalo.
  • Cricket Shelter and Farm
    12/1/18

    Our project aims to maximize access to nutrient resources and to deal with and support local communities in anticipation of post-disaster scenarios

  • Ave Maria University, Ave Maria Oratory
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Understanding Paul Rudolph
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • New York Changing, Revisiting Berenice Abbott's New York
    12/1/18

    New York Changingrevisits the sites of 100 photographs taken by Bernice Abbott, who in 1935 set out to document New York’s transformation from a nineteenth-century city to a modern metropolis. Douglas Levere meticulously duplicates her compositions with exacting detail; each shot is taken at the same time of day, at the same time of year, and with the same type of camera.

  • Shiyala Primary School
    12/1/18
    Just 10 years after they were originally built, the modest classroom blocks that made up the Shiyala Primary School in Zambia, stood derelict. Despite the village’s local workforce, skilled in both earth-brick production and masonry work, both structures suffered from under-engineering, poor maintenance and lack of financial support. With a minimal budget, the existing structures are converted into a colorful primary school using inventive construction techniques that make the most of locally sourced and lowcarbon materials.
  • The Caterpillar
    12/1/18
  • Casa Santa Oranna
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • CantenAIRies
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Capricorn 2050
    12/1/18

    Project Capricorn was a planning and design project designed to provide a homeostatic living/working environment for 250,000 people in the Australian desert.

  • Cryptomorph_F V-1/2/3
    12/1/18
    Cryptomorph_F V-1/2/3 consists of variants in a parametrically designed family of tectonic objects. These volumetric surfaces and their fused arrays of hexagonal involutions become prototypes that can be developed into entities that sense through filaments, influence airflow/atmosphere through form and topology, and invite multispecies inhabitation into their thick, articulated envelopes. Cryptomorphs are dense, compacted objects of ecological infrastructure that spawn expansive, tectonic landscapes of logistics that may be populated by flora, fauna and electronic forms of synthetic life.
  • Onondaga Community College, Academic II Addition (School of Music and Performing Arts)
    12/1/18
  • Right of Blood, Left of the Earth
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • All Hands And Hearts
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • BLDG BLKS
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Weak House
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Al Shaheed Park, The Habitat Museum
    12/1/18

    The Habitat Museum displays the richness and diversity of the natural habitats of Kuwait through a large number of interactive programs and scenographic recreations.

  • Procedural Tectonics
    12/1/18
    Like gravity of matter itself, the tools we use have deeply formative effects on the things we make. Because these tools are almost always inherited, we tend to see the choices we make with them, rather than the choice to use them at all, as critical. And yet, using 3D modeling software is far from a neutral act. Digital tools come freighted with the poetics and problematics of our contemporary, statistically-driven moment. They hold within the logical structure of their procedure a deep truth of our epoch; everything is possible at once and it is our choices, not material limits, that are operative. This project explores a language of architectural expression predicated on the processes of digital modeling. It seeks to express the cultural and conceptual value of the digital tools we use to design.
  • Belmont Middle and High School
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Eureka
    12/1/18
    The image contains photographs of small houses with big spaces in Eureka, Montana. Houses include: Covered Bridge House, Starliner House, Sapphire House, Terra Cabin, Sunstone Cabin, Sagebrush House.
  • Castel Sant' Angelo, pen on Bristol
    12/1/18
    Castel Sant’Angelo presents itself as a centric building, yet provides a labyrinth of ramps, stairs and courtyards that do not allow the center to be perceived. As the visitor is immersed inside, narrow winding spaces deny outward views and courtyards slowly reveal the surrounding city of Rome. It is a constant switch between self-awareness and confusion with certainty that one must travel upwards to reach the highest point and claim the best views. The on-site drawing tracks a single path from the lowest point to the highest occupiable courtyard, experienced as a continuous panoramic view. 
  • Shoreline: Remembering a Waterfront Vision
    12/1/18
    This project is funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of former Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. “Shoreline: Remembering a Waterfront Vision” looks into looks into the history of Buffalo’s Shoreline Apartments, a housing complex designed by architect Paul Rudolph. The project opened with an exhibition of drawings, photographs, documents and artworks, spanning from the original vision of the Buffalo Waterfront Development in the 1960s to the eventual destruction of Shoreline in recent years. The exhibition was on view at El Museo from October 4 to November 16, 2019.
  • A collage of projects by S+ ARCHITECTURE
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Basketball Hall of Fame
    12/1/18
    At the heart of the project is the Center Court Atrium, organized around a basketball court that will serve as a forum for clinics and special events. Visitors glimpse the atrium while ascending in glass elevators. The Honors Ring, the first museum experience in this procession, is suspended within the spherical volume. Surrounding second-floor galleries frame multiple views into the spherical atrium and Center Court.
  • The Restoration of Grand Central Terminal
    12/1/18

    Considered the Holy Grail of the preservation movement, the centerpiece of the Grand Central Restoration was the year-long restoration of the vaulted sky-ceiling, shown in this image of the Main Concourse with Sky Ceiling.

