FAMU Is the Highest Ranked Public HBCU

SEPTEMBER-14-2020

FAMU moves up six places nationally. Florida A&M University (FAMU) is again the highest-ranked public historically Black college and university (HBCU), according to U.S News & World Report 2021 Best Colleges ranking of Top Public Universities.

FAMU ranked 117 among Top Public Universities, up from No. 123 a year ago. The next highest ranked public HBCU lands at 136. 

“Our rankings reflect the University’s commitment to student success and our motto  “Excellence with Caring,”’ said President Larry Robinson, Ph.D., who has set a goal of elevating FAMU to one of the nation’s  top 100 Public Universities.

McAfees Exemplify Two Generations of Architectural Excellence

SEPTEMBER-09-2020

Two daughters follow in their father's footsteps to secure the family's groundbreaking legacy.

In 1963, Arthur Ashe became the first Black tennis player selected for the United States Davis Cup team. That same year, a 32-year-old African American man raised in Wichita, Kansas, opened the eponymous firm Charles F. McAfee Architects and Planners.

The Looming Architecture School Enrollment Crisis

AUGUST-05-2020

International students are on the decline, and not enough graduates of color are achieving licensure. Those numbers need to improve if we want to further diversify the profession.

When will students return to campus? The COVID-19 pandemic has not only shuttered architecture schools around the country; it will also likely exacerbate a long-standing crisis in the profession...

15 Pioneering Black Architects Who Shaped America

JUNE-20-2020

At VERANDA, we believe our built environment informs how we understand our own communities and reflects who we are as a society. We are committed to featuring more work from contemporary architects of color on our site, our social platforms, and in the pages of our magazine. By and large, that work would not have been possible without the rich body of work created by America's first Black architects, all of whom were true pioneers—not just for design professions but also for American society.

San Francisco Affordable Housing Challenge

JUL-31-2020

Special acknowledgement to our NOMA & NOMAS South Florida members on their participation in the San Francisco Affordable Challenge Challenge International Architecture Competition. Our members conceptualized a multi-unSan Francisco Affordable Challenge Challenge International Architecture Competition featured a number of submissions world wide.