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Mark Mendell, friend of the school and retired co-chairman of CannonDesign, dies at 77
11/16/16
The School of Architecture and Planning community is mourning the loss of a longstanding friend and leader in the profession. Mark Mendell, retired president and co-chairman of CannonDesign and one of six founding members of the School of Architecture and Planning’s Dean’s Council, died Oct. 25, 2016, at the age of 77.
Climate change: More than heat waves and hurricanes
11/4/16
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc across New York City in 2012, causing around $65 billion in damage and killing more than 150 people. Two years later, on the other end of the state, the “Snowvember” storm dumped 7 feet of snow on parts of Buffalo, destroying roofs across the region and causing 14 fatalities.
UB architect-artist’s latest project is a dreamscape of the house and mind
10/31/16
BUFFALO, N.Y. – In an unassuming row house on Pittsburgh’s North Side, an architectural fantasy world consisting of thousands of found and altered objects – columns, drawers, dollhouses, cabinets and toys – extends throughout the walls, floors and ceilings.
Students’ ‘late entries’ to 1913 design competition earn national honor
10/7/16
A University at Buffalo architecture studio conceived as a response to a century-old design competition on the urban grid has garnered its own national attention as a winner of Architect Magazine’s inaugural Studio Prize for excellence in studio curricula.
UB Food Lab, UN FAO to lead training session at United Nations conference in Ecuador
10/7/16
The University at Buffalo Food Systems Planning and Healthy Communities Lab (Food Lab) has partnered with a United Nations agency to lead a training session on food systems planning and policy as part of an upcoming UN conference that happens once every 20 years.
A new day for Hayes Hall
10/6/16
As he addressed the hundreds gathered in front of Hayes Hall for the historic building's recent Grand Reopening Celebration, Dean Robert Shibley exalted in the outcome of the five-year renovation of a treasured university and community resource: "[It] has given us the best of the old, and the best of the new."
The day has arrived! Hayes Hall reopening events coverage
9/23/16
Hundreds are expected to attend the two-day celebration. Participation is also available via social media and select live streaming.
Students excited to return to renovated Hayes Hall
9/21/16
Architecture and planning students are raving about the new design and technology upgrades.
Paper-strong: students transform pliable material into full-scale structures
9/13/16
A group of architecture students have turned material convention on its head by transforming mounds of paper waste into rigid columns, canopies and enclosures.
Public art installation by UB architect Joyce Hwang provides safe haven for birds
8/8/16
UB architect Joyce Hwang’s latest animal architecture creation is a bird-friendly public art installation that both promotes awareness of local avian species and calls attention to a common but often invisible peril: bird-glass window collisions.
Hayes Hall named to National Register of Historic Places
7/27/16
Edmund B. Hayes Hall, the iconic building with a fascinating story on the University at Buffalo’s South Campus, has been named to the National Register of Historic Places.
Students take in all of Madrid on study abroad
7/22/16
A group of 12 students are immersed in the landscape of Spain's historic capital of Madrid as part of a new study abroad program that combines intense production with daily "seeing and drawing" tours and cultural experiences.

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