by Taubman College | Apr 26, 2023 | News
Taubman College students Jessica Hobbs, M.U.R.P. ’24, and Andy Larsen, M.U.R.P. ’24, have been named 2023 – 2024 student representatives to the Michigan chapter of the American Planning Association (MAP). Hobbs and Larsen will serve a one-year term on the...
by Taubman College | Apr 26, 2023 | News
Matias del Campo, associate professor of architecture, has received the 2023 Provost’s Teaching Innovation Prize (TIP) for his project “Architecture and Artificial Intelligence.” The University of Michigan’s Office of the Provost presents the award to recognize...
by Taubman College | Apr 13, 2023 | News
Sarah Mills, Ph.D. U.R.P. ’15, will join Taubman College as an associate professor of practice in urban and regional planning beginning in fall 2023. Currently a lecturer in the School for Environment and Sustainability and a senior project manager at the Graham...
by Taubman College | Apr 12, 2023 | News
The 2023 Urban Technology Prototype Grant recipients will explore EV battery maintenance, water quality monitoring, and environmental impact assessments following this year’s competition theme, “Green Seeds.” Offered for the first time in 2021, the grant aims to...
by Taubman College | Apr 6, 2023 | Faculty Updates, In The News
by Taubman College | Apr 5, 2023 | News
The Urban Land Institute (ULI) has announced finalists for their 2023 ULI Hines Student Competition. Students Alexis Farrell, M.U.R.P. ’23, Sai Saran Megha Parimi, M.Arch. ’23, Brooke Bulmash, M.U.R.P. / M.L.A. ’25, Vishnu Santosh Reddy Kusam, M.L.A. ’24, and Shravya...
by Taubman College | Apr 5, 2023 | Faculty Updates, In The News
by Taubman College | Apr 3, 2023 | News, Features and Awards
Assistant Professor Arash Adel is the 2023 recipient of the Architectural Research Centers Consortium (ARCC) New Researcher Award. The New Researcher Award recognizes Adel’s leading-edge research, which the award committee remarked “promises to shape one or more...
by Taubman College | Mar 31, 2023 | Faculty Updates, In The News
by Taubman College | Mar 30, 2023 | Faculty Updates, In The News
by Taubman College | Mar 28, 2023 | News
The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan invites expressions of interest for a faculty member to chair the Architecture Program for a three-year renewable term beginning July 1, 2024. The college is seeking a dynamic and...
by Taubman College | Mar 27, 2023 | News
Srishti Jaipuria, M.U.R.P ’23, was awarded Graduate Student of the Year at the Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards (MDSLA) on Thursday, March 23, 2023. These campus-wide awards recognize “student leaders doing amazing things on campus, in Michigan, and...
by Taubman College | Mar 23, 2023 | News
A transformative development in 3D concrete printing promises innovation in the construction industry—with better and more environmentally friendly structures coming at a lower cost, say researchers at the University of Michigan. Architect Mania Aghaei Meibodi and...
by Taubman College | Mar 20, 2023 | News
Lauren Hood and Madhavi Reddy are joining the Taubman College faculty as professors of practice in urban and regional planning. Hood and Reddy will start in fall 2023, pending a successful review and approval from the provost and the Board of Regents. Lauren Hood has...
by Taubman College | Mar 16, 2023 | News
The recipients of the 2023 Architecture Student Research Grant (ASRG) utilized their funding to explore creative approaches to everything from the future of biomaterials to novel fabrication methodologies and open-source knowledge. Their work culminated in...
by Taubman College | Mar 8, 2023 | News
Three Taubman College alums have been elevated to the American Institute of Architects (AIA) College of Fellows in 2023. The highest membership of the AIA honors architects for their exceptional work and contributions to architecture and society. Members who have made...
by Taubman College | Mar 3, 2023 | Faculty Updates
by Taubman College | Mar 3, 2023 | Faculty Updates, In The News
by Taubman College | Mar 1, 2023 | News
The University of Michigan’s Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning is leading the way in using artificial intelligence in architecture. “As a society, we are already surrounded by AI tools, such as unlocking your phone with facial recognition or asking...
by Taubman College | Feb 23, 2023 | News
Once University of Michigan student Meghana Tummala returned from Mexico City after a study abroad trip in May 2022, she began to draw. She created an architectural diagram to document everything she had just witnessed. Tummala, an undergraduate at the Taubman College...
by Taubman College | Feb 22, 2023 | News, Features and Awards
The world’s building stock is expected to double by 2060, adding the equivalent of one New York City in new construction every month. Yet construction methods and materials that dominate the building sector are carbon-intensive, unhealthy for people, destructive to...
by Taubman College | Feb 20, 2023 | News
Douglas Kelbaugh FAIA FCNU, professor emeritus of architecture and urban and regional planning and dean emeritus of Taubman College, died on February 18, 2023, at 78. Kelbaugh worked at the forefront of sustainable architecture and urban planning. He completed his...
by Taubman College | Feb 9, 2023 | News
Linda Groat, professor of architecture, has been recognized as a Distinguished Professor in the 2023 Architectural Education Awards. The awards are hosted by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), an international association of architecture...
by Taubman College | Feb 3, 2023 | News
Srishti Jaipuria, M.U.R.P ’23, has been awarded the 2023 Paula Hammond Legacy Leadership Scholarship Award from the WTS Foundation. Through their scholarship programs, the foundation aims to support and connect women who are pursuing a career in transportation. The...
by Taubman College | Feb 3, 2023 | News
Shubhayan Ukil, a Ph.D. candidate in urban and regional planning, has been awarded the Patricia F. Waller Scholarship from the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The scholarship is available to students completing a thesis, dissertation,...
