Dennis Maher
Clinical Assistant Professor
office: Hayes Hall 324
phone: 716 829 5927
e-mail: dmmaher@buffalo.edu
website: www.assembledcityfragments.com
Clinical Assistant Professor Dennis Maher holds a Bachelor of Architecture from Cornell University. Maher has been exploring critical approaches to demolition, renovation, and restoration since 2003. His work has involved the harvesting of discarded building materials from sites of demolition, and the construction of aggregate environments of urban waste. Symbiotically linking acts of un-building and re-building, Maher’s projects investigate the spatial, material, and environmental consequences of architectural un-making. Exhibitions by Maher have been presented at such venues as Galeria Antoni Pinyol in Reus, Spain; Black and White Gallery in Brooklyn, NY; Superfront in Los Angeles, CA; The Carnegie Center in Covington, KY; and Burchfield Penney Art Center in Buffalo, NY. His work has been featured in Architect Magazine, on the national radio program, "Smart City Radio," and on PBS television’s "Going Green" series. Published writings by Maher include "Towards Un-building," in 306090 Sustain and Develop, and "The Nightworks" in Unplanned, Research and Experiments at the Urban Scale. Maher is the recipient of a MacDowell Colony Fellowship for 2008, the Black and White Project Space Prize for 2010, and a NYSCA Independent Projects Grant for 2010.
