The CINTAS Foundation was established in 1957 with funds from the estate of Ambassador Oscar B. Cintas. The Foundation continues to provide fellowships in architecture & design; literature; music composition; and visual arts.
Their mission supports the development and expression in the arts by offering grants to visual artists, architects, composers, and creative writers of Cuban descent, making their art available to the public. In 2023, the Foundation inaugurated the Sondra Gilman González-Falla Fellowship in Photography.
The American City Planning Institute became the American Institute of Planners ca. 1938. In 1978 it merged with the American Society of Planning Officials (founded ca. 1935) to become the American Planning Association.
Courses in architecture were first offered at the University of Miami as early as 1926, however programs in architecture and the allied arts did not survive the effects of the Great Miami Hurricane, and the Great Depression. Architectural engineering courses resurfaced under the auspices of the School of Engineering in the late 1940s following World War II, and by 1983, during President Thaddeus "Tad" Foote's administration, the Department of Architecture became independent from the School of Engineering developing into the School of Architecture proper. New campus quarters established at Building 49 (Dickinson Drive) and part of first floor of the adjacent Eaton student residences. The first Dean of the School was John Thomas Regan (1983-1989).
Headquartered in Washington, DC, the mission of the CNU is to champion walkable urbanism by providing resources, education, and technical assistance to create socially just, economically robust, environmentally resilient, and people centered places. The CNU leverages the principles of the New Urbanism to advance three key goals: to diversify neighborhoods, to design for climate change, and to legalize walkable places.
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The CUCD was founded in 1992 in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew with the mission of fostering a collaborative interdisciplinary approach that supports the buttressing, retro-fitting and creation of sustainable communities and buildings. The Center seeks to integrate research, teaching, and service, encouraging interdisciplinary thought and action in the areas of historic preservation, urban design & community engagement, and, sustainable & resilient design in the sub-tropics and tropics. The Center assists or leads faculty, alumni and students in funded research, publications, and community partnerships, workshops and charrettes.
