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The Historic Preservation Program at the University of Florida is undertaking a groundbreaking, multi-tiered analysis of significant buildings, sites and landscapes of the Modern movement and the recent past (1945-1975), examined on a statewide level. The primary objectives of the “Florida’s Mid-Century Modern Resources” project, better known as “My Florida Modern,” are to understand and […]

Mayrelis Perez, Historic Preservation What have you valued most about your time at the College of Design, Construction and Planning? I have not attended UF for very long but in the time that I have been here, what I have valued the most is that I am able to get an education that is tailored

Alumni Profile – Cat Lindsay, B.Des 1986Cat Lindsay is currently the Head of Workplace and Design Global Real Estate for HBO, Turner, CNN and Warner Brothers. Her responsibilities include leading the research, design and implementation of firm-wide workplace strategy working with the key stakeholders in all divisions. Before that, she was an owner/partner at Lindsay

Masoud Gheisari, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management What is your current role and what does it entail? I am an Assistant Professor in the Rinker School of Construction Management at the University of Florida where I lead the Human-Centered Technology in Construction (HCTC) research group. I consider myself an educator and a researcher

The DCP Orlando Tour Stop was a great success. It was held at the Citrus Club. We were so happy to see everyone at this alumni networking event. Thank you to our master sponsor, Coastal Construction, and our title sponsor, Barton Malow. And thank you to all the DCP alumni who showed up for fun

At the DCP Orlando Tour Stop, Jason McFadden, Barton Malow’s Orlando office project director, was reunited with DCP Dean Chimay Anumba, who taught McFadden at Pennsylvania State University. This reunion was made possible by Barton Malow’s title sponsorship of our Orlando Tour Stop event at the Citrus Club. Barton Malow has served the central Florida

Coastal Construction recently opened a Central Florida office in Orlando. They appointed Sean DeMartino, BSBC 1993, as the president of its new Central and North Florida division. DeMartino is part of the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management’s Executive Committee and also leads the school’s industry engagement team. “We are thrilled to take this

University of Florida students rose to the occasion for the chance to win a $3,500 prize in the 2017 Witters Competition. The event kicked off on Friday, Oct. 20 in the Architecture Building Atrium. Established in 1993, the Witters Competition is endowed by Arthur G. and Beverley A. Witters for a college-wide interdisciplinary academic competition

The 6th International Network of Tropical Architecture (iNTA) Conference “Tropical Storms as a Setting for Adaptive Development and Architecture,” organized by iNTA and the University of Florida Center for Hydro-generated Urbanism (CHU), was held at UF’s Emerson Alumni Hall in Gainesville, Fla. December 1-3, 2017. This year’s event was the first held in the Americas.