February 7th, 2012 — All SOA students and faculty will attend one or more of the four primary subjects.

• Beyond Post-Modernism: The Work of Aldo Rossi and Venturi-Scott Brown
• The Reconstruction and Invention of Cities
• Latin American Architecture Now & Then
• Three Architectural Journals from South America

The symposia are additionally open to others on campus and to the general public at no cost.

February 6th, 2012 — In the latest issue of the DesignIntelligence journal of the Design Futures Council, the University of Miami School of Architecture ranks in the top 20 undergraduate architecture and design schools across the U.S., and 6th in schools in the South*. Additionally, the UM School of Architecture’s graduate program ranks 9th among schools in the South.

February 2nd, 2012 — Part-time faculty member Joachim Perez won a 2011 NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) grant for $10,500 for his proposal “Writing in Architecture as a Professional Endeavour.”

January 30th, 2012 — The University of Miami’s new URome Program and its first group of 23 students visited with the School of Architecture’s Rome Program students in January.

January 25th, 2012 — This scholarly journal produced by the Institute of Classical Architecture & Classical America is now in its ninth issue and continues to serve as an inspiration for professionals, academics, and enthusiasts alike. This volume is richly illustrated with drawings, photographs, renderings, watercolors and details in full color. Contributions include scholarly articles by Jean-Francois Lejeune on Schinkel’s designs for urban houses, Sam Roche on Beaux-Arts principles in the work of Paul Cret and Louis Kahn, and Kyle Dugdale on the work of Demetri Porphyrios.