December 15th, 2011 — The book “M” tells the story of the design and construction of what has been called “the biggest M in the world” through words, drawings, models and photographs. It is the first volume of R & R Studios incomplete works. The giant “Red M” was designed as a piece of public art in 1996 out of concrete and mixed media. It serves as an entranceway to the Riverwalk Metromover station in Downtown Miami and is located in front of the turnstiles on the east side of station.

November 18th, 2011 — Jan Hochstim, a longtime professor at the University of Miami’s School of Architecture who was well known to generations of students for his exacting standards as a historian of the modern movement, passed away on November 5. He was 80. Hochstim engaged fully in scholarship, teaching, and professional practice. He began his teaching career in 1958 and taught design and the history of architecture. He also practiced, producing work that ranged from the original Mark Light Stadium at UM to remodeling of the Swensen residence in Coral Gables’ French Village.

November 14th, 2011 — On Monday, November 28 at 7:30 p.m., the first strains of live music will be heard in the School of Architecture’s Jorge M. Perez Architecture Center Stanley and Jewell Glasgow Lecture Hall. Thanks to the University’s Frost School of Music, an audience of students, faculty, guests and the public will be treated at no charge to Franz Schubert’s Song Cycle Die Schone Mullerin (The Beautiful Miller-Maid).

October 24th, 2011 — The School continues to work with members of the Orlando community to establish a professional architecture curriculum in the Orlando area. Current plans are to begin the program in January 2012. Dean Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk delivered a lecture “Designing for the Future” in Orlando on October 18th as part of the Orlando AIA October Architecture Month.

October 3rd, 2011 — In September, the Department of Epidemiology at the Medical School with faculty of the School of Architecture received a HUD grant for $500M to conduct research on the health of Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries in relation to where they reside. “Health Impacts of the Built-Environment among Miami Medicare/Medicaid Beneficiaries” is one of six projects supported by HUD’s Sustainable Communities Research Grant Program.