The Western New York section of the American Planning Assoiation recently recognized two curricular efforts in urban planning as best practice as part of its annual awards program.
UB Master of Architecture student Deron Charlery was recently awarded the 2022 Gensler Rising Black Designers Scholarship, a prestigious award made by the global design firm to break down barriers to entry into the profession of architecture for Black students.
A University at Buffalo architectural historian’s acclaimed book on Nazi efforts to build a model “Aryan” society in Norway during World War II has been recognized by the Society of Architectural Historians.
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.
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.
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.
Jin Young Song, UB associate professor of architecture, has received multiple recent international honors for his research on facade systems, including an invitation to the 3rd Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2021 and two competition wins, one of which has earned Song a project commission.
Bee Breeders’ international architecture competition “Berlin Techno Booth” has announced Jackson Gaylord, a Master of Architecture student at UB, as the “Green Prize” winner.
The UB Department of Architecture is pleased to welcome Duygu Gokce as a Fulbright Scholar from Turkey. A lecturer in the Department of Architecture at Duzce University, Gokce conducts interdisciplinary housing research bridging the disciplines of typo-morphology - or the classification of urban elements such as buildings, streets and plots - and environmental psychology.
A University at Buffalo doctoral student in urban planning has been selected as a recipient of the national Health Policy Research Scholars (HPRS) fellowship from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF).