UB’s award-winning Citizen Planning School has graduated its sixth cohort of citizen activists, mobilizing community development ideas as diverse as a mobility hub on Buffalo’s East Side, a mentoring center for at-risk populations in Niagara Falls, and a community center to expand public access to Buffalo’s Lake Erie waterfront.
Members of the public recently joined with UB architecture students to see the results of an urban design studio engaging residents in reimagining the heart of the Bailey Green neighborhood on Buffalo's East Side.
This past Spring, senior architecture students working under the direction of Brad Wales and working in partnership with A Tiny Home for Good designed three tiny home prototypes for people experiencing homelessness and then developed them to permit-ready construction. The homes are now under construction in Syracuse and are scheduled for completion by June 2023.
As the 2021-22 academic year comes to a close, students in the School of Architecture and Planning presented the final projects across our programs in architecture, urban planning and real estate development.
In response to the tragic racist shooting in Buffalo on May 14, the faculty of the School of Architecture and Planning have been called upon by national media to help understand existing conditions across East Buffalo and inform the conversation about just how deeply racism is embedded in our urban context.
See full coverage of our 50+ Anniversary Celebration, which joined the School together across the eras and opened the conversation for our next 50 years.
UB architecture faculty members Maia Peck and Gregory Serweta have recently completed an exhibition design on inclusive living in collaboration with Pentagram at the Center for Architecture in New York City.
Charles Davis II, a UB associate professor of architectural history known worldwide for his work on race in architecture, will address members of the Class of 2022 at the School of Architecture and Planning’s 50th Commencement on Friday, May 20, 2022.
We are shocked and heartbroken by the hate crime committed in our city on May 14, 2022. We grieve for all our neighbors who are the victims and their families, our city, and our region. In solidarity, we lift up one another with open hearts, compassion, respect, and love.
A University at Buffalo architectural historian’s acclaimed book on Nazi efforts to build a model “Aryan” society in Norway during World War II has been recognized by the Society of Architectural Historians.
UB’s School of Architecture and Planning has added critical capacity in teaching, research and industry engagement for its Master of Science in Real Estate Development with the appointment of a program director.
UB architecture professor Miguel Guitart has published a book exploring the spectrum of experiences created by one of the most important of architectural thresholds: its openings to the exterior world.
