While medicine, law, and other professions have made
considerable progress, race and gender equity remains a major
concern in architecture and planning, and among the organizations
that oversee education and practice.
The School of Architecture and Planning is housed in historic
Hayes and Crosby Halls on UB's South Campus. Our state-of-the-art
facilities and academic resources include the latest technology in
digital fabrication and computing to a specialized library for
architecture and planning.
The School of Architecture and Planning was created half a
century ago as a direct challenge to orthodox design education. We
live those original principles today, committed to architecture and
planning as interdisciplinary problem-solving enterprises, rooted
in social engagement, nourished by research-in-practice, animated
by making and doing, and committed to meeting the needs of clients,
communities, and society in an increasingly complex urban
world.
The School of Architecture and Planning and the University at
Buffalo offer a range of financial support opportunities for
students. Resources range from financial aid to scholarships to
student employment.
Awarded to graduating first-professional-degree candidates
chosen from each of our master's programs for consistent,
high-caliber design work performed in the design studios.
The School of Architecture and Planning, in partnership with the
university, our alumni, our faculty and staff, and our
philanthropic supporters, provides support to our undergraduate and
graduate students. In addition to tuition scholarships, stipends
for travel and supplies, and support for study abroad, our
students, like our faculty, are actively engaged in teaching,
research, and service—and are rewarded for their hard
work.
Commentary and perspectives from members of our School of
Architecture and Planning community on contemporary and
emerging issues in architecture and planning.
The Dean’s Council is a leadership group of friends of the
School of Architecture and Planning dedicated to raising
the global profile of the school and advancing its academic
programs and research enterprise. Members of the Dean’s
Council include distinguished alumni and leading
professionals, from firm executives to educators. As champions of
the School of Architecture and Planning, members leverage their
diverse expertise and leadership positions to forge new connections
and build the school's network of support.
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you are and what you’re up to. As graduates of our
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enhance the reputation of the school on an international
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The School of Architecture and Planning is on a strong
trajectory of growth with goals to expand our faculty in both the
Department of Architecture and the Department of Urban and Regional
Planning.
The School of Architecture and Planning, in partnership with
local chapters of the American Institute of Architects and the
American Planning Association, has developed a Professional Mentor
Program for alumni and friends to share their experiences and
advice with current students.
Search job and internship opportunities in architecture and
planning. The following openings require varying levels of
education and experience and have been posted by employers on UB
Career Services' BullsEye system.
A repository of tools, resources and guidance for faculty, staff and students in implementing consistent, compelling communications for the School of Architecture and Planning
A story in Architect Magazine looks at how design
students in legacy cities like Buffalo, Detroit and Cleveland are
drawing inspiration from - and helping to revive - their
surrounding communities. In a comprehensive review of this work,
the reporter writes: "Perhaps no other American architecture school
has done that as much as Buffalo’s has."
A planning scholar investigating the experience of LGBT older
adults in community and residential settings will walk the stage at
the school’s Commencement Ceremony on Friday, May 19, as the
first graduate of UB’s PhD program in urban and regional
planning.
The collection of grain elevators at Silo City is an impressive
enough site, the industrial behemoths towering over the Buffalo
River. But a project created by UB freshman architecture students
this spring lends a unique perspective to the grain elevators, and
the landscape.
Three top-performing students in UB's architecture program have
been recognized with scholarships from the Buffalo/WNY chapter of
the American Institute of Architects.
In Ghana, a newborn child receives the names of both parents,
which are often aspirations for the child’s future. Dr.
Emmanuel Frimpong Boamah, the most recent faculty hire for the UB
School of Architecture and Planning, is on a path to live up to his
father’s name, Boamah, Helper of Nations.
An award-winning university project is returning home to South
Campus. UB’s GRoW Home, a student-built solar home that
traveled across the country to place atop the 2015 Solar Decathlon,
is now being reassembled behind Hayes Hall.
An article about concerns by the Niagara Frontier Transportation
Authority about the impact of moving the bus terminal from its
location on Ellicott Street to the new train station either near
the existing bus facility or at the Central Terminal quotes Robert
Shibley, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, who said
every concept the local committee is now considering incorporates
the bus and train stations. “This is a group that has a
vision for the future of rail and intermodal service,” he
said. “The question is how far we make the step in that
direction. We’re now in the process of informing that
decision as best we can.”
A story on Time Warner Cable News about the closing of the
Huntley Power Plant and its impact on the Town of Tonawanda and
Ken-Ton School District reports the UB Regional Institute is
helping the town and participating groups form a concrete plan to
attract businesses, and interviews Bart Roberts, associate director
of research and faculty engagement. "Really, the end deliverable
here is an economic development plan that the town, as well as
other public-private and non-profit partners, can use as a
decision-making tool as well as a resource for the types of
investments to focus on," he said.
An article on PRI’s The World about the future of advanced
technology and clean energy, and what it could mean to
Buffalo’s economy, interviews Robert Shibley, dean of the UB
School of Architecture and Planning, who said the data show that
Buffalo is moving in the right direction and has had more than
three years of month-after-month job growth. "Not since World War
II have we seen that. So that's something to be really positive
about. We see number of firms, number of employees, wages, all
ticking up for the first time in decades," he said.
An article on whether to locate Buffalo’s proposed new
train station in the Central Terminal stated that Robert Shibley,
dean of the UB’s School of Architecture and Planning, and the
committee's facilitator, spoke at a meeting concerning the new
station.
The School of Architecture and Planning is excited to kick off
the 2017-18 academic year with a dynamic lineup of orientation
events. Activities kick off Thursday, August 24.
Are you attending the 2014 AIA Convention in Chicago in June?
Join the School of Architecture and Planning for a “Buffalo
in Chicago” alumni reception on Friday, June 27,
2014.
The 2014 Will and Nan Clarkson Chair in
Architecture is Guy Nordenson, a structural engineer and
professor of architecture and structural engineering at Princeton
University. Please join us April 27-29, 2014, for a series of
events featuring Nordenson, including a public lecture and
community workshop.
A long-standing tradition of the School of Architecture and
Planning, Atelier is a student-organized week celebrating
undergraduate and graduate work across our architecture and urban
planning departments. Join us as we showcase the hard work,
ingenuity and energy of School of Architecture and Planning
students as future practitioners in architecture, planning and
design.