  • Into the Void
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • A Wedding on the Kansas Landscape
    12/1/18

    On an open field of brome grass adjacent to the childhood home of the bride we constructed this temporary chapel and reception hall (not pictured). The secular ceremony united the couple in the grace of nature.

  • Explorations in color, material, and patterning
    12/1/18
    These projects explore color, material and patterning. They are commissioned art installations for events and galleries. The projects are designed digitally using Rhino 3D and Grasshopper software, then fabricated by hand. The materials explore both soft and hard materials, focusing on lightness and temporality. Many are common off-theshelf materials. The bright colors work together to shift and change based on views and perspectives in each project, hoping to engage viewers to move around and interact with the installations. Finally, patterns are explored by repeating forms and shapes across the designs. The aggregation of many small parts is often inspired by patterns found in nature.
  • Rewrite the Past to Project the Future
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Smithsonian Institution Charles McC. Mathias Environmental Research Laboratory
    12/1/18

    The Charles McC. Mathias Laboratory, completed in 2015, is the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center's (SERC) principal environmental and research facility. Situatedon a 2,650-acre campus, SERC employs 180 scientists primarily focused on coastal ecology studying man's impacts on the fragile land-sea interface. The lab was designed accordingly as a "living laboratory" as an integrated, living part of the environment,not a structure sitting upon it.

  • Re-Envisioning the Elevated: Four Stations on the Astoria Line
    12/1/18
    Above-ground stations, once the crossroads of neighborhood activity, were walled off from the communities below, beginning in the 1980s. The “Re-Envisioning the Elevated: Four Stations on the Astoria Line” project aimed to return this connection back to the community. Public spaces are now connected visually through elegant, yet simple designs that open each stations’ mezzanine and platform. Organizational strategies consolidate years of accumulated conduit clutter. Art panels serve as exterior walls, elevating public art to the scale of infrastructure and connecting community to transit.
  • Lafayette 148 Shantou, China
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Empty Sky: New Jersey's September 11th Memorial
    12/1/18

    The Empty Sky Memorial commemorates the 749 people from the State of New Jersey who were killed during the September 11th attacks. Twin walls transect a gently sloped mound anchored by a granite path that is directed toward Ground Zero.

  • Wetland
    12/1/18

    The project is located near Hong Kong and will operate as a private event space/museum. The design aims to merge both land, water, and building in order to create a dialogue with nature. It is currently ongoing.

  • Philadelphia Integrated Planning and Zoning Process
    12/1/18
    The Philadelphia Integrated Planning and Zoning Process began in 2010 as a multiyear effort to update and modernize the city’s comprehensive plan and zoning code. It consisted of three interrelated components: 1) to prepare the Philadelphia2035 Comprehensive Plan, consisting of a Citywide Vision and 18 individual District Plans; 2) to rewrite the Philadelphia Zoning Code and remap the city based on adopted District Plans, and; 3) to create a Citizens’ Planning Institute for educating residents about planning principles and issues, and to serve as the agency’s civic engagement arm.
  • Fictive Kin
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Project 2XmT
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • meadow BRIDGE woods
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • A Chair, Suspended
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • UnMade in China
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • The Farallon: A Tiny House Prototype on 26’ x 8.5’ Trailer
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Bit By Bit
    12/1/18

    Abstract and abstraction are two very different things. Both have a place in art and a significant impact on history. Abstraction has always been where you replace legible features with illegible features. This thesis does the opposite, by replacing legibility with specificity, making an oxymoron of sorts. By taking something as simple as an 8Bit arcade game character such as Megaman or Pacman, and turning its microsize and simplicity into something much more complex, something new here happens, a new representation is born.

  • Two Pink Shells
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • The Revolution Will Be Shared: Rebuilding the Urban Commons
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Night and Day—Berlin and New York Projects, Objects and Subjects
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Iron Grey Lake House
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Architecture + Education
    12/1/18

    Air as both a subtle omnipresence and definitive energy, “CatenAIRies” pays homage to it by utilizing wind to create a fluid and ethereal spatial experience

  • Seeds Cottage
    12/1/18
    Seeds Cottage is an exercise in joining a love of detail with a broader connection to nature. Designed in collaboration with an industrial designer and an artist, the Cottage seamlessly connects its inhabitants with surrounding landscape and the distant views of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay. Inspired by Eichler, the cottage’s steel structural elements and thermally broken steel framed windows open the house outward; interior walls clad with reclaimed old growth redwood create a warm and embracing environment. Board-formed colored concrete anchors the Cottage to its site.
  • The Vessel at Hudson Yards
    12/1/18

    On a crisp fall afternoon in New York City, one of the last 'Dogbones' is gently maneuvered via a tower crane. Iron workers are ready nearby to guide the piece into the final position and lock it into place using bolts. November 2017.

  • Palazzo Lombardia
    12/1/18
    A tower, weaving strands of linear mid-rise office space, and interconnected public spaces comprise this highly sustainable headquarters complex in Milan, named Best Tall Building Europe by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The complex provides office and support spaces for the Lombardy government, with outdoor gathering places intended to enhance public life and stimulate regeneration of the district. In scale and materiality, the podium relates to the surrounding neighborhood, while the 160-meter-tall tower addresses nearby Pirelli Tower, the government’s former headquarters.

