On Friday, May 20, College of Design, Construction and Planning Associate Professor Bradley Walters, Research Assistant Professor Sujin Kim and graduate student Craig Steckelberg spent time in Okahumpka restoring the Okahumpka Rosenwald School so it can continue to function as a historical site.
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University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning Dean Chimay Anumba formally announced the DCP Gallery has been renamed the John and Anne Sofarelli Family Gallery. A public ribbon-cutting ceremony took place April 15, 2022, at the School of Architecture Building featuring the Sofarelli family, faculty, students, staff and friends of the program. “This
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University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning alumni Nathan Blinn (MSCM ’15, Ph.D. ‘18), Ekta Desai (BDES ’08) and Nicole Plunkett (BLAE ‘10) were three of a select group of UF graduates selected to this year’s prominent “40 Gators Under 40.” The three recipients tie for the most DCP has ever had.
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With nearly 40,000 undergraduate students at the University of Florida, only four received prestigious $5,000 Summer Undergraduate International Research Scholarships, the Center for Undergraduate Research and The International Center announced this past week. Two of those four were School of Architecture students at the College of Design, Construction and Planning: Jovana Grdinić and Melos Shtaloja.
Do architecture students dream? This question is what I asked myself while hearing of Tahir Edwards’ most formidable undertaking to date: the design and integration of the new baggage handling system inside Kansas City’s newest international airport terminal.
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More than 60 design and planning firms made up of architects, interior designers, landscape architects and other disciplines flooded the floor of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center this past week for the annual University of Florida Design and Planning Career Fair. Students looking for full-time jobs following graduation as well as those seeking internships felt prepared as they steamrolled through Gate 1 of the venue on their way to cement their future.
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Join us in welcoming this year’s Women of Influence. This virtual event provides an opportunity for DCP students to interact with alumni and friends of the college who are leaders and entrepreneurs in architecture, construction management, interior design, landscape architecture, planning and sustainability.
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A total of $10,000 was awarded to University of Florida students this past Tuesday at the Spring 2022 Witters Competition hosted by the College of Design, Construction and Planning. Created in 1993 and endowed by Arthur G. and Beverley A. Witters, the annual contest was created to offer students from each DCP discipline as well as the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering an experience to work with different disciplines before they graduated.
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“Bruno, I need you to take me to the moon.” These words were spoken to Bruno-Elias Ramos (BDES ’82, MARCH ’85) in a gentle, but firm manner, by a group of investors trying to embark on a monumental awe-inspiring project in Istanbul, Turkey.
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Angela Brooks (BDES ’87) and Larry Scarpa (BDES ’81, MARCH ’87) both found love at the University of Florida College of Design, Construction and Planning in the 1980s. In the decades since, however, the couple has used their labor of love to leave a legacy in the world of architecture.
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