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Tulane launches dual degree creating a new pathway for students, informed by design, science and engineering

2024-04-09T12:01:00-04:00

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As climate change and extreme weather continue to impact communities around the world, the need for professionals skilled in the fields of landscape architecture, architecture, engineering, and planning is growing. In response, the Tulane School of Architecture (TuSA), in partnership with the Tulane School of Science and Engineering (SSE), has launched a new graduate dual degree – the Master of Landscape Architecture and Master of Science in River-Coastal Science and Engineering.

The new Landscape Architecture and Engineering program creates a pathway for students interested in pursuing a career in landscape architecture, informed by a strong background in science, and in engineering, with high design abilities focused on environmental and social issues. This unique program is sure to attract students from across the globe due to its singular and clear interdisciplinary education, not offered i...

Get Lectured: Tulane University, Fall '23/Spring '24

2023-10-06T11:54:00-04:00

As the 2023-24 academic year unfolds, Archinect is looking at all the exciting events at architecture schools nationwide with our Get Lectured series. Today, we look at events and speakers coming to Tulane School of Architecture, beginning with Professor Margarita Jover’s presentation ‘Cities & Rivers: architecture beyond the object’ on October 16.

The school shares: “This year, Tulane School of Architecture has themed our lecture series 'Thinking Out Loud.' Our intent is to redirect attention from conventional architectural outcomes to the underlying ideologies, conceptual structures, and foundational thought processes that drive groundbreaking architectural pursuits.”

Princeton University School of Architecture Dean Monica Ponce de Leon follows Jover on October 23, preceding a lecture from RISD’s Jacqueline Shaw on November 13 to conclude the Fall term. The spring begins with Rice University Assistant Professor Maggie Tsang’s lecture on March 4, followed by Felecia Davis on