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“Bo Knows Training, Training Local Ebola Workers Contact Tracing and their Role in the Response in the Bo District of Sierra Leone, Africa” is submitted by Dean Seneca (BAED ‘90), CEO and founder of Seneca Scientific Solutions+, a public health and urban and regional planning group providing community development capacity-building for Tribal Nations, States, Regions, Cities and Territories. In 2015, Seneca secured support from the UK DEERF, to provide emergency assistance in response to the 2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Using public health intervention strategies informed by urban planning, Seneca trained 425 contract tracers, case investigators and supervisors in the Bo district of Sierra Leone in just three weeks. The effort involved the partnership of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Nations Population Fund, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation and eHealth.

 “Bo Knows Training, Training Local Ebola Workers Contact Tracing and their Role in the Response in the Bo District of Sierra Leone, Africa” is submitted by Dean Seneca (BAED ‘90), CEO and founder of Seneca Scientific Solutions+, a public health and urban and regional planning group providing community development capacity-building for Tribal Nations, States, Regions, Cities and Territories. In 2015, Seneca secured support from the UK DEERF, to provide emergency assistance in response to the 2015 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone. Using public health intervention strategies informed by urban planning, Seneca trained 425 contract tracers, case investigators and supervisors in the Bo district of Sierra Leone in just three weeks. The effort involved the partnership of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, World Health Organization, United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, United Nations Population Fund, Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation and eHealth.

“Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes,” submitted by Peggy Jisa (MArch ’94, BPS ‘92), Architectural Project Manager, AP Architects. Credits: AP Architects (Architect); Carmina Wood & Morris (Civil Engineer); Labella (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing); Studio T3 (Structural Engineer); KTA Preservation Specialists (SHPO Consultant); Ellicott Development Company (Owner); Best Self Behavioral Health, Kaleida Health, Park View Health Services (Clients)

 “Like a Phoenix Rising from the Ashes,” submitted by Peggy Jisa (MArch ’94, BPS ‘92), Architectural Project Manager, AP Architects. Credits: AP Architects (Architect); Carmina Wood & Morris (Civil Engineer); Labella (Mechanical, Electrical & Plumbing); Studio T3 (Structural Engineer); KTA Preservation Specialists (SHPO Consultant); Ellicott Development Company (Owner); Best Self Behavioral Health, Kaleida Health, Park View Health Services (Clients)

“Net Zero Energy Star Residence,” submitted by Elaine Y. Chow (BPS ’98), Professional Development Coordinator, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo. Credits: Elaine Chow, Michael Tunkey (BPS ’00)

 “Net Zero Energy Star Residence,” submitted by Elaine Y. Chow (BPS ’98), Professional Development Coordinator, Department of Architecture, University at Buffalo. Credits: Elaine Chow, Michael Tunkey (BPS ’00)

“Creating Heaven on Earth, An Icon of True Faith in the Heartland of America, Holy Trinity, Green Orthodox Church, Carmel, Ind.,” was submitted by Christ J. Kamages (MArch ’72), principal of CJK Studio and lead architect behind 125 faith and community projects throughout the U.S. and North America. Kamages served on the faculty of the UB’s architecture program in the 1970s and was a member of its earliest research centers, the Buffalo Organization of Social and Technological Innovation and Building Science Inc. In 2015, he was elevated to the College of Fellows of the AIA. “Creating Heaven on Earth,” created 1,400 years after Hagia Sophia's completion, was developed as an original prototype of ecclesiastical design within the centrally oriented family of the Great Church of Hagia Sophia. Blending historical elements and ancient precepts with fresh design, key elements include the traditional dome, arches, vaults and exedras, which have existed since the 3rd century but have never been drawn or built in the Triad Configuration. The church’s Triad Cathedral Design has been a "crowning landmark" in metro Indianapolis and is part of the total master plan of the parish.

 “Creating Heaven on Earth, An Icon of True Faith in the Heartland of America, Holy Trinity, Green Orthodox Church, Carmel, Ind.,” was submitted by Christ J. Kamages (MArch ’72), principal of CJK Studio and lead architect behind 125 faith and community projects throughout the U.S. and North America. Kamages served on the faculty of the UB’s architecture program in the 1970s and was a member of its earliest research centers, the Buffalo Organization of Social and Technological Innovation and Building Science Inc. In 2015, he was elevated to the College of Fellows of the AIA. “Creating Heaven on Earth,” created 1,400 years after Hagia Sophia's completion, was developed as an original prototype of ecclesiastical design within the centrally oriented family of the Great Church of Hagia Sophia. Blending historical elements and ancient precepts with fresh design, key elements include the traditional dome, arches, vaults and exedras, which have existed since the 3rd century but have never been drawn or built in the Triad Configuration. The church’s Triad Cathedral Design has been a "crowning landmark" in metro Indianapolis and is part of the total master plan of the parish.

