Hours: M-F 8:30 - 4:30
Closed weekends and school Holidays
Address: 551 North Pleasant Street, Amherst, MA 01003
October, 2024
September, 2024
The Making of Orchard Hill Pavilion
September 9th to October 3rd
Reception: Tuesday, September 10th 4:30 to 6:00
November, 2023
The Futuring Lab
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 (All day)
November 8 to December 12, 2023
Reception, Gallery Talk, Reading & Performance: Wednesday, November 8th 4:30 – 7:00pm
October, 2023
Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect
Tuesday, October 10, 2023 (All day)
October 11 to November 3, 2023
Panel Discussion Wednesday, October 11th with reception to follow
September, 2023
PATTERN // OVERLAP
Tuesday, September 5, 2023 (All day)
Jordan Kanter | FoundCITY
September 5 to October 5, 2023
Reception and Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 7th 4:30-6:00pm
April, 2023
Look who's shining again (Oh My My MY)
Monday, April 17, 2023 (All day)
Olalekan Jeyifous: "protorealist" speculations of ecofuturist interventions
Reception & gallery talk: Monday, April 24th 4:00 – 5:00pm
Panel Discussion: 5:00 – 6:15 Multicultural Futuring
February, 2023
Five Sets of Magenta and Space
Monday, February 6, 2023 (All day)
Henning Haupt: Color Space Cutouts
Closing Reception: Thursday, March 9th 4:30-6:00pm, Talk at 5:15
November, 2022
Tracings: Mapping Through Space + Time
Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (All day)
Tracings features the work of six artists, designers, and professors
Reception Thursday, November 10th 4:30-6:00pm, Talk at 5:30
October, 2022
Foreshadow
Tuesday, October 11, 2022 (All day)
Anna Hepler: recent photographs and sculptural forms.
Reception: Thursday, October 27th 4:30-6:00pm, Talk at 5:15
September, 2022
House Clothes: Experiments in Housing and Textiles
Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (All day)
House Clothes presents French 2D’s work in housing and textiles.
Reception and Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 8th 4:30-6:00pm
March, 2022
Main Street Resurfaced
Monday, March 21, 2022 (All day)
This gallery installation models the reuse of a vacant retail space, replacing it with a vibrant, non-commercial community focused use.
Reception and workshop: Thursday 4/7 5:30pm, after Zube Lecture
January, 2022
In the Wake: Drawing Dynamics of Vortical Structures
Thursday, January 27, 2022 (All day)
This exhibition investigates processes of visualizing a natural phenomenon in Fluid Dynamics, Vortex Induced Vibrations, through a collaboration among mechanical engineers, architects, and computer scientists.
November, 2021
LIVE / WORK / SPACE
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 (All day)
LIVE/WORK/SPACE is a collection of five artists' studios designed by Grigori Fateyev and his firm, Art Forms Architecture (AFORMSA).
Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 9th 5:00-6:00pm
Gallery Talk: Tuesday, November 9th 1:00pm
October, 2021
Persistent
Tuesday, October 12, 2021 (All day)
PERSISTENT introduces research on architectural design that simultaneously endures and evolves with natural and cultural changes over time.
Opening and reception Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 4:30-6:00pm
September, 2021
Building Collage
Wednesday, September 8, 2021 (All day)
Building Collage explores the medium of collage as a powerful device for design thinking, with potential to shape studio production and professional practice.
Opening and Gallery Talk: Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 at 5:00-6:00pm
October, 2020
Exactitude 2020: A Five College Architecture Symposium
Friday, October 2, 2020 (All day)
Convened by: Pari Riahi, Assistant Professor with the Department of Architecture at UMass Amherst, Michael T. Davis, Professor and Chair of Architectural Studies at Mount Holyoke College, and Laure Katsaros, Professor of French at Amherst College
May, 2020
2020 Thesis Exhibition
Tuesday, May 19, 2020 (All day)
The Department of Architecture, the Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, and the Buillding & Construction Technology Program are pleased to present this VIRTUAL...
February, 2020
Anton Ginzburg: In-N-Out
Tuesday, February 25, 2020 (All day)
Reception: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 at 4:30-5:30pmGallery Talk: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 at 12:00 noonThe exhibition "In-N-Out" by Anton Ginzburg is an installation that includes a mural...
January, 2020
Charting a Course: New Work by Allison Cekala
Wednesday, January 22, 2020 (All day)
The Design Building Gallery is pleased to present Charting a Course, an installation new works by Allison Cekala. Through photography and video, Charting a Course maps the current state of the Rio...
November, 2019
LOT–EK: Stack / Cut
Tuesday, November 5, 2019 (All day)
Lecture: Tuesday November 5th at 5:30pm Design Building 170...
September, 2019
Concept to Construction
Monday, September 9, 2019 (All day)
Integrated Design Process behind the Olver Design Building...
April, 2019
Design Building Student Showcase
Wednesday, May 1, 2019 (All day)
The Department of Architecture, the Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, and the Buillding & Construction Technology Program are pleased to share work of our graduating...
March, 2019
FORMATS
Monday, March 18, 2019 (All day)
Lecture: Tuesday March 26th at 5:30pm Design Building 170...
February, 2019
Datum Drawing
Monday, February 4, 2019 (All day)
Gallery Talk: with Aaron Collier, Derek Lerner, and Tiffany Lin, Tuesday, February 5th at 11:45 am...
November, 2018
Technoecologies, by Zenovia Toloudi/Studio Z
Thursday, November 8, 2018 (All day)
Technoecologies, by Zenovia Toloudi/Studio Z...
October, 2018
SubUrbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape
Tuesday, October 2, 2018 (All day)
SubUrbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape- An Exhibition and Lecture by Stephen Fan...
August, 2018
Rising Measures: A Study of Built Forms and Public Grounds in Parisian Suburbs
Saturday, September 1, 2018 (All day)
The disjointed body of the Parisian suburbs separated from the well-defined city by the concentric Boulevard Périphérique, presents a fairly unique case for the lack of viable public and open spaces that can serve the large population residing in the peripheral zone of the large metropolis.
June, 2018
Cross Town Contemporary Art (XTCA)
Sunday, July 1, 2018 (All day)
The UMCA, along with the Department of Architecture, have partnered with the Town of Amherst to build an art and culture bridge to activate the North Pleasant Street corridor and connect downtown to campus.
April, 2018
Student Projects from the John W. Olver Design Building
Monday, April 23, 2018 (All day)
The UMass Amherst Design Building Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition:
STUDENT PROJECTS: from the John W Olver Design Building.
Design Engagement
Monday, April 2, 2018 (All day)
This exhibition highlights the work of Joseph Krupczynski, an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture, and the Director of the office of Civic Engagement and Service Learning (CESL) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
September, 2017
Re-Drawn
Saturday, September 9, 2017 (All day)
Design Building Gallery is pleased to kick off its exhibition series with Patrick Tighe Architects: RE-DRAWN...