School News
Architecture Student wins Scholarship
Ashley Latona, a graduate student in the M.Arch program at UB, was recently selected as one of four students studying architecture in New York State to receive a 2008 Eleanor Allwork Scholarship. Ashley completed her undergraduate degree at UB in 2007 and has worked at KPF in New York and Cannon Design. This prestigious scholarship, which is awarded for outstanding student portfolios, is a Center for Architecture Scholarship with additional support from the AIA New York Chapter and AIA National.
School Video Featured by Buffalo News
The School of Architecture and Planning was featured in an article and video by the Buffalo News recently. New equipment was added to the School's Digital Workshop in the spring semester including a 3-D printer and a CNC Router.
Study Abroad Program Wins Award
The Department of Urban and Regional Planning’s international comparative studio in Stuttgart, Germany and Buffalo, NY has been cited a ‘best practice’ in study abroad and honorable mention for the prestigious Andrew Heiskell Award, conferred by the Institute of International Education. The studio is designed to offer a new model of collaboration for students, research opportunities for faculty and broaden understanding of Buffalo’s significance as a world city. Fifteen MUP students from UB joined 12 German students to collaborate on projects in both Buffalo and Stuttgart under the direction of Professors Wolfgang Jung, Walter Schönwandt, Niraj Verma and William Page.
Planning Faculty Receive Grant
Samina Raja and Li Yin have received a three-year $1.4 million NIH grant to expand research on the relationship between the built environment and physical activity among children. The research will be conducted in collaboration with colleagues in the Health Sciences at UB. In addition, Samina received a $105,000 grant from the Buffalo-Niagara Medical Campus for her project, “Evaluating the Effect of Infrastructure Improvements in Workplaces on the Physical Activity of Employees.”
Williams + Tsien: Art + Use
The book of the 2007 Martell Lecture, given by Tod Williams + Billie Tsien, Martell Distinguished Visiting Critics at the School of Architecture and Planning, is now available from the School and architectural bookshops in North America and Europe.
Faculty Receive Research Grants
The Center for Virtual Architecture has been awarded a grant in the amount of $553,000 from the US Department of Education. The proposal will develop educational materials for architecture students related to the integration of technology in building design.
The Inclusive Design and Environmental Access (IDEA Center) in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning received a $5 million grant from the US Department of Education’s National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) to fund a second five-year cycle of its Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Universal Design and the Built Environment.
The Center for Urban Studies received a three-year, $359,050 grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to fund a comprehensive, university-assisted community development plan for two Buffalo neighborhoods.
Student Project Featured in Wood Design & Buiding Magazine
Ishtiaq Rafiuddin, a graduate from the Master of Architecture program, was featured in the Wood Design and Building Magazine. His bench project, built as part of a design thesis, was based on the idea of the unit conceived as a primary thing, as the smallest common denominator. When viewed singularly, it is simple; yet when composed in multiples, it generates various levels of complexity. Ishtiaq is now working for REX Architects in New York City.
