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Shockoe Bottom in Richmond, VA was the second largest slave trading center in the U.S. How to preserve this history has been the subject of work by Professors Max Page and Joseph Krupczynski, who have developed a design for a nine-acre memorial park that, "would provide areas for contemplation, healing, and reflection while fully honoring the people and events of this essential but often ignored part of Richmond’s heritage."

Assistant Professor Pari Riahi recently received a UMass Faculty Research Grant for a proposal titled, "Reconfiguring Parisian Suburbs, A Study of Urban Form, Public Grounds, and Social Housing in...

In September Associate Professor Ajla Aksamija presented a two day training session in Shanghai as part of the China Zero Net Carbon Professional Training Program, focusing on high-performance building envelope design.

On October 12th Professors Kathleen Lugosch and Sigrid Miller Pollin were joined by Ann McCallum and Margo Jones at the Western Massachusetts AIA's inaugural Women in Architecture Committee event...

See Assistant Professor Sandy Litchfield's paintings in "East by Northeast: New Directions in Landscape," an exhibit of contemporary landscapes inspired by locations in New England that evoke...

Assistant Professor Caryn Brause's book, The Designer's Field Guide to Collaboration (Routledge 2017), received First Prize in the 2017 Building Technology Educator's Society (BTES) Book Award.