Henry Louis Taylor, director of the Center for Urban Studies, weighs in on the debate over whether to move the King Center Charter School from its home at the former St. Mary of Sorrows Church due to a growing student population. Taylor argues that the relocation would be a bad move for the neighborhood and the City of Buffalo.
Professor of architecture Joyce Hwang and her firm Ants of the Prairie were selected by the Architectural League of New York as one of their 2014 Emerging Voices, a prestigious recognition of Hwang as a thought leader in architecture and design.
Two projects by School of Architecture and Planning faculty members have landed prizes through the Architizer A+ Awards program, a competitive annual contest that draws entries from around the world.
An article in Business First reports UB is launching two new programs aimed at historic preservation, both of which will be geared toward professionals in a variety of different industries.
Architecture faculty members Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis, along with their students, will present work in the National Council on Education in Ceramic Arts’ 48 annual conference in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, this spring.
The School of Architecture and Planning is now offering two new programs in historic preservation: A master of science in architecture degree, and an 18-credit advanced certificate program.
An article reports that drawings of the GRoW House will be unveiled by Martha Bohn, professor of architecture, Brad Wales, clinical assistant professor of architecture, and their graduate students on April 7 in Hallwalls Contemporary Arts Center.
An editorial praises the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority and its partners, which include the School of Architecture and Planning's Center for Urban Studies, for their willingness to start over in an application for $30 million in funding as part of the federal Choice Neighborhood Program.
An article in Business First reports the School of Architecture and Planning's UB Regional Institute has been retained to work with the immediate neighborhood and stakeholders to achieve community consensus for the future of the former Millard Fillmore Gates Circle Hospital property.
In an essay in the opinion section, Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Daniel Hess discusses a recent demographic trend: affluent and professional suburbanites flocking back to live in central neighborhoods in large U.S. cities.
Growing Food Connections is mentioned in #3 in a Telegraph article about eating well. "Growing Food Connections prepares the next generation of leaders in food systems planning by developing curricula on food and agriculture."