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University of Michigan’s Taubman College is searching for its next Architecture Program Chair

2023-03-29T14:27:00-04:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for an Engagement Coordinator at The New York Review of Architecture, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for the Architecture Program Chair at the University of Michigan.

Based in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, the role calls for an individual to chair the school’s architecture program for a three-year renewable term beginning July 1st, 2024. Candidates for the position must hold or qualify for a tenure or practice track appointment in the architecture program at an associate or full professor level, and display a “record of distinction in teaching and in professional, scholarly, and/or creative achievement.”

Why the role interests us

The open position at Taubman College offers us the opportunity to explor...

Get Lectured: University of Michigan, Winter '18

2018-02-05T13:16:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2018

Archinect's Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Check out the Winter 2018 event series at the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Jan 1- Feb 11
Cloud/Bank Exhibition
Designed for Exhibit Columbus

Jan 10
Łukasz Stanek / The University of Manchester
“Cold War Baghdad: Architecture in the World Socialist System”

Jan 11
The Other Detroit Symposium Urban Planning
Martin Luther King Jr. Forum: The Implications of Uneven Development in Detroit

Jan 19
Mabel O. Wilson / Columbia GSAPP
Martin Luther King Jr. Lecture

Jan 25
Hito Steyerl, ...

2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial Spotlight: T+E+A+M reimagines the contemporary ruin

2017-09-15T17:26:00-04:00

By now, it’s a relatively familiar narrative: over the course of the last few decades, there's been a mass return to urban centers from their outskirts, resulting in a field of abandoned strip malls and big box stores. What to do with these contemporary “ruins,” however, remains an open question.

In their installation for this year’s Chicago Architecture Biennial, the Ann Arbor-based studio T+E+A+M has imagined a strategy of “redistribution,” in which the physical elements of one such big box store are “taken apart, moved around, piled up, and mixed with new construction to create alternative uses.” It’s the type of bricolage, informal building logic one often finds internationally but rarely within the United States. Brought here, it’s a refreshing change from the type of totalizing, imposed visions often associated with architectural proposals for abandoned suburban sites.

Image by author.

A mise en scène model, replete with faux vegetation and miniature benches, Ghostbox plays off...

Get Lectured: University of Michigan, Fall '16

2016-09-30T15:17:00-04:00

Gearing up for another eventful school year this fall? Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss. Mark those calendars!

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Check out a selection of upcoming lecture events this fall at the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Be on the lookout for lectures from Neil Denari, ACADIA Conference Keynote Elizabeth Diller, panel discussions, and more.

Oct 4
The Case for Regional Transit: Catherine Ross, "What if Transit Works?"

Oct 4
Xavier Vendrell, "Professionals and/or Magicians revised version"

Oct 7
Practice Session No. 3 Lecture: Neil Denari, "The Same and the Different"

Oct 11
Lecture: Louis Becker / Henning Larsen Architect...

Get Lectured: University of Michigan, Fall '15

2015-11-10T14:06:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is ready for another school year. Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

The next featured poster comes from the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming events. Unless otherwise noted, events start at 6 p.m. at the Art + Architecture Auditorium: 2000 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI.

Nov 13
Hilary Sample + Michael Meredith / MOS Architects
"Practice Sessions No. 1 Lecture"
Related: Workshop + Exhibition, Nov 13-20 at Taubman College Gallery
Panel Discussion with Sylvia Lavin

Nov 20
Conrad Kickert / The University of Cincinnati
"The Downtown That Never Was"

Dec 1
Mi...

Robot gives a helping hand as Taubman College breaks ground on new school addition

2015-04-15T18:43:00-04:00

On April 15, 2015, University of Michigan's President Mark Schlissel and Taubman College Architecture and Urban Planning Dean Monica Ponce de Leon broke ground with donor, A. Alfred Taubman on the new wing of the Art & Architecture building. [...] The ceremonial shoveling of the ground was performed by Taubman College's Kuka robot, normally used for architectural digital fabrication research, painted maize and blue for the occasion.

Previously: University of Michigan revives plan for architecture school addition and doubles budget to $28M

Also, don't miss our recent Dean's List feature with Monica Ponce de Leon, the Dean at UM's Taubman College.

Get Lectured: University of Michigan, Winter '15

2015-02-16T13:52:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter-Spring 2015

Archinect's Get Lectured is back in session! Get Lectured is an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back frequently to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

The next featured poster comes from the University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Below are upcoming lecture events only. Unless noted**, events start at 6 p.m. at the Art + Architecture Auditorium: 2000 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI. Free and open to the public.

Feb 17
Heather Roberge / Murmur: Architecture and Environments; UCLA

Feb 18
Mike Lydon / The Street Plans Collaborative

Feb 20
Achim Menges / University of Stuttgart

Feb 25
Mark Jarzombek / Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mar 13 **
Jeanne Gang / Studio Gang A...

Get Lectured: University of Michigan, Fall '14

2014-11-04T13:19:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2014

Say hello to another edition of Archinect's Get Lectured! As a refresher, we'll be featuring a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Our next poster comes from the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Below are current + upcoming events only. Unless otherwise noted, events start at 6 p.m. at the Art + Architecture Auditorium: 2000 Bonisteel Blvd, Ann Arbor, MI. All events free and open to the public.

Nov. 7
Clement Blanchet / Clement Blanchet Architecture
"Primitive"

Nov. 11
Sonia Hirt / Virginia Tech
"Landscapes of Postmodernity: Changes in the Built Fabric of Central-East European Cities Since the End of Socialism"

Nov. 14
Teresa Gali-Iza...

University of Michigan revives plan for architecture school addition and doubles budget to $28M

2014-03-18T14:19:00-04:00

Five years after scrapping its original proposal for improvements to the Art and Architecture Building, University of Michigan is planning to add a $28 million addition to the 40-year-old structure. [...] Designs for a $13 million, 16,300-square-feet addition were originally approved in 2007, but scrapped two years later. At the time, officials blamed a tough economic climate and limited financial resources.

Get Lectured: University of Michigan, Winter '14

2014-03-07T12:47:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2014

Happy Friday! Archinect's Get Lectured is up and running again for the Winter/Spring '14 term! As a refresher from our Fall 2013 guide, every week we'll feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current season. If you're not doing so already, be sure to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Since we've been receiving more submissions lately, we're gonna show off posters more often — and so you can see what events are happening in architecture schools right now!

Today's poster features the "Economics" events from the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Previous lectures can also be viewed on Taubman College's Vimeo.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are upcoming events only. Free and open to the public. Lectures will take place at 6:...

Get Lectured: University of Michigan Fall '13

2013-10-14T13:22:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013

Here on Archinect we recently launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Check out the lineup for our first poster of the week coming from the University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Listed below are lectures only. All events begin at 6:00 pm at the Art + Architecture Auditorium, 2000 Bonisteel Boulevard, Ann Arbor, MI, unless otherwise noted.** Events are free and open to the public.

SEPTEMBER

September 27
Michele Oka Doner / Sculptor
Frances and Gilbert P. Schafer Visiting Professionals Lecture:
The WPA, The NEA, and The Cave

OCTOBER

October 4
Kar...