“Throwaway Tesserae,” submitted by Blake Kane (MArch ’18, BSArch ‘16), Architectural Designer, Mosaic Architects, is guided by the principles of reuse, reduce, rebuild. Credits: with Dashiell Chrisner, Cara Reinoehl, Daniel Naylor, Steve Lovelett, Cate Cribb, Jessica Nonnenman, Jacquelyn Baum

 “Throwaway Tesserae,” submitted by Blake Kane (MArch ’18, BSArch ‘16), Architectural Designer, Mosaic Architects, is guided by the principles of reuse, reduce, rebuild. Credits: with Dashiell Chrisner, Cara Reinoehl, Daniel Naylor, Steve Lovelett, Cate Cribb, Jessica Nonnenman, Jacquelyn Baum

“New York Aquarium Restoration,” submitted by Brian Ravinsky Jr. (MArch/MUP ’17, BAED ‘13), Architectural Designer, di Domenico + Partners, reflects the restoration of the 14-acre New York Aquarium campus, damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, including a comprehensive flood mitigation strategy and interactive, immersive exhibit design. Credits: di Domenico + Partners (Architect); Wildlife Conservation Society (Client); Satchell Engineering &, Associates (Life Safety Systems Engineer); Lizardos Engineering (Mechanical/ Electrical/Plumbing Engineer); Langan Engineering (Civil/Environmental Engineer); Weidlinger Associates (Structural Engineer); Christensen Lighting (Exhibit Lighting Designer); Turner (General Contractor)

 “New York Aquarium Restoration,” submitted by Brian Ravinsky Jr. (MArch/MUP ’17, BAED ‘13), Architectural Designer, di Domenico + Partners, reflects the restoration of the 14-acre New York Aquarium campus, damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012, including a comprehensive flood mitigation strategy and interactive, immersive exhibit design. Credits: di Domenico + Partners (Architect); Wildlife Conservation Society (Client); Satchell Engineering &, Associates (Life Safety Systems Engineer); Lizardos Engineering (Mechanical/ Electrical/Plumbing Engineer); Langan Engineering (Civil/Environmental Engineer); Weidlinger Associates (Structural Engineer); Christensen Lighting (Exhibit Lighting Designer); Turner (General Contractor)

“Brookline Place Parking Garage,” submitted by Matthieu Bain (MArch ’12, BSArch ‘10), Project Architect, Elkus Manfredi Architects, is the first of three buildings forming Boston Children's Hospital's satellite campus in the Brookline Village. Credits: Elkus Manfredi Architects (Tim Talun, Project Manager), Boston Children's Hospital (Owner/Developer)

 “Brookline Place Parking Garage,” submitted by Matthieu Bain (MArch ’12, BSArch ‘10), Project Architect, Elkus Manfredi Architects, is the first of three buildings forming Boston Children's Hospital's satellite campus in the Brookline Village. Credits: Elkus Manfredi Architects (Tim Talun, Project Manager), Boston Children's Hospital (Owner/Developer)

“Beloit College Powerhosue” is submitted by Maciej Kaczyński (BS Arch ’06), a designer at Studio Gang’s Chicago office. He led the firm's design team for the conversion of this decommissioned powerhouse - a space originally designed to house equipment, consume coal, and produce power - into a hub of student life and activity: a health, wellness, and fitness center dedicated to the college's student community. This photo was recently taken during construction, just before the powerhouse opened to the college's students. Image courtesy of Studio Gang

 “Beloit College Powerhosue” is submitted by Maciej Kaczyński (BS Arch ’06), a designer at Studio Gang’s Chicago office. He led the firm's design team for the conversion of this decommissioned powerhouse - a space originally designed to house equipment, consume coal, and produce power - into a hub of student life and activity: a health, wellness, and fitness center dedicated to the college's student community. This photo was recently taken during construction, just before the powerhouse opened to the college's students. Image courtesy of Studio Gang

“Universal Design: Creating Inclusive Environments,” submitted by Jordana Maisel (MUP ’10), Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and Director of Research, IDEA Center, University at Buffalo, is the first comprehensive textbook on universal design, offering a comprehensive survey of best practices and innovative solution in universal design. It demonstrates the difference between universal design and accessibility and its relationship to sustainable design and active living. Credits: Steinfeld, E., & Maisel, J. L. (Wiley & Sons Inc., 2012). Photo Credit: IDEA Center

 “Universal Design: Creating Inclusive Environments,” submitted by Jordana Maisel (MUP ’10), Assistant Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and Director of Research, IDEA Center, University at Buffalo, is the first comprehensive textbook on universal design, offering a comprehensive survey of best practices and innovative solution in universal design. It demonstrates the difference between universal design and accessibility and its relationship to sustainable design and active living. Credits: Steinfeld, E., & Maisel, J. L. (Wiley & Sons Inc., 2012). Photo Credit: IDEA Center

