Finishing up high school in New York's North Country, Eldon Montague (MUP '26) had dreams of becoming an environmental lawyer. Sitting in my office in Hayes Hall on a chilly Friday morning, he told me about how, a couple years later, he found that his dreams had evolved.

In the Fall of 2025, the 5^th Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism (SBAU) is set to take place in South Korea. More than 140 creator teams and 1,200 citizen community members participated in a multi-stage open call for projects to be featured at the Biennale. Only ten submissions were ultimately selected, and one of those successful groups goes by the name of Team Vertical Paradox, for their project titled Our Hagwon. 

This year, Alex Schwartz was selected as Clarkson Chair to lend his expertise to a variety of discussions on the important and increasingly problematic subject of affordable housing. 

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in psychology, Kyle English (MArch ’27) came to a big realization. “Halfway through my senior year, I was getting more experience with psychology and realized that really wasn’t something that I could see myself doing anymore,” he recollected.

A newly released book titled Reyner Banham: A Set of Actual Tracks was edited by Ludovico Centis, former Peter Reyner Banham Fellow at the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning (2013-14).

The UB School of Architecture and Planning is excited to announce that Interim Director Bart Roberts has officially accepted the role of UBRI Director. 

In celebration of Black History Month, the UB School of Architecture and Planning hosted Reimagining Black Futures, a pair of panel discussions held on two consecutive Wednesdays in February. 

In the new Driven to Discover podcast, architect Joyce Hwang discusses her work incorporating habitats for animals into human spaces and why that’s mutually beneficial.