Add Your Heading Text Here September 2025Coming Together: Reimagining Americas Downtowns Opens at the National Building Museum On September 24, the National Building Museum opened Coming Together: Reimagining America’s Downtowns, a new exhibition examining the state of urban centers in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. The exhibition documents how cities have responded to challenges such as vacant office space, homelessness, and the long-term impacts of social distancing in high-density environments. The research for the […]

      November 2025Brandes Receives Glen Brown Award Uwe Brandes received the Glenn Brown Award from the Washington Architectural Foundation and the Washington chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA). The award recognizes individuals who have raised public awareness of architecture’s benefits to society and have dedicated their work to enhancing the quality of life in Washington, D.C.   Glenn Brown was an architect, civic activist, and the driving force behind the formation […]

        June 6th, 2024 NCPC’s Centennial Uwe Brandes offered reflections at the centennial celebration of the National Capital Planning Commission.  Following his remarks, a panel discussion explored the significance of this historic milestone, including Julia Koster, Prof. Zachary Schrag, and Mencer Donahue “Don” Edwards.  The event coincided with the opening of a new exhibition exploring NCPC’s history in the public reading room of Mies van der Rohe’s Martin Luther King Jr. Central […]

        December 5th, 2023Science-based Targets for Faith at COP28 Uwe Brandes (PI) and project partner Alberto Pallecchi (Co-PI) of the World Resources Institute presented the Science-based Targets for Faith project at the COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.  The project is a collaboration between the World Resources Institute and Georgetown University to establish a global standard to measure and report the emissions of real assets that are owned or controlled by global […]

        October 15, 2022Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator Award The Board of Governors of Lambda Alpha International Land Economics Society (LAI) has awarded Uwe Brandes the 2022 Richard T. Ely Distinguished Educator Award.  This award is presented biennially from nominations submitted by LAI’s 33 local chapters around the world and recognizes distinction by educators in the field of land economics and its related disciplines.  LAI was founded in 1930 at Northwestern University […]