2024-04-30T18:16:10-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150331481/unc-charlotte-s-architecture-school-to-be-renamed-following-alumnus-donation Niall Patrick Walsh 2022-11-28T13:11:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1f/1fdfa3b9fde864cbc284720948792804.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/schools/cover/37119878/university-of-north-carolina-at-charlotte" target="_blank">The University of North Carolina at Charlotte&rsquo;s</a> School of Architecture is to be renamed the David R. Ravin School of Architecture following a <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9580/donation" target="_blank">donation</a> from the school&rsquo;s alumnus David Ravin. The donation, whose amount has not been disclosed, will be used to support students, pay for international studies, and finance university initiatives.</p> <p>Ravin graduated from the school in 1994 with a BA in Architecture before attending the <a href="https://archinect.com/taubmancollege" target="_blank">University of Michigan</a> and the <a href="https://archinect.com/mitarchitecture" target="_blank">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a>. Today, he is the president and CEO of Northwood Ravin, a development, construction, and property management firm.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3e69eda5f416d581c3a980ee8eeb3469.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3e/3e69eda5f416d581c3a980ee8eeb3469.png?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>The new David R. Ravin School of Architecture sign. Image &copy; Jacob Scannell/Courtesy of UNC and David R. Ravin School of Architecture.</figcaption></figure><figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/05b1e5de80a0e52db102a3f7fa4b341a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/05/05b1e5de80a0e52db102a3f7fa4b341a.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption> David Ravin photographed during the Ravin School of Architecture Announcement Ceremony (2022). Image &copy; Jacob Scannell/Courtesy of UNC and David R. Ravin School of Architecture.</figcaption></figure><p>"There is no right answer in architecture,&rdquo; Ravin remarked at a ceremony ...</p>