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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, […]
Five Taubman Alums Elevated to The American Institute of Architects College of Fellows
Five Taubman College alums have been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows (FAIA) in 2024. The highest membership of the AIA honors architects for their […]
Multi-Robot 3D Printing: A Conversation with Mania Aghaei Meibodi and Colleagues
By implementing human-guided, interactive, multi-robot technology, Taubman College Assistant Professor of Architecture Mania Aghaei Meibodi and her colleagues at the University of Michigan are working together to enhance standard 3D […]
Taubman College Students Named 2024 Dow Sustainability Fellows
Five Taubman College students–Jamie Brackman, Jon Kent, Lyu Chen, Lauren Jenkins, and Jessie Williams–have been named 2024 Dow Sustainability Fellows. The Dow Sustainability Fellows program, supported by Dow and administered […]
Unverzagt (M1DTW Architects) Recognized with 2023 Best of Practice Award from The Architect’s Newspaper
The Architect’s Newspaper recognized Detroit-based M1DTW for its portfolio of projects and Notes on a Practice with a 2023 Best of Practice Award in the Architect Small Firm (Midwest) category. […]
Rich von Luhrte, B.Arch ’68, Funds Scholarships to Continue His Legacy of Addressing Climate Change
“I’m passionate about climate change,” says Rich von Luhrte. “If I were 25 again and going back to school, I might study to be an ecologist or an environmentalist.” As […]
Taubman College Faculty Joe Grengs and Sean Ahlquist Receive Sustainability Catalyst Grants
Taubman College Professor of Urban and Regional Planning Joe Grengs and Associate Professor of Architecture Sean Ahlquist are members of two project teams recognized with Graham Sustainability Institute Catalyst Grants. […]
Kuukuwa Manful Wins 2023 ASA Graduate Student Paper Prize
The African Studies Association (ASA) recognized Taubman College Assistant Professor of Architecture Kuukuwa Manful with the 2023 ASA Graduate Student Paper Prize for her article “Building Classes: Secondary Schools and […]