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The design of indoor and outdoor spaces has the power to shape not just how we use an area, but also how we feel about it. Design can help inform whether someone wants to meet friends or move through an area quickly. It can even discourage crime.  Crime...

The renovation of Smith Plaza that turned a drab, barren stretch of beige bricks to an outdoor “great room” in the heart of the UNM campus was among the winners in the recent Brick in Architecture Awards celebrated by the Brick Industry Association...

If you’ve crossed campus in the last several months, you’ve no doubt walked through the completely renovated Smith Plaza—a space considered the “heart” of UNM.  The project which was completed just in time for the beginning of the fall 2018 semester was...

You might have walked past it before. Unassuming, placed in a turquoise metal frame near the edge of Smith Plaza before it was renovated. An aging bell weathering the elements of time and the New Mexico sky. But that’s not why you should stop, you should...

Smith Plaza, the center and heart of main campus at The University of New Mexico, has reopened after undergoing a major renovation completed by Jaynes Corporation. The design team included MRWM Landscape Architects, McClain +Yu Architects and Surface...

Smith Plaza, the center and heart of main campus at The University of New Mexico, will reopen after undergoing a major renovation completed by Jaynes Corporation. The design team included MRWM Landscape Architects, McClain +Yu Architects and Surface...

Pedestrian traffic routes around Smith Plaza will be different for a few months beginning on Monday, May 14. During this time, pedestrians will be routed through the center of the project so that work can be done on the south side of Smith Plaza. ...

Pedestrian traffic routes around Smith Plaza will change for three weeks beginning on Saturday, March 10 and continuing through Sunday, April 1. During these three weeks, detour signs will be in place to direct traffic around temporary...

The University of New Mexico hosts a Smith Plaza renovation ground breaking ceremony on Thursday, Jan. 18 at 9 a.m. on Smith Plaza—south of Zimmerman Library, north of the Student Union Building (SUB).  The brief ceremony will feature information from...

The longtime vision of creating a “great room” in the heart of The University of New Mexico (UNM) campus will soon become a reality. Construction is scheduled to begin on the Smith Plaza renovation project on Dec. 18, with fencing being the first notable...