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2024 Willeke Prize Honors Distinctive Student Designs
Three undergraduate and three graduate students were honored with the 2024 Willeke Prize, the oldest and most prestigious award for Taubman College student architecture work. The annual award, named after […]
Coffman, Wulfman Win Architectural League Prize for 2024
Taubman College Fellow Strat Coffman and former Fellow Leah Wulfman have won the prestigious Architectural League Prize for 2024. Organized by the Architectural League of New York, the prize is […]
Taubman College Faculty Receive Bold Challenges Funding For Interdisciplinary Research
Taubman College Assistant Professor Mania Aghaei Meibodi and Lecturer Irene Hwang have been awarded funding from the University of Michigan Bold Challenges’ Accelerate Program to explore innovative, interdisciplinary research projects. […]
Larsen Advocates to Protect Our Most Vulnerable Residents From Extreme Heat
Extreme heat is America’s deadliest weather hazard, killing more people than hurricanes, floods, and tornadoes combined. Yet one obvious solution – increasing access to indoor cooling – is hindered by […]
Taubman College Students Create Innovative Concepts to Welcome New Residents in Collaboration with the State of Michigan’s Population Growth Effort
Taubman College Urban Technology students participated in a consulting project with the State of Michigan’s population growth campaign, Let’s Grow Michigan. Over the last semester, students focused on creating innovative […]
Taubman College Students Named to Metropolis Future100
Two Taubman College students have been named to the 2024 Metropolis Future100, which recognizes North America’s top graduating students in architecture and design. Axel Olson, M.Arch ‘24, and Sophie Pacelko, […]
Rule’s ‘Augmented Tectonics’ Project Helps U-M Bridge Academic Worlds with Virtual Production
Jonathan Rule’s “Augmented Tectonics” project, which uses virtual realities to demystify construction concepts currently presented through abstract drawings and images, has become a showcase of the University of Michigan’s pioneering […]
2024 Student Show Awards Honor Top Student Work
With concepts ranging from straw-insulated housing to a community-based composting facility, the 2024 Student Show awards honor the best work by Taubman College’s undergraduate, graduate, and post-professional students. The Student […]
Booth Fellowship Recipient Hrobon Seeks to Understand the Relationship Between Urban Planning and Human Wellbeing
Rachel Hrobon, M.Arch ‘18, has received Taubman College’s 2024 George G. Booth Traveling Fellowship. The Fellowship, which began in 1924, annually provides a $13,000 stipend to recent Taubman College graduates […]
Stanek Co-Curates “The Gift: Stories of Generosity and Violence in Architecture” Exhibition in Munich
Taubman College Professor of Architecture Łukasz Stanek co-curated an exhibition titled “The Gift: Stories of Generosity and Violence in Architecture” at the Architekturmuseum der TUM in the Pinakothek der Moderne […]
Taubman Faculty Team Awarded Arts Research Incubation & Acceleration Grant to Gamify Community Engagement
A team of Taubman College faculty members—Associate Professor of Architecture Jose Sanchez, Lecturers and ArcPrep Co-Directors Salam Rida and Torri Smith, and Lecturer and TVLab Manager Ishan Pal Singh—was awarded […]
Architecture Student Research Grant Support Recipients from Taubman College Architecture Program Explore Fabrication, Gender, and Material Waste in Design
Each year three teams of Taubman College architecture students are awarded funding to pursue self-initiated design studies through the Architecture Student Research Grant (ASRG) program. Initiated by the Class of […]
Taubman College Grants Support Climate Action, Resilience, and Equitable City-Making
What materials and methods will allow us to design and construct low-carbon buildings? How can architects and designers promote social justice through community ownership of land? Through its Pressing Matters grant program, Taubman College has funded five faculty-led research and creative practice projects that address these questions. […]
Cuéllar Awarded 2023 SOM Foundation Research Prize To Pursue Adapting Housing Strategies
The SOM Foundation announces Taubman College Assistant Professor of Architecture Gabriel Cuéllar as one of its 2023 Research Prize winners. He and his collaborator will receive a $40,000 prize to […]
Taubman College welcomes Antje Steinmuller as new Architecture Chair
The skills of architects are essential for society to achieve so many of its goals, in addressing climate change, social justice, health and wellness, housing, and construction. Engaged in local, […]