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Happy Thanksgiving! Classes will resume on Monday, November 30. The University is CLOSED on Thursday, November 26, and Friday, November 27.
Join us for a reception to celebrate
7 Latin American Architects on the Road, on exhibition now in the Korach Gallery. The reception begins at
6:30 p.m., on November 30
and will include a short talk by professor Jean-Francoise Lejeune. We hope to see you there!
On
December 2, Annette Gallagher will give a short presentation on effective public speaking in the Rinker Classroom, at 1 p.m. The presentation is sponsored by the AIAS.
Final Reviews begin
December 7
and go through December 12! Stay tuned for more information, coming soon!
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Underline Master Plan Unveiled at UMSoA
Local community leaders, elected officials, Friends of the Underline and citizen activists came together at the University of Miami School of Architecture on Monday, November 9 for the exciting unveiling of the master plan for the Underline, the 10 mile linear park that will transform the area under the Metrorail along South Dixie Highway.
The Underline is, in many ways, a product of UMSoA, germinating here in an upper-level studio taught by Rocco Ceo. That work continued in studios taught by Jake Brillhart and then Chuck Bohl.
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UMSoA Students Treated to Hard-Hat Tour and Meeting with Bjarke Ingels
Several UMSoA students got a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to take a hard hat tour of one of Miami's significant new projects, with none other than the architect of that project: Bjarke Ingels of
BIG
. They even got him to do "The U" in a photo! Read more
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Alpha Rho Chi Silent Auction Success Exceeds Expectations
In their first fundraiser, a silent auction of student and faculty art, Alpha Rho Chi members raised almost three times their goal!
Read more.
Continuing the Student Spotlight series, November's Spotlight features third-year student Avleigh Du.
Read more about her here.
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CUCD Organizes Community Workshop on Climate Resilient Neighborhood Design
Allan Shulman and Alum Isaac Stein Featured in Vanity Fair Article on Climate Change
"Allan Shulman, one of South Florida's most celebrated architects (among his commissions is the Soho Beach House, a hotel and members' club just south of the Fontainebleau), noted that one emerging trend in his f
ield is to adapt to, rather than mitigate, the effects of rising waters. For some architects and developers, he said, sea-level rise is actually viewed as a design opportunity to be exploited. Whereas, in the past, builders bristled at mandates from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to place new buildings on foundations a few feet off the ground, there is now a movement afoot to allow builders to go higher than the FEMA mandates. The expanded, heightened ground-floor space of a building might then become, Shulman said, "more of an indoor-outdoor area that is actually quite pleasant to be in, a kind of leisure space that's more common in tropical cultures around the world."" Read more.
Juan Mullerat to Be Honored by City of Miami Proclamation for Pro Bono Work on Calle Ocho
PlusUrbia's UMSOA Alumni Juan Mullerat - current professor at the school together with Maria Bendfeldt, Bo Li and Sofia Villanueva will be honored by the Mayor and Commissioners at the City of Miami with a proclamation for their Calle 8 pro bono effort and the complete streets design which was also published nationally by CEOs for Cities. Read more.
United Way Campaign is Underway!
The United Way campaign is taking place now, through the end of the year. All full-time faculty and staff contributions count toward the UMSoA giving goal, but all gifts are appreciated. To donate to United Way, go to your My Workday account and log in, go to your "All About Me" page and click "Give."
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Deadlines & Opportunities
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Scholarship: University of Oxford Doctor of Philosophy in Sustainable Urban Development
The Department for Continuing Education at the University of Oxford is pleased to invite applications for a fully-funded scholarship to undertake the part-time Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) in Sustainable Urban Development.
This scholarship is jointly funded by the University and by the Prince's Foundation for Building Community and is only tenable at Kellogg College. Further details regarding the scholarship, including a background to the project and eligibility, can be found on the
DPhil website. Scholarship application deadline: 22 January 2016.
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SEND NEWS AND EVENTS TO:
University of Miami School of Architecture, 1223 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146,
www.arc.miami.edu
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