University of Miami, School of Architecture

Annual Homecoming Barbecue

2009-11-06T19:48:00-05:00

November 6 The Annual Homecoming Reunion Barbecue will be on Friday evening, November 6th, from 7 to 10 p.m. in the School’s Courtyard. The cost is $15 per person payable in advance or at the door. Corporate tables are $100 and include logo signage and eight seats. Checks should be made payable to the University of Miami School of Architecture and delivered or mailed to Carolyn White at the School of Architecture, P.O Box 249178, Coral Gables, FL 33124. For reservations and information, please contact Carolyn at 305-284-5002 or email

Can-struction Competition and Thanksgiving Food Drive

2009-11-06T14:50:00-05:00

November 6 The University of Miami School of Architecture’s Center for Urban & Community Design (CUCD) is teaming up with the Coral Gables Museum to present South Florida’s version of the nationwide design/build competition known as Canstruction. Students, faculty, staff and/or alumni will be competing for the title of “Best Canstruction” by using cans of food to build a creative structure of their choice. The event will be held on Friday, November 6 from 12 – 2:30 p.m. at the School of Architecture Courtyard, 1223 Dickinson Drive, Coral Gables Campus. The panel of jurors includes Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk; Sonia…

AIA Architecture Month

2009-11-01T19:46:00-05:00

November 1 – 30 American Institute of Architects Miami Chapter (AIA) “Celebrate Architecture” Month. Visit AIA website http://www.aiamiami.com

Annual Golf Tournament

2009-10-23T17:52:00-05:00

October 23 Annual School of Architecture Golf Tournament at the beautiful Biltmore Golf Course. Chaired by Tom Spain, the tournament benefits the School’s Rome Program. For reservations and information, please contact Lamar Noriega at 305-284-1563 or email

USGBC Lecture and Meeting

2009-10-21T15:38:00-05:00

October 21 The United States Green Building Council (USGBC), South Florida Miami-Dade & Keys Branch, monthly meeting will take place in the Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Glasgow Hall, 6:00 to 8:30 p.m. The evening’s program is “The ABC’s of Recycling at the Jobsite and the Worksite: Reduce, Reuse & Recycle.” The presenters are Barbie Flores, World Waste Services; Gary Pirtle, Pirtle Construction; and Casey Eckels, South Florida Reuse and Recycling Institute. Students and members are free; all others are $10 per person. A light supper is served. This is a fast growing group and students are encouraged…

Just Published - Luigi Moretti Le Ville disegni e modelli

2009-10-15T14:25:00-05:00

Luigi Moretti Le Ville disegni e modelli presents an unexplored area of Italian architect Luigi Moretti’s career, that of the single family villa. Building upon recent exhibits celebrating the life and work of the late architect, the schools of architecture of the University of Miami in Florida and of Ascoli–Piceno in Italy led by Professors Carmen Guerrero, Salvatore Santuccio and Nicolo Sardo expose twenty five projects built over a forty year span throughout Italy, North Africa, Kuwait and Cuba.

Book Launch: Miami Modern Metropolis

2009-10-14T19:34:00-05:00

October 14 Book launch for Miami Modern Metropolis: Paradise and Paradox in Mid-Century Architecture and Planning, Allan Shulman, Editor, 6:30 p.m., Bass Museum. For more information, visit website http://www.bassmuseum.org

CUCD’s 2nd Annual CAN-struction Competition and Thanksgiving Food Drive

2009-10-14T19:21:00-05:00

The Center for Urban and Community Design (CUCD) will sponsor and organize the second annual “Canstruction” design/build competition in which students, alumni, departments and staff campus-wide can donate food cans and also participate in building structures out of cans on Friday, November 6, from 12 noon to 2:30 pm.

Special Event Celebrating DOCOMOMO-US National Day

2009-10-10T19:46:00-05:00

October 10 Special event celebrating DOCOMOMO-US National Day in Miami, Irvin Korach Gallery from 12 noon to 4 p.m.

Lecture by Hermes Mallea

2009-10-08T19:32:00-05:00

October 8 Lecture by Hermes Mallea (B.Arch ’78), M(Group) Architecture and Decoration, New York City, “The Cuban Home, 1860-1920,” 6 p.m., Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center. Co-sponsored by the School of Architecture and the Cuban Heritage Collection, University of Miami Libraries. Free and open to the public.