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  • Aleksandra Jaeschke Explores Pre-Design in Inaugural Rudy Bruner Lecture
    3/11/26
    The UB School of Architecture and Planning launched its inaugural Rudy Bruner Lecture on March 4 with Aleksandra Jaeschke as the featured speaker. Her subject was the often-overlooked realm of predesign—the regulatory, technological, and economic processes that shape buildings long before architects put ideas to paper. 
  • The Power of a Multi-disciplinary Education: Yessica Vazquez’s Road to Housing Impact
    3/9/26
    When Yessica Vazquez (BAED ’22, MSRED ’23) reached the start of her senior year in UB’s architecture program, she found herself second guessing her chosen major. At the heart of this feeling was a powerful set of lived experiences that fueled her growing dedication to urban planning and community development. 
  • UB Alumni-Student Panel Examine the Future of Equitable Curricula
    3/5/26
    On February 25, the UB School of Architecture and Planning concluded its two-part series, “Reimagining Black Futures During the Age of Authoritarianism,” with a dynamic panel discussion featuring two alumni and one current student. Moderated by Dr. Henry-Louis Taylor, Jr., professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and director of the Center for Urban Studies, the conversation invited the panelists to share how their experiences shaped their commitment to building more just communities—and how they believe the curriculum can evolve to equip future students with deeper, more imaginative tools to create lasting change.
  • New app highlights local architecture
    3/4/26

    Designed by UB faculty members Gregory Serweta and Maia Peck, the app brings awareness to overlooked spaces tied to Black history.

  • From UB to the Workshop: Three UB Alumni Power Industrial Arts Studio
    2/19/26
    Inside a tan brick building on Buffalo’s Hertel Avenue, three graduates of UB’s School of Architecture and Planning have carved out a place to do what they love—designing and building. Under the banner of Industrial Arts Studio, Casimir Garrison (BS Arch ’19), Quincy Koczka (MArch ’18), and Nicholas Wheeler (MArch ’21) combine their talent, resources, and creativity to produce work ranging from kitchen renovations to custom furniture, all guided by a distinct vision and impeccable craftsmanship. 
  • Reimagining Black Futures: UB Events Explore Black Histories and Voices
    2/18/26
    In honor of Black History Month, on February 4th, the UB School of Architecture and Planning, School of Social Work, and Office of Inclusive Excellence hosted the first of two forums, “Reimagine Black Futures During the Age of Authoritarianism: 100 Years of Celebrating Black History.” Offering a space to discuss, understand, and reimagine a more just future, the forums were paired with the opening of “Net-Works: Dark Matter and the Periphery,” an exhibition that brings Buffalo’s overlooked communities and histories into focus.
  • UB partners with Kissing Bridge to reimagine resort’s future
    2/13/26

    Architecture faculty and students will help the ski resort expand its focus as an all-seasons destination.

  • How UB’s IDEA Center Helped Pittsburgh Build an Airport for Everyone
    2/9/26
    In November 2025, the Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) unveiled its new landside terminal, a facility redesigned for today’s travelers and distinguished by the extensive inclusion of universal design features, increasing usability and intuitive wayfinding for people of all ages and abilities. Danise Levine, architect and assistant director of the University at Buffalo’s Center for Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center), served as the universal design consultant on the project, helping PIT become the first transportation facility in the country to earn the Innovative Solutions for Universal Design (isUD™) Certification. 
  • Winning team selected in Resilient Campus competition
    2/9/26

    Led by the School of Architecture and Planning, the design competition brought together international minds to boldly envision the South Campus.

  • Designing a More Resilient Tomorrow: UB’s International Competition and Exhibition
    2/6/26
    On January 28, a bold and forward‑looking exhibition opened on the first floor of UB’s Crosby Hall, highlighting the visionary work created through the UB School of Architecture and Planning’s Resilient Campus Competition. Through this competition, the School invited architects, landscape architects, planners, and other allied design professionals worldwide to boldly envision UB’s South Campus as a socio-ecologically integrated landscape—one capable of responding to the urgent and interconnected challenges of climate change.
  • Black history forums open architecture school series
    1/22/26

    “Reimagine Black Futures during the Age of Authoritarianism” is the title of the sessions opening this semester's Public Programs series.

  • UB’s international design competition exhibition opens Jan. 28
    1/21/26

    Over the past several months, seven teams of architects and consultants from around the world have been developing their entries for The Resilient Campus.