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The Department of Architecture partnered this semester with the U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations through the Diplomacy Lab, which enables collaboration between universities and the State Department, and exploration of real-world challenges. Led by Associate Professor Ajla Aksamija, students enrolled in Graduate Design IV studio worked on the design of a net-zero energy U.S. Consulate Building, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The building program and site were based on the actual location and program, which included 270,000 GSF (25,000 GSM) of programmed spaces for the consulate building and auxiliary program elements.

Associate Professor Ajla Aksamija will be a keynote speaker for the International Academic Conference on Architecture and Design 2020 (IACAD 2020) on June 4 and 5, 2020. The conference is based in Singapore, but this year it is organized as an online event.

Associate Professor Caryn Brause served as Issue Editor for the latest issue of the journal of Technology | Architecture + Design (TAD). The theme of this volume is Translation. Articles from...

AIA Western Massachusetts; in conjunction with AIA National and with the support of Pella; awarded two $1000 scholarships to UMass M.Arch students. Submissions were screened by the UMass faculty...

We are proud to celebrate the graduation of our 32 BS in Architecture and 12 Master of Architecture students!  This year, because of coronavirus, we weren't able to honor them in person, as we...

Associate Professor Carey Clouse is a co-editor of the latest issue of the Journal of Architecture Education (JAE) with Alpa Nawre of University of Florida, Gainesville. The theme of this volume is...