University of Maryland School of Architecture
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 1964 |
| Dean | Sonia Hirt |
| Location |
College Park, Maryland, United States 38°59′3″N 76°56′52.5″W / 38.98417°N 76.947917°W |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Website | http://www.arch.umd.edu/ |
The School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation is one of thirteen schools at the University of Maryland, College Park and operates six different programs: Architecture, Urban Studies and Planning, Historic Preservation, Real Estate Development, the Ph.D. program in Urban and Regional Design and Planning, and the National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education and the Colvin Institute of Real Estate Development.
In the 1960s, the University of Maryland invited the American Institute of Architects to help form a blue-ribbon committee to advise it on the establishment of an architectural school. The committee concluded in 1964 with a recommendation that an architecture program be established and located at College Park.
In 1967, John Hill was appointed the first Dean of the School of Architecture, and the school opened its doors to students that fall. In its initial years the program offered a five-year B.Arch Degree program, with the intention that a graduate degree program be initiated at a later date. The five-year format allowed the school to attract students and grow quickly in quality and breadth.
In 1972, the school moved into its present building and gained full accreditation. During the next few years, the school continued to develop its program and expand its areas of research and service. It intensified its efforts to recruit students from a wider geographic and social constituency, to broaden the service and consultative roles of faculty and students, and add the Master of Architecture degree.
In 1970, the accredited Masters in Community Planning was established as part of the School of Social Work and Community Planning at the University of Maryland at Baltimore (UMAB). The program remained in Baltimore until 1988, when, Ken Corey, the director of the Institute for Urban Studies at the College Park campus, and Mel Levin, director of Community Planning in Baltimore, engineered a transfer of the Community Planning program from Baltimore to College Park and a merger of the two programs. The three faculty members from UMAB joined with five faculty members at the Institute for Urban Studies at College Park to create a consolidated urban planning program and a larger profile for urban education and research in the state. The newly configured Masters of Community Planning/Institute for Urban Studies program was located in the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and offered a Masters in Community Planning and M.A. and B.A. degrees in Urban Studies. The planning program continues to offer seminars and an annual studio in Baltimore.
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