UNM joins regional coalition to help communities adapt to the warming climate

 David Gutzler, John Fleck and Renia Ehrenfeucht are part of a regional consortium designed to manage climate…

The Landscape Architecture department along with the Indigenous Design and Planning Institute at the University of New Mexico are collaborating with Red Water Pond Road, a Navajo village located in no…

The School of Architecture and Planning and The Community and Regional Planning Department is sad to share the passing of a valued colleague, Emeritus Professor Paul Lusk. As a Principal Planner, he h…

On January 12, 2020, Professor Eleni Bastéa passed away peacefully after a long fight with cancer. Professor Bastéa served as both a Regents Professor of Architecture and the Director of the…

UNM SA+P Alum Jitka Dekojava was named one of ENR Southwest's top young professionals of 2020

Dekojava earned her master's degree in Landscape Architecture from UNM, as well as a graduate certificate …

Faculty and students from the School of Architecture and Planning were honored at the 2019 AIA Albuquerque Design Awards.

Dean emeriti Geraldine Forbes Isais and Roger Schulntz were amon…

The School of Architecture and Planning has announced that the Tres Volcanes Collaborative Community School, by Jon Anderson Architecture has been selected as the winner of the 2020 Jeff Harnar Award …

Former Dean and Professor Emeritus Roger Schluntz, FAIA, recently served on the American Institutes of Architects (AIA) Jury for the 2020 Young Architects Award applications.

Despite its name, the AIA…

Renia Ehrenfeucht, Chair of the Community and Regional Planning Department, was recently elected as the Central Region Representative for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) Gover…

The University of New Mexico School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) is hosting renowned Mexican architect Alberto Kalach, at the school’s auditorium on Friday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m. &#1…

The winners of the Highlands SkyBridge Design Competition sponsored by AIAS UNM and Titan Development were announced this week. The top three competitors each received awards: $2,000 to first place, $…

The School of Architecture and Planning's faculty and staff were recently thanked for their contributions to the 2019 UNM Gives Campaign. SA+P was recognized for the largest volume of contributions on…

Join the SA+P for the announcement and presentation of the 2020 Jeff Harnar Award for Contemporary Architecture. 

Friday, February 28 at 5pm in the Garcia Honda Auditorium

Reception to follow

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Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning Moises Gonzales has received an award for his latest publication: Nación Genízara: Ethnogenesis, Place,and Identity in New M…

Three finalists have been chosen for the position of Dean of the School of Architecture and Planning and will be visiting campus later this month.

Each have been invited to visit campus during …

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Assistant Professor of Architecture Aaron Cayer was recently featured in Places Journal. 

Cayer took part in a collective series entitled: "Field Notes on Pandemic Teaching" where educators from …

The School of Architecture and Planning regrets to inform on of the passing of 1975 M.Arch alumnus Bashirul Haq.

From a tribute published with The Daily Star, "Haq's journey to the Uni…

Associate Professor of Architecture Nora Wendl was recently featured in Southwest Contemporary. Wendl gives an insight into her studio and current work--specifically highlighting her work on the Farns…

John Quale, Chair and Professor of Architecture in the University of New Mexico School of Architecture + Planning has been selected to participate as a juror for an international award: the 2020 Golde…

Claudia B. Issac has been promoted to the role of Distinguished Professor. Issac currently teaches in the Department of Community and Regional Planning, where she instructs courses such as Commun…

The Architectural League of New York recently selected and commissioned ten editorial teams to prepare reports on small communities across the United States. Assistant Professor of Architecture…

Lani Tsinnajinnie, PhD, has been selected for a 2020 Women in STEM Faculty Development Award. Her project is entitled "Investigating the sustainability of mountainous groundwater resources to support …

We are incensed by and condemn the recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, and the recurring militarized policing tactics.

We decry by the structural inequities in our healt…

UNM Architecture Associate Professor Nora Wendl has been named Executive Editor of the Journal of Architectural Education

From ACSA:

Nora Wendl, Associate Professor of Architecture in the School of Arc…

Distinguished Professor Ted Jojola and Associate Professor Tim Castillo were named in a three-year National Science Foundation grant for their project “Expanding Rural Ceramics Craft and Computa…

Students in Community & Regional Planning were awarded 2^nd and 3^rd place in the Student Planning Project category by the APA New Mexico. The APA-NM received the most submissions on record for the 2020…

SA+P has established the On the Brinck Book Award + Lecture to grow a vital collection of enlightened writing in our allied fields of architecture, landscape architecture, and community and regional …

UNM SA+P is pleased to announce the creation of four new pathways that build upon existing faculty specializations and—in some cases—harness the skills of new faculty members. We will admi…

Congratulations to all of the Fall 2020 graduates of the School of Architecture and Planning. Watch this commencement video and join us in celebrating their achievement. Video premieres on December 14…