ARCH Alum Stephen Ayers: Architect of the Capitol

ARCH Alum Stephen Ayers, FAIA became Architect of the Capitol in 2007, the 11th person to assume the role of caring for the U.S. Capitol complex.

PALS Program Shares First Semester Project Results

University of Maryland (UMD) students and faculty met with Annapolis city and Anne Arundel county officials this week to present findings from 14 p

Sonia Hirt Receives John Friedmann Book Award

The Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) has awarded the annual John Friedmann Book Award to Dr.

Architecture Students Set the Stage for New Cafe

Update: Two years ago, the ARCH406 studio started the redesign of Applause Café in The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Ce

Colvin Institute Names Winners of National Competition

The University of Maryland (UMD) Colvin Institute for Real Estate Development has awarded a group of graduate students in real estate development f

Design in Context: New Development within Urban Historic Fabric

Field Trip , OAS Hall of the Americas , Image

Students from ARCH 402 were treated to a tour, last month, of two project sites in Washington, D.C.’s emerging Southwest waterfront, as they prep d

UMD Leads Conversation on Preserving African American History at the National Trust's Annual Conference

Assistant Clinical Professor Brent Leggs and Historic Preservation student Jamesha Gibson co-facilitated the African American Preservation Meeting

Students Help Preserve Home and Legacy of John Coltrane

The Coltrane Home in Dix Hill, NY. , UMD students Jamesha Gibson, Kacy Rohn, Hadassah Vargas, Maha Tariq, Camille Westmont, Paul Kapfer, and Tom Gross joined Assistant Professor Brent Leggs for a site visit of the Coltrane home in October. , Students meet with stakeholders from the Friends of the John Coltrane Home, a non-profit whose mission is to fulfill John and Alice Coltranes’ vision of goodwill and connection through the sharing of the common language of music. , Students tour the interior, which was gutted prior to the acquisition.

At first glance, the unassuming ranch-style home located in Dix Hill, New York, isn’t very different from other homes in town; so much so, that whe