A joint effort between The Assembly House and the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, Model City Builders provided 11 students with a 4-week, personalized introduction to the discipline of architecture this summer. 

Joyce Hwang, a professor in the UB Department of Architecture, has been selected as a recipient of the distinguished 2025 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship in the category of Architecture, Environmental Structures, and Design. 

Matthew Roland holds many titles — director of education for the Rudy Bruner Center for Urban Excellence, director of the Real Estate Development Program, and clinical assistant professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning — but above all else he serves as a mentor for students at UB’s School of Architecture and Planning. 

The UB School of Architecture and Planning is proud to announce that two of its alumni have been honored with the 2025 UB International Distinguished Alumni Award – Murat Soygeniş (MArch ’85) and Sema Soygeniş (MArch ’86)

The UB School of Architecture and Planning enthusiastically welcomes Celia Chaussabel as the 2025-26 Peter Reyner Banham Fellow. 

UB's IDEA Center recently collaborated with a team of partners on the design of the new Utica Children’s Museum, which celebrated its grand opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on April 29, 2025. 

Two studios in the School of Architecture and Planning partnered with the NYS Department of State to delve into this hot topic.

The School of Architecture and Planning is proud to announce that two of its faculty members are among the eight UB professors awarded the prestigious title of SUNY Distinguished Professor this year – Samina Raja, professor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and Despina Stratigakos, professor in the Department of Architecture.

The UB School of Architecture and Planning is proud to announce the promotion of Jordana Maisel to the position of Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. 

Mark Shepard, professor in the Department of Architecture, as well as Assistant Professor Nicholas Bruscia, have been awarded a research grant from UB’s Office of International Education to test fabrication techniques for architectural applications with unused timber. 

The UB School of Architecture and Planning is pleased to announce that Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah has been named chair of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning.