University of New Mexico, School of Architecture + Planning

09/12/2024

We would like to thank AIA Santa Fe for their continued support with the AIA Architecture Scholarship for graduate students. Chair of Architecture, Chris Cornelius, and Dean of SA+P, Robert Alexander González, attended today’s presentations today by students Sydney Nesbit and Alex Smith at the La Posada Hotel.

09/06/2024

We're excited to kick off the new academic year! Save the date.

08/21/2024

We are excited to welcome four new faculty to the SA+P community.

In Community and Regional Planning, we welcome Sarah Soakai as Assistant Professor of Indigenous Planning. Soakai is a PhD Candidate in Urban Planning from the University of California, Los Angeles. She received her Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Her research focuses on community development and social policy as it relates to communities in and on the margins, specifically Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Indigenous Communities.

In Architecture, we welcome Liane Hancock as Assistant Professor in Sustainability. Hancock holds degrees from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Columbia University. Her research focuses on material and building construction. We welcome Dr. Stathis Yeros as Assistant Professor of Architectural History. Yeros received his PhD from the University of California, Berkeley. His research focuses on design and social justice, specializing on LGBTQ+ landscapes, postwar urban and environmental politics, and communal housing. We also welcome back Katherine Boles as a Visiting Assistant Professor. Boles received her M.Arch from the University of New Mexico and an MLA from the University of Virginia. Her research centers around multispecies cohabitation.

08/16/2024

Just two weeks until the August 30 deadline to apply for the inaugural On the Brink | Places Prize. Please help us share this opportunity with institutionally-based and independent scholars. Places Journal

Places Journal / University of New Mexico launches a call for proposals for the 2024 On the Brinck / Places Prize on the American Southwest.

08/14/2024

Great SA+P Leadership lef our Graduate Student Orientation today, including Michaele Pride, Associate Dean for Student Equity and Success, and our stellar team welcoming new students. Thank you to our brilliant Graduate Advisor and MC, Natalie Rowe!

08/12/2024

Earlier this summer, UNM SA + P staff took part in a team outing to Aurora Borealis Glassworks where they were treated to a group glass blowing class. This week the dean’s office hosted a popsicle party and viewing opportunity so employees could admire their individual creations as well as those of their colleagues.

Participants included Fab Lab employees and student assistants, who shared their excitement to learn new methods and work with different materials in the role of student rather than instructor.

Thanks to FAB Lab Coordinator Kirsten Angerbauer and Academic Operations Officer Lisa Stewart for initiating the unique and fascinating learning opportunity.

08/01/2024

Congratulations to SA + P assistant professor of Community and Regional Planning, Dr. Elspeth Iralu who was recently named one of 14 UNM "Women in STEM" award winners. You can read more about Dr. Iralu's proposed project, "Indigenous Himalaya: Naga Methodologies for Community Resilience," on our webpage.

School of Architecture + Planning faculty member Elspeth Iralu, assistant professor of Community and Regional Planning, is one of 14 UNM faculty members selected for the 2024 “Women in STEM” award.

07/30/2024

Our incredible Architecture and Design Albuquerque Summer Academy students finished strong last week with a final presentation of their designs to faculty and team members who provided well-deserved praise and meaningful feedback. Thanks to SA + P Architecture Professor Evan Ripley who led the instruction over the last week. We also owe a big debt of gratitude to our fantastic graduate assistants Holly Hearn and Hongyoung Kim who guided and mentored the students throughout the 3-week session. Overall, the team delivered an exceptional learning experience and the students gained valuable knowledge while demonstrating impressive skill and commitment.

07/25/2024

We are pleased to announce we have entered into a partnership with Places Journal with the launch of the new On the Brink | Places Prize - an extension of our OTB Book Award. Proposals are now being accepted for this inaugural prize for new work. University of New Mexico joins other universities, including Columbia University, Princeton University and UC Berkeley, in broadening support for public scholarship in our allied disciplines. Please help us share this opportunity with institutionally-based and independent scholars.

Places Journal / University of New Mexico launches a call for proposals for the 2024 On the Brinck / Places Prize on the American Southwest.

07/19/2024

Our Albuquerque SA + P Architecture + Design Summer Academy students have benefited from exceptional instruction as part of their immersive and intensive 3-week education experience. Thanks to Katherine Boles for leading academy efforts for the current summer session and our SA+P faculty and graduate students who have provided invaluable education and mentoring. This past couple of weeks, under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Architecture Stephanie Bunt and Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Catherine Harris as well as our phenomenal graduate students, high school participants have mastered the fundamentals and learned about the importance of placemaking and problem solving. They’ve also gained tremendous hands-on and practical experience in creating their own designs. We are looking forward to their final presentations as the academy wraps up next week.

07/13/2024

Our SA+P Architecture + Design Summer Academy is in full swing. The program is designed to introduce High School Juniors and Seniors to the disciplines in which the SA+P offers degrees and certificates, preparing them for application to our undergraduate programs. The Santa Fe session wrapped up last month and we are a week into the Albuquerque session at Pearl Hall. We’re sharing a few pictures from the Santa Fe Academy, with sincere appreciation to the teams of professionals and instructors who generously share their expertise to inspire the next generation of architects and planners.

07/08/2024

Congratulations to UNM School of Architecture + Planning graduate Jing Qin who was a recent award recipient in an AI Architecture Competition sponsored by Arch Hive. The theme of the juried competition was “Artificial Nature,” highlighting the “convergence of technology and nature.”

Qin, who received her degree in May of this year with a thesis focused on AI in architecture, received honorable mention for her submission entitled “Cultural Arcadia Village: Redefining Fujian Tulou Heritage.”

Congratulations to UNM School of Architecture + Planning graduate Jing Qin who was a recent award recipient in an AI Architecture Competition sponsored by Arch Hive. The theme of the juried competition was “Artificial Nature,” highlighting the “convergence of technology and nature.”

07/02/2024

Congratulations to UNM Professor and Chair of Architecture Chris Cornelius who was recently selected as a People's Choice Winner for Not My HUD House in this year's prestigious Architizer A+ Awards. The project is rooted in Cornelius’ own experience growing up in a HUD house on the Oneida Reservation in Wisconsin.

Professor and Chair of Architecture, Chris Cornelius, was selected as a Winner in this year’s prestigious Architizer A+ Awards. Not My HUD House won the People’s Choice award in the category for Pop-Ups and Temporary structures.

06/20/2024

Hot off the press! Please enjoy UNM Associate Professor of Architecture Nora Wendl's timely article, produced during her recent sabbatical for Places Journal. Published not long after the expiration of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act's expiration, its account of the Downwinders plight is yet another attempt to convince the U.S. government to do right by its citizens. As it sheds light on everything Oppenheimer, the movie, missed, it is an excellent example of public scholarship!

As the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) expires, nuclear Downwinders in the Tularosa Basin near the Trinity Site push the United States to reckon with the legacies of Oppenheimer's Manhattan Project.

06/18/2024

Proposals are being accepted for the inaugural On the Brinck | Places Prize, a collaboration between Places and the School of Architecture + Planning at University of New Mexico.

06/14/2024

We are pleased to announce we have entered into a partnership with Places Journal with the launch of the new On the Brink | Places Prize - an extension of our OTB Book Award. Proposals are now being accepted for this inaugural prize for new work. University of New Mexico joins other universities, including Columbia University, Princeton University and UC Berkeley, in broadening support for public scholarship in our allied disciplines. Please help us share this opportunity with institutionally-based and independent scholars.

Proposals are being accepted for the inaugural On the Brinck | Places Prize, a collaboration between Places and the School of Architecture + Planning at University of New Mexico.

06/10/2024

The UNM School of Architecture + Planning is currently accepting nominations for the 2024 On the Brinck Book Awards. Deadline extended to June 15, 2024. This annual competition honors contemporary and emerging values in design by celebrating books that offer new perspectives and resonate with the formative writings of J.B. Jackson. The selection criteria for this competition come directly from Jackson’s enlightened approach to scholarship: emphasizing new and overlooked areas of study, challenging existing scholarship, integrating allied disciplines, and appealing to a broad readership. Please visit our website for more information: https://saap.unm.edu/programs-of-note/on-the-brinck.html

06/06/2024

Lemoyne F. Blackshear, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP, honored as School of Architecture and Planning 2024 Distinguished Alumni

We have the great pleasure of honoring Lemoyne F. Blackshear (M.Arch 1991) as the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award in Architecture recipient. Before joining the Library of Congress in 2016, she served as an Air Force officer in a variety of positions, including Civil Engineer Branch Chief. She entered the Air Force in 1981 as a graduate of the University of Virginia ROTC program. She concluded her active-duty career as the Civil Engineer Group Commander, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, retiring in the rank of colonel. She was honored to receive the Defense Meritorious Service Medal and Legion of Merit for her service. After retiring from the Air Force, Lemoyne served as Staff Architect, State of New Mexico, General Services Department, 2007-2012. In 2012 she accepted the position as Chief of the Facility Operations Unit with the U.S. Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, in Washington, D.C. There she was responsible for the J. Edgar Hoover Building, Headquarters FBI, supporting 5,000 people in 2.4 MSF. In 2015, she accepted the position as Chief, Facility Services Division, Integrated Services Directorate, Library of Congress, supporting 3,000 people in 5 MSF, including Food Services, Custodial Services, and Tenant Fit-out Design & Construction, and the Historic Thomas Jefferson Building, James Madison Memorial Building, John Adams Building, and Packard Campus. Lemoyne was recently honored as a recipient of the 2024 Library of Congress Awards. She recently announced her retirement from Public Service and will shortly be returning to New Mexico to enjoy the fabulous State Park System by camping at each park. She is the past president of the New Mexico Unit of the Wally Byam Caravan Club International Airstream Club. We thank Lemoyne for serving our country and for her leadership work.

05/21/2024

Our SA+P staff enjoyed themselves at a Glassblowing Retreat today - and they all came home safely after making beautiful glass flowers.

05/12/2024

UNM Graduation Day. Congratulations Class of 2024! Oh, the places you’ll go. Thank you to our faculty, staff, and advising team for setting the stage for success at the School of Architecture and Planning!

05/04/2024

UNM Architecture Professor Evan Ripley presented his student’s work today, a study of proposals for Santa Fe Midtown Campus, titled “Low Rise High Density Housing.” Check them out at the Santa Fe Community Gallery.

04/19/2024

On Monday, April 22 at 4pm, join us at the School of Architecture + Planning for the final event in our spring lecture series, "Elgin Cleckley - Empathic Design: Perspectives on Creating Inclusive Spaces"

In this lecture, Elgin Cleckley will discuss his personal and professional background related to his newly edited volume, "Empathic Design: Perspectives on Creating Inclusive Spaces". He will provide examples of inclusive projects included in the book and in practice and share the origin story of “Brookes (Revisited),” his exhibition currently on display in the Larry and Dorothy Rainosek Family Gallery. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn about the next steps in this work and the new models of community engagement that it seeks to implement.

The lecture will be followed by a reception celebrating “Brookes (Revisited)”.

If you are not able to attend in person, you can join on Zoom: https://unm.zoom.us/j/95353910070

04/18/2024

Albert Lopez, Assistant Professor of Architecture and CRP, and Francisco Uviña-Contreras, Assistant Professor of Historic Preservation, delivered a brilliant opening lecture on New Mexico and Albuquerque’s architectural developments from time immemorial to the present at this year’s Society of Architecture Annual Meeting in Albuquerque.

04/17/2024

The first episode of the Indigenous Design + Planning Institute’s new podcast, PlaceKnowing with Dr. Ted Jojola, is out now! Join guests Michaela Shirley (Program Manager, iD+Pi), Chelsey Begay (Program Coordinator, iD+Pi), and Iseult Sheehy (Researcher and Adjunct Teaching Fellow, Trinity College Dublin) to discover how iD+Pi supports communities in remembering what is powerful and beautiful about them. Listen here: https://placeknowing-with-dr-ted-jojola-6a8f20bb.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-1-introduction-to-placeknowing

04/15/2024

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2024 Jeff Harnar Awards, presented by the Thornburg Foundation and the UNM School of Architecture + Planning:

- Contemporary Architecture in the Southwest: Lincoln Elementary School by Baker Architecture + Design
- Unbuilt Architecture: Public Domestic by Cesar & Gabriel
- Unbuilt Landscape Architecture: Bluff Lake Nature Center by Superbloom
- Social Justice in Architecture: Walatowa Early Childhood Education Center by ROMA Architecture
- Student Architecture, First Prize: Stage Cue by Andreja Mojena Cutié, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
- Student Architecture, Second Prize: resourceXchange by Jedidiah Perea, University of Arizona
- Student Landscape Architecture: Starscape by Jeffrey C***s, The University of New Mexico
- Student Social Justice in Architecture: 247365 by Prescott Trudeau, University of Michigan
- Student Design-Build: Silt Slab Cinema by Tristan Durham, The School of Architecture

Congratulations to all of the winners!

04/13/2024

On Monday, April 15 at 4 pm, join the School of Architecture + Planning for a conversation between 2023 On The Brinck Book Award winners David Gissen and E. James West. The authors will each present on their award-winning books followed by a dialogue on overlapping themes within the context of the award and the legacy of J.B. Jackson. A book signing with the authors will follow the discussion and complimentary books will be made available to SA+P students who attend.

David Gissen is the author of "The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes Beyond Access."

E. James West is the author of "A House for the Struggle: The Black Press and the Built Environment in Chicago."

If you are not able to attend in person, you can join on Zoom: https://unm.zoom.us/j/95961498304

04/12/2024

Don't miss the Jeff Harnar Awards Ceremony tonight! In addition to announcing the winners, the event will feature a keynote lecture by Benjamin Gilmartin of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. 5:30pm in George Pearl Hall or on Zoom here: https://unm.zoom.us/j/95987754850

04/11/2024

Also happening today: The AIA Santa Fe presents UNM School of Architecture Associate Professor of Emergent Technology Alex Webb's CE Course today: "Prediction vs Adaptation: Integrating Computational Design into Architecture." Webb is the concentration coordinator of the Computational Ecologies track for the Masters of Science in Architecture degree.

04/11/2024

Santa Fe! Ever wonder how architectural awards are decided? Join us at 6pm tonight for the Jeff Harnar Awards Jury Roundtable to hear key insights from this year's jurors.

In-person at New Mexico School for the Arts or on Zoom here: https://unm.zoom.us/j/92031147707

04/08/2024

This Friday! Join us for the 2024 Jeff Harnar Awards Ceremony, featuring a keynote lecture by Benjamin Gilmartin of Diller Scofidio + Renfro. We can’t wait to learn who will be honored with this year’s awards!

Friday, April 12 at 5:30pm in the Garcia Honda Auditorium at George Pearl Hall, or on Zoom here: https://unm.zoom.us/j/95987754850