October 15th, 2009 — 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.

October 14th, 2009 — 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.

October 1st, 2009 — Sponsored by the Bass Museum of Art and edited by assistant professor Allan T. Shulman, Miami Modern Metropolis: Paradise and Paradox in Midcentury Architecture and Planning includes more than 40 essays by 23 contributors (including UMSOA faculty Ceo, Lejeune, Millas, Penabad and Shulman as well as numerous alumni), richly illustrated with master plans, original renderings and archival photographs.

September 1st, 2009 — Marjorie Korach, widow of pioneer Miami architect Irvin Korach, has donated $500,000 to the University of Miami School of Architecture. The gift will be used to name a 1,530-square-foot exhibition gallery at the School’s Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center.

August 31st, 2009 — In response to the current economic recession which has especially affected the architectural profession, Dean Elizabeth Platter-Zyberk and graduate advisor, Jude Alexander have developed an Alumni Stimulus Plan with the object of supporting SOA alumni as they search for employment, enter competitions or participate in resume-enhancing projects.