{"id":304,"date":"2024-11-19T15:17:27","date_gmt":"2024-11-19T21:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/about\/history\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T15:23:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:23:37","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/architecture\/about\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1950s<\/div>
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Wisconsin Chapter of AIA began campaigning for the creation of a school of architecture.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1966<\/div>
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51ÁÔÆæ School of Architecture (SAR) was established with a four-year bachelor\u2019s degree and two-year master\u2019s degree.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1968<\/div>
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John Wade appointed as inaugural dean of the School of Architecture.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1969<\/div>
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UW Board of Regents approved final curriculum and classes began at the Extension Civic Center Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1969<\/div>
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American Institute of Architecture Students chapter was formed and published a newsletter called The Perspective<\/em>. Later published as The Helvetica Medium<\/em> and The Third Coast Review.<\/em><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1972<\/div>
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SAR moves from the Civic Center Campus to Holton Hall on the Kenwood Campus.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1972<\/div>
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SAR faculty organize Beginnings<\/em>, the first time design educators come together to discuss introductory design education. This evolves into the National Conference on the Beginning Design Student (NCBDS).<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1973<\/div>
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SAR moves into Englemann Hall.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1974<\/div>
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UW Board of Regents approved establishing the Department of Urban Planning, and the school changed to the School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP).<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1974<\/div>
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NAAB Initial Accreditation of Architecture Program.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1975<\/div>
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Anthony Catanese appointed dean of SARUP.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1979<\/div>
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SARUP recognized as UW Center of Excellence by Wisconsin Legislature.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1982<\/div>
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Doctoral program (PhD) in Architecture established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1983<\/div>
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Carl Patton appointed dean of SARUP.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1983<\/div>
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Third Coast Design Cooperative, later Third Coast Design Centre, Inc. formed.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1988<\/div>
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SARUP redesignated by Board of Regents as UW Center of Excellence.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1990<\/div>
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Robert Greenstreet appointed dean of SARUP.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1992<\/div>
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GIS Certificate established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1994<\/div>
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SARUP moves to its current home, a ground up building dedicated entirely to architecture and planning designed by Holabird & Root in collaboration with Eppstein Uhen.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
1995<\/div>
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Historic Preservation Institute established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2000<\/div>
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Campus Design Solutions, now Community Design Solutions, established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2005<\/div>
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Marcus Prize established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2006<\/div>
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Urban Edge Award established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2008<\/div>
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SUPERjury, a year-end review and celebration of student work, established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2010<\/div>
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Institute for Ecological Design established from the former Johnson Controls Institute.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2013<\/div>
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Department of Architecture receives approval to offer an M.S. in Architecture.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2018<\/div>
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SAMPLE Student Journal established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2020<\/div>
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Third Coast Design Centre closes due to pandemic. A newly expanded Rapid Prototyping Lab, now called the Fabrication Lab, opens with a school store.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2021<\/div>
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SARUP receives approval to offer a Master of Urban Design (MUD).<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2023<\/div>
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SARUP joins the newly established College of the Arts and Architecture, bringing together the School of Architecture & Urban Planning and Peck School of the Arts.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2023<\/div>
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Department of Architecture receives approval to offer a new five-year BArch degree.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2024<\/div>
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Center for Equity Practice and Planning Justice established.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
2025<\/div>
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Winifred E. Newman appointed inaugural dean of the College of the Arts and Architecture.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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