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Industry executive Matthew Roland appointed as program director of UB’s real estate development program
4/25/22
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.
Miguel Guitart investigates the architectural filter and its experiential dynamics in latest book
4/22/22
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.
Jin Young Song creates the buildings of the future
4/16/22
Jin Young Song, UB associate professor of architecture at UB, has won multiple awards for his research and practice on façade renovations and alternative construction systems. Most recently, he was invited to redesign the façade of a 12-story hospital in Korea using building-integrated photovoltaics or BIPV.
Five MArch students among Metropolis's "Future 100" 2022
4/16/22
Five students in UB’s Master of Architecture program have been selected for Metropolis Future 100, representing the top 100 architecture and interior design students graduating this year in North America.
Helping people worldwide with better design
4/11/22
What do Chautauqua County and Central Africa have in common? Most people would struggle to answer that question, but not Korydon Smith, chair and professor in the Department of Architecture, School of Architecture and Planning, and co-director of UB’s Community for Global Health Equity
Running by design
3/25/22
When Samnatha Vetter came to UB nearly four years ago to study architecture, she was prepared to let go of her dream to run competitively at the college level. It was too much, many said – the rigor of architecture school on top of college athletics.
Three emerging scholars to visit UB’s urban planning department as part of university initiative to transform higher education
3/18/22
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning will welcome three early-career scholars whose research urges reframing of urban planning scholarship and practice. Scholars will arrive at UB later this month as part of the Visiting Future Faculty or VITAL program.
Nominations for 2022 Watts Scholar invited
2/10/22
In honor of Black History Month, the School of Architecture and Planning welcomes applications for the 2022 Watts Scholar. The scholarship program for UB architecture students from underrepresented groups is supported by Watts Architects & Engineers, a progressive, minority-owned architecture and engineering firm with offices in Buffalo, Syracuse, and New York City.
Winners of senior architecture housing studio announced
2/1/22
The 2021 senior architecture "Housing as Process" design studio focused on housing-led, mixed-use development programs that build on social capital in the community. It is the culminating studio of the BS in Architecture program, with the final review organized as a competition judged by a blind panel of jurors. The winning teams are each awarded a $2,500 prize.
Brian Carter and Annette LeCuyer publish tribute book on Canadian architect Barry Sampson
1/24/22
"Barry Sampson: Teaching + Practice," co-edited by UB architecture professors Brian Carter and Annette LeCuyer, is a book dedicated to Canadian architect Barry Sampson and his substantial contribution to the field of architecture.
GRoW Home opens to visitors
1/13/22
UB's “GRoW Home” - designed and built by UB students - is now open on UB’s North Campus as the GRoW Clean Energy Center, for use as a clean energy education center and tour, meeting and event space.
Dean Robert G. Shibley elevated to SUNY Distinguished Professor
12/23/21
Robert G. Shibley, professor and dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, has been elevated to the highest faculty rank in the SUNY system, SUNY Distinguished Professor. The honor recognizes faculty with national and/or international prominence and distinguished reputations within their chosen fields.

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