“#RainbowsOnAllen,” submitted by Seth Amman (MArch ’06, BS Arch ‘04), Principal, Arch&Type, is the winner of the Awesome Buffalo pitch and an enduring visual display of acceptance and inclusiveness in Allentown, long considered the center of Buffalo's LGBTQ+ community. The series of rainbow crosswalks, first painted during Buffalo’s Pride Week 2017, acknowledge that inclusivity and peace should never end and that Allentown provides a space for that conversation. Credits: Seth Amman, Awesome Foundation, Allentown Association, Pride Center of Western New York

 “#RainbowsOnAllen,” submitted by Seth Amman (MArch ’06, BS Arch ‘04), Principal, Arch&Type, is the winner of the Awesome Buffalo pitch and an enduring visual display of acceptance and inclusiveness in Allentown, long considered the center of Buffalo's LGBTQ+ community. The series of rainbow crosswalks, first painted during Buffalo’s Pride Week 2017, acknowledge that inclusivity and peace should never end and that Allentown provides a space for that conversation. Credits: Seth Amman, Awesome Foundation, Allentown Association, Pride Center of Western New York

“Path,” submitted by Vincent Ribeiro (BSArch ’13), Architect, Studio Armin, connects visitors to the site of the former Ozolini Farm encouraging visitors to be part of a community connected to nature and mental and spiritual well-being. Credits: Completed with Albert Chao (MArch/MFA ‘11), Alex Galante (BSArch ‘13) and Lisa Ramsburg

 “Path,” submitted by Vincent Ribeiro (BSArch ’13), Architect, Studio Armin, connects visitors to the site of the former Ozolini Farm encouraging visitors to be part of a community connected to nature and mental and spiritual well-being. Credits: Completed with Albert Chao (MArch/MFA ‘11), Alex Galante (BSArch ‘13) and Lisa Ramsburg

“Connecting the Community” represents projects led by six MUP graduates working for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, including James Morrell (MUP '88), Deputy Director Public Transportation; Darren Kempner (MUP '05), Manager Grants and Government Affairs; Robert Jones (MUP '08), Manager Service Planning; Gary Bennett (MUP '08), Business Development Manager; Rachel Maloney Joyner (MUP '09), Planning Project Manager; and Jeffery Amplement (MUP '15), Assistant Manager, Grants and Government Affairs. Projects: Niagara Street Complete Street and Black Rock Riverside Transit Hub; Linear Transit Hub; DL&W Terminal Station and Redevelopment; Metro Rail Expansion and the Comprehensive Transit Oriented Development Plan. Credits: All work completed on behalf of the NFTA, with partners including the Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council, WSP, Sowinski Sullivan Architects and Bergmann.

 “Connecting the Community” represents projects led by six MUP graduates working for the Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority, including James Morrell (MUP '88), Deputy Director Public Transportation; Darren Kempner (MUP '05), Manager Grants and Government Affairs; Robert Jones (MUP '08), Manager Service Planning; Gary Bennett (MUP '08), Business Development Manager; Rachel Maloney Joyner (MUP '09), Planning Project Manager; and Jeffery Amplement (MUP '15), Assistant Manager, Grants and Government Affairs. Projects: Niagara Street Complete Street and Black Rock Riverside Transit Hub; Linear Transit Hub; DL&W Terminal Station and Redevelopment; Metro Rail Expansion and the Comprehensive Transit Oriented Development Plan. Credits: All work completed on behalf of the NFTA, with partners including the Greater Buffalo Niagara Regional Transportation Council, WSP, Sowinski Sullivan Architects and Bergmann.

“Jamestown, New York: A Guide to the City and Its Urban Landscape,” submitted by Peter Lombardi (BAED ’04), Director of Revitalization Planning, czbLLC, is a two-part guidebook that uses the built environment to tell the story of Chautauqua County's largest urban center, connecting Jamestown's past and present to the evolution of urban America. Credits: Published in 2014 by SUNY Press; cover art by Brenda Stynes

 “Jamestown, New York: A Guide to the City and Its Urban Landscape,” submitted by Peter Lombardi (BAED ’04), Director of Revitalization Planning, czbLLC, is a two-part guidebook that uses the built environment to tell the story of Chautauqua County's largest urban center, connecting Jamestown's past and present to the evolution of urban America. Credits: Published in 2014 by SUNY Press; cover art by Brenda Stynes

“City of Lights: Re-View our Waterfront,” submitted by Peter Foti (MArch ’14), BIM Manager, SWBR, is SWPR’s winning entry to the Buffalo Skyway Corridor Competition. The proposal removes a large section of the Skyway and transforms the remaining bridge into “SkyPark,” offering scenic views and recreational amenities. Credits: SWBR project team - Peter Foti, Bill Price, Don Naetzker, George Beinetti, Gianfranco Pietrantoni, Alli DiGiacomo, Kris Sambor, Chris Golden, Randy Sickler)

 “City of Lights: Re-View our Waterfront,” submitted by Peter Foti (MArch ’14), BIM Manager, SWBR, is SWPR’s winning entry to the Buffalo Skyway Corridor Competition. The proposal removes a large section of the Skyway and transforms the remaining bridge into “SkyPark,” offering scenic views and recreational amenities. Credits: SWBR project team - Peter Foti, Bill Price, Don Naetzker, George Beinetti, Gianfranco Pietrantoni, Alli DiGiacomo, Kris Sambor, Chris Golden, Randy Sickler)

“DAR Pavillion Series,” submitted by Jared Passen (BS Arch ’15), architect, Pace Engineering, with Zakaria Boucetta (BS Arch ’15), founder, BoPA Architects, are permanent leisure installations on a farm in rural Morocco. The building uses indigenous “rammed earth” and “mud brick” construction methods to create an inexpensive but durable method of construction, allowing for both a local aesthetic and a simple means of building. With a global shortage of building materials, this method can be localized to any indigenous market for expanded access to reasonable means of construction. (Project Credits: BoPA Architects, Zakaria Boucetta Jared L. Passen)

 “DAR Pavillion Series,” submitted by Jared Passen (BS Arch ’15), architect, Pace Engineering, with Zakaria Boucetta (BS Arch ’15), founder, BoPA Architects, are permanent leisure installations on a farm in rural Morocco. The building uses indigenous “rammed earth” and “mud brick” construction methods to create an inexpensive but durable method of construction, allowing for both a local aesthetic and a simple means of building. With a global shortage of building materials, this method can be localized to any indigenous market for expanded access to reasonable means of construction. (Project Credits: BoPA Architects, Zakaria Boucetta Jared L. Passen)

“Tower280,” submitted by Jason Dobbs (MArch ’99, BPS ‘97), Vice President, Pardi Partnership Architects PC, is a live-work-play environment and adaptive reuse project designed to reshape and attract new life to downtown Rochester. Credits: Pardi Partnership Architects (Architect), Architectural Designer (Philip Michael Brown Studios), Buckingham Properties (Owner), Lefrois Builders and Developers (Contractor). Photo by John Solberg, Philip Michael Brown

 “Tower280,” submitted by Jason Dobbs (MArch ’99, BPS ‘97), Vice President, Pardi Partnership Architects PC, is a live-work-play environment and adaptive reuse project designed to reshape and attract new life to downtown Rochester. Credits: Pardi Partnership Architects (Architect), Architectural Designer (Philip Michael Brown Studios), Buckingham Properties (Owner), Lefrois Builders and Developers (Contractor). Photo by John Solberg, Philip Michael Brown

“AMC En Route Feasibility Study,” submitted by Lucas Strittmatter (MUP ‘13), Senior Planner, Jacobs, guided the U.S. Air Force and Air Mobility Command in addressing the Kunsan Air Base (South Korea) and its degraded airfield infrastructure for the air base's freight and passenger terminals. Credit: Parsons

 “AMC En Route Feasibility Study,” submitted by Lucas Strittmatter (MUP ‘13), Senior Planner, Jacobs, guided the U.S. Air Force and Air Mobility Command in addressing the Kunsan Air Base (South Korea) and its degraded airfield infrastructure for the air base's freight and passenger terminals. Credit: Parsons

“Response to the Proposed January 1996 Master Plan for The Front (now Front Park),” submitted by Mark Kubiniec (BAED ’86), Managing Partner, Jackal Holdings LLC. Credits: Brad Wales, R.A., John Cromwell, Board President, Lower West Side Resources and Development Corporation

 “Response to the Proposed January 1996 Master Plan for The Front (now Front Park),” submitted by Mark Kubiniec (BAED ’86), Managing Partner, Jackal Holdings LLC. Credits: Brad Wales, R.A., John Cromwell, Board President, Lower West Side Resources and Development Corporation

“300 Fifth Street-San Francisco,” submitted by Robert Collins (BPS ’84), Design Director, TCA Architects, is a 13-story residential building in San Francisco that offers a new solution to the housing affordability crisis through innovation in housing planning and technology a mass timber technique. According to Collins: “My first housing design project was for a small infill site as part of first year design studio in at UB in 1982. Housing has had its hooks in me ever since.” Credit: TCA Architects

 “300 Fifth Street-San Francisco,” submitted by Robert Collins (BPS ’84), Design Director, TCA Architects, is a 13-story residential building in San Francisco that offers a new solution to the housing affordability crisis through innovation in housing planning and technology a mass timber technique. According to Collins: “My first housing design project was for a small infill site as part of first year design studio in at UB in 1982. Housing has had its hooks in me ever since.” Credit: TCA Architects

“The Avant,” submitted by Robert Shepard (BPS ‘85), Design Partner, Stieglitz Snyder Architecture, is a competition-winning design for the adaptive re-use of an obsolete 15-story, 450,000-square-foot federal office building in downtown Buffalo. Credits: Stieglitz Snyder Architecture: David Stieglitz, Philip Snyder, Jeffrey Kloetzer, Delia Valdis; Wendel Duchscherer; IBC Engineering, P.C.; Environmental Design & Research

 “The Avant,” submitted by Robert Shepard (BPS ‘85), Design Partner, Stieglitz Snyder Architecture, is a competition-winning design for the adaptive re-use of an obsolete 15-story, 450,000-square-foot federal office building in downtown Buffalo. Credits: Stieglitz Snyder Architecture: David Stieglitz, Philip Snyder, Jeffrey Kloetzer, Delia Valdis; Wendel Duchscherer; IBC Engineering, P.C.; Environmental Design & Research

“Washington Heights, Manhattan Commercial District Needs Assessment (CDNA),” submitted by Madelaine Britt (BAED ‘17), Emerson National Hunger Fellow, District of Columbia Office of Planning, highlights the existing business landscape, consumer characteristics, physical environment, and unique character of a commercial corridor. Credits: New York City Department of Small Business Services (Neighborhood Planning Team), Community League of the Heights (CLOTH)

 “Washington Heights, Manhattan Commercial District Needs Assessment (CDNA),” submitted by Madelaine Britt (BAED ‘17), Emerson National Hunger Fellow, District of Columbia Office of Planning, highlights the existing business landscape, consumer characteristics, physical environment, and unique character of a commercial corridor. Credits: New York City Department of Small Business Services (Neighborhood Planning Team), Community League of the Heights (CLOTH)

“University at Buffalo, HOTC Phase 3, One World Café,” submitted by Luke Johnson (MArch ’10, BSArch ‘05), Associate Vice President, CannonDesign, serves as a centralized nexus of university life, finding new purpose for an integral area on the North Campus by redirecting intra-campus pedestrian traffic to converge at the newly constructed café. Credits: CannonDesign, Roth Consulting Group, Inc., Watts Architecture & Engineering, P.C., Trophy Point, Cerami & Associates, Inc. Photo Credit: CannonDesign

 “University at Buffalo, HOTC Phase 3, One World Café,” submitted by Luke Johnson (MArch ’10, BSArch ‘05), Associate Vice President, CannonDesign, serves as a centralized nexus of university life, finding new purpose for an integral area on the North Campus by redirecting intra-campus pedestrian traffic to converge at the newly constructed café. Credits: CannonDesign, Roth Consulting Group, Inc., Watts Architecture & Engineering, P.C., Trophy Point, Cerami & Associates, Inc. Photo Credit: CannonDesign

“1091 Main Street, Buffalo, NY,” submitted by Kenneth Smith (MArch ’85), President, Smith+Associates Architects, is a mixed-use building that honors the historic neighborhood and features a connecting glass walkway with access to a restored historic church. Credits: Smith+Associates Architects, Ellicott Development, Concept Construction Corp.

 “1091 Main Street, Buffalo, NY,” submitted by Kenneth Smith (MArch ’85), President, Smith+Associates Architects, is a mixed-use building that honors the historic neighborhood and features a connecting glass walkway with access to a restored historic church. Credits: Smith+Associates Architects, Ellicott Development, Concept Construction Corp.

“City of El Paso Westside Natatorium,” submitted by William Helm II (MArch ’07), Founding Principal Architect In*Situ Architecture, provides the City of El Paso with its first competition natatorium. The parti sketch of the critical cross section uses a butterfly roof massing to bring natural indirect daylight deep into the long-span structure. Credits: City of El Paso (Client); In*Situ Architecture (Architect of Record); William C. Helm, II, and Edgar Lopez (Design Architects); Aquatic Design Consultants (Aquatics Engineer); THEVERYMANY (Public Artist)

 “City of El Paso Westside Natatorium,” submitted by William Helm II (MArch ’07), Founding Principal Architect In*Situ Architecture, provides the City of El Paso with its first competition natatorium. The parti sketch of the critical cross section uses a butterfly roof massing to bring natural indirect daylight deep into the long-span structure. Credits: City of El Paso (Client); In*Situ Architecture (Architect of Record); William C. Helm, II, and Edgar Lopez (Design Architects); Aquatic Design Consultants (Aquatics Engineer); THEVERYMANY (Public Artist)

“Lafayette High School Cupola and Roof Restoration,” submitted by Paul McDonnell (MArch ’86), Director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction, Buffalo Public Schools, replaced a 100-year-old slate roof for the city’s oldest operating high school, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with highlights including the recreation and installation of the copper cupola. Credits: Esenwein & Johnson, Buffalo, NY, 1901 (Original architects); Paul McDonnell (Restoration)

 “Lafayette High School Cupola and Roof Restoration,” submitted by Paul McDonnell (MArch ’86), Director of Facilities Planning, Design and Construction, Buffalo Public Schools, replaced a 100-year-old slate roof for the city’s oldest operating high school, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with highlights including the recreation and installation of the copper cupola. Credits: Esenwein & Johnson, Buffalo, NY, 1901 (Original architects); Paul McDonnell (Restoration)

“Pebble Park,” submitted by John Brennan (MArch ’15, BSArch ‘13), Project Engineer, A. Zahner and Owner, Hello Architecture, was generated through a public art competition in Kansas City, Mo., to beautify a schematic with art. Credits: John Brennan/Hello Architecture, with Brian Franson and Mariana Guerra

 “Pebble Park,” submitted by John Brennan (MArch ’15, BSArch ‘13), Project Engineer, A. Zahner and Owner, Hello Architecture, was generated through a public art competition in Kansas City, Mo., to beautify a schematic with art. Credits: John Brennan/Hello Architecture, with Brian Franson and Mariana Guerra

“Imagine Amherst,” submitted by Kimberly Amplement (MUP ’14, BAED ‘12), Planner, Town of Amherst Planning Department, is a contextually-sensitive reimagining of commercial and mixed-use centers in the Town of Amherst. The project updated the Town's Comprehensive Plan to encourage mixed-use development and the Zoning Code to create a hybrid form-based code. Credits: Town of Amherst Planning Department (Daniel Howard, Kimberly Amplement) with Code Studio and HomeRun Creative

 “Imagine Amherst,” submitted by Kimberly Amplement (MUP ’14, BAED ‘12), Planner, Town of Amherst Planning Department, is a contextually-sensitive reimagining of commercial and mixed-use centers in the Town of Amherst. The project updated the Town's Comprehensive Plan to encourage mixed-use development and the Zoning Code to create a hybrid form-based code. Credits: Town of Amherst Planning Department (Daniel Howard, Kimberly Amplement) with Code Studio and HomeRun Creative

“Armory II,” submitted by Philip Michael Brown (MArch ‘92), Philip Michael Brown Studio, is an “Art Pavilion” adjacent to the main Culver Road Armory in Rochester, NY. Both the site placement and mixed-use program components projects an object building within the flat context of the quasi-urban site, flanked by an Interstate. Credits: Philip Michael Brown (Project Design), Hanlon Architects (Architect of Record), and Whitney Baird, Associates (Owner)

 “Armory II,” submitted by Philip Michael Brown (MArch ‘92), Philip Michael Brown Studio, is an “Art Pavilion” adjacent to the main Culver Road Armory in Rochester, NY. Both the site placement and mixed-use program components projects an object building within the flat context of the quasi-urban site, flanked by an Interstate. Credits: Philip Michael Brown (Project Design), Hanlon Architects (Architect of Record), and Whitney Baird, Associates (Owner)

“Jali Screens and Courtyard at AKU Hospital,” submitted by James Bogle (BSArch ‘10), Project Architect, CommonGrounds Workplace, reflects design elements of the Aga Khan University Hospital development in Dar Es Salaam led by Bogle. Credits: Payette (Firm), Aga Khan University (Client); Mark Carreaga, Alison Laas (Team Members). Photo Credits: Mark Carreaga

 “Jali Screens and Courtyard at AKU Hospital,” submitted by James Bogle (BSArch ‘10), Project Architect, CommonGrounds Workplace, reflects design elements of the Aga Khan University Hospital development in Dar Es Salaam led by Bogle. Credits: Payette (Firm), Aga Khan University (Client); Mark Carreaga, Alison Laas (Team Members). Photo Credits: Mark Carreaga

“Bringing the Outside In,” submitted by Samira Sheikholeslami (MArch ‘16), Architectural Project Manager, Ellicott Development Company, an open-office interior design with views of Silo City and the Buffalo River. Credits: Adelmann Palmisano Architects (Architect); Ellicott Development Company (Owner), Samira Sheikholelsami (Architectural project manager and designer; EBC Payroll and HR services (Tenant).

 “Bringing the Outside In,” submitted by Samira Sheikholeslami (MArch ‘16), Architectural Project Manager, Ellicott Development Company, an open-office interior design with views of Silo City and the Buffalo River. Credits: Adelmann Palmisano Architects (Architect); Ellicott Development Company (Owner), Samira Sheikholelsami (Architectural project manager and designer; EBC Payroll and HR services (Tenant).

“Lipe Cross-Arc,” submitted by Brendan Rose (BPS ‘00), Founding Partner, Echo Makes Inc., is a landscape structure designed to provide cross-fit exercise amenities at Lipe Art Park without detracting from the artistic mission of the park. (Credits: Echo partners - Zachary Bloomer, Park Steward; Collaborators: Zeke Leonard, Rick Destito)

 “Lipe Cross-Arc,” submitted by Brendan Rose (BPS ‘00), Founding Partner, Echo Makes Inc., is a landscape structure designed to provide cross-fit exercise amenities at Lipe Art Park without detracting from the artistic mission of the park. (Credits: Echo partners - Zachary Bloomer, Park Steward; Collaborators: Zeke Leonard, Rick Destito)

“Mont' Onda,” submitted by Carla Tiberi (BAED ’84), University Landscape Architect, Georgetown University, Facilities Project Administration, is a privately-owned historic neighborhood located in the rolling hill town of Gavi, Italy. The neighborhood is a cluster of eight homes that have been renovated and offered on the short-term rental market. Credits: Mobim, LLC

 “Mont' Onda,” submitted by Carla Tiberi (BAED ’84), University Landscape Architect, Georgetown University, Facilities Project Administration, is a privately-owned historic neighborhood located in the rolling hill town of Gavi, Italy. The neighborhood is a cluster of eight homes that have been renovated and offered on the short-term rental market. Credits: Mobim, LLC
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