by Taubman College | Feb 1, 2023 | News
Mirit Friedman, an urban and regional planning doctoral student, has been awarded a Decision, Risk and Management Science Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). According to the NSF, “The Decision, Risk and...
by Taubman College | Jan 30, 2023 | News
Each year, the North Campus Deans’ MLK Spirit Awards honors the students, organizations, staff, and faculty of North Campus colleges who exemplify the leadership and vision of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through their commitment to social justice, diversity, equity,...
by Taubman College | Jan 30, 2023 | Faculty Updates
by Taubman College | Jan 27, 2023 | News, Features and Awards
Ana Paula Pimentel Walker, associate professor in urban and regional planning, and the students of her course Comparative Environmental Planning have worked closely with UN-Habitat and country experts on researching the climate change laws of Zimbabwe, Namibia, and...
by Taubman College | Jan 26, 2023 | News
A London-based team specializing in extended-reality technology will be the new 2023 artists in residency at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, in partnership with the U-M Arts Initiative. Bruno Martelli and Ruth Gibson,...
by Taubman College | Jan 24, 2023 | News
Several Taubman College students have been named 2023 Dow Sustainability Fellows or are members of teams recognized with Dow Distinguished Awards. The Dow Sustainability Fellowship supports “the next generation of sustainability leaders in business, government, and...
by Taubman College | Jan 23, 2023 | Faculty Updates, In The News
by Taubman College | Dec 21, 2022 | News, Features and Awards
Five projects will receive funding in the latest round of Pressing Matters grants, a research incentive funding program that supports research advancing the state of practice in Taubman College’s various disciplines and forges new interdisciplinary opportunities....
by Taubman College | Dec 7, 2022 | News
Taubman College’s Gradient has released the second drop of feed 2, “Inflections,” edited by Tszyan Ng, associate professor of architecture, and Jono Sturt, lecturer in architecture and urban planning. Gradient is an online platform that publishes current conversations...
by Taubman College | Dec 5, 2022 | News
Taubman College’s Urban Technology Prototype Grant has returned for its second year with the theme “Green Seeds.” Applications are now open for software or hardware projects in the realm of urban technology, with a focus on sustainability and climate action. Grant...
by Taubman College | Nov 28, 2022 | News
Access to quality housing is a basic necessity and key to well-being that is out of reach for many individuals and families. Taubman College faculty including Dean Jonathan Massey and Sharon Haar, professor of architecture, are among the University of Michigan experts...
by Taubman College | Nov 16, 2022 | News
Taubman College students Van Nguyen, B.S Arch ’23, Izzy Beshouri, MURP ’24/PitE ’23, Anthony Bui, MURP ’23, and Nikshith Reddy, MArch ’23, were recognized in The Weiser Center for Real Estate’s 2022 Future of Real Estate Competition. This year, the competition...
by Taubman College | Nov 11, 2022 | Faculty Updates
by Taubman College | Nov 4, 2022 | News, Features and Awards
Long Range, a project by associate professors of architecture Catie Newell and Wes McGee, along with Zackery Belanger, director of Arcgeometer studio, has been honored with a 2022 R+D Award from Architect Magazine. The project consists of 64 hexagonal glass pieces...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News, Features and Awards
Working toward a fairer future requires untangling legacies of displacement, segregation, and inequity in Detroit. Eight Mile Road marks the border between the city of Detroit and the suburbs of Oakland County. But this multilane thoroughfare, which carries...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Lan Deng has spent her academic career examining how government interventions work in improving housing affordability. Now, she’s completed the first paper that examines the changes in China’s real estate development industry since 2000 and what that means for local...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Matias del Campo made productive use of his time when COVID put some of his projects on hold, writing one of the first books on the use of artificial intelligence in architecture. As an associate professor at Taubman College and founder of the Architecture and...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
“I went to a small high school and a small undergraduate program so I was eager to go to a larger school. When I’m designing things, I feel like my creativity is heightened when I’m surrounded by more voices,” says Iman Messado, M.Arch ’23. After studying economics...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Randy Howder has spent a great deal of time thinking about where people feel comfortable. He’s managing director and principal at Gensler’s San Francisco office, and, since the pandemic, he’s been considering what draws people back into public spaces after spending so...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Kartik Desai doesn’t want to work in a silo. “When you’re in architecture school, you’re very aware of the magic of creating and designing buildings. What you only have an inkling of is that you’re not the only player. There are owners, clients, engineers, and...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
During a recent trip to Ann Arbor for his work on the Taubman College alumni council, Brian Adelstein was on a run through campus which ended up on the hill near Mary Markley Hall. He reflected on his time flipping burgers in the snack bar there as an undergraduate...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Lizzie Yarina’s work on climate adaptation planning in delta regions has taken her to Vietnam’s Mekong River Delta at an exciting time. Vietnam is launching a new integrated regional plan that includes climate change adaptation affecting both urban and rural sites....
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
The world of hospitality is built on relationships. As Marriott International’s senior vice president of global design for the United States and Canada, Kristen Conry treasures those relationships. She leads a team of nearly 100 architects, designers, and project...
by Taubman College | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Justin Mast was born to be an entrepreneur. Growing up in Grand Rapids, he was known for his enterprising ideas, like selling plants outside his parents’ greenhouse. On both his mother’s and his father’s side, his family has a rich history in horticulture going back...
by Taubman College | Oct 25, 2022 | News
Resilience is a buzzword for many, from financial planners to athletes to parents with young children. Kevin Bush, M.U.P. ’10, thinks about resilience, too — in the context of cities. Bush recently became chief of resilience and emergency preparedness for the District...
