Follow Lisa, Dan, Alan, Quincy, Greg, Carl, Marius, Nahshon, Eliana, Gary, Kamilah and Crystal right here as they blog about their experiences as architects and as students in the beautiful, fascinating and rapidly changing country of China.
The Graham Foundation grant will support the publication of the first in-depth study of the aesthetic and ideological constructions of the "domestic" Adolf Hitler and how this was used to soften his public image and seduce audiences in Germany and abroad.
Robert Shibley, dean of the UB School of Architecture and Planning, is quoted in an article in the Niagara Gazette about a public input session held in Niagara Falls to create a blueprint for the revitalization of the Buffalo Avenue industrial corridor. “The project is deeper now than it’s ever been before and it going deeper still,” he said.
A widely published opinion piece by Samina Raja, associate professor of urban planning, argues that local governments need to pay more attention to providing residents with healthy food. Cities and counties have departments for water, education, transportation, parks and social services, but not for food. This neglect contributes to problems such as a lack of fresh food in low-income neighborhoods and high rates of diet-related disease.
A story on WGRZ-TV interviews Alex Bitterman, adjunct instructor in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, about the history of the Scajaquada Expressway, which was originally intended to be a parkway. “In an area that is so unbelievably and densely populated and heavily used as Delaware Park, it is critical that we get this run and that we do it soon,” he said
UB will invest $25 million in a major multi-disciplinary research initiative to confront grand challenges facing humankind. School of Architecture and Planning faculty members are the forefront of two of these 'Communities of Excellence': Global Halth Equity and SMART (Sustainable Manufacturing and Advanced Robotic Technologies).
A short but sweet article in Germany's Architectural Digest features architecture faculty members Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis and their innovative "Cafe Fargo" in Buffalo's West Side.
The American Planning Association, which sponsored the competition, announced the finalists last month at the APA national conference in Seattle, where the School of Architecture and Planning students also had the opportunity to formally present their ideas.
An article about the Innovation Center on the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, which held its annual open house Tuesday, notes that dig, the design innovation garage, was designed by a UB architect who created the wide-open, funky, tech-friendly space with walls formed of yellow bungee cords.
The School of Architecture and Planning has announced that Howard Zemsky, the Buffalo developer turned state economic development leader, will receive the 2015 Dean's Medal.
This past spring break, while many students were vacationing or catching up on assignments, a contingent of School of Architecture and Planning students and faculty were busy presenting work, collaborating with partners and touring sites in South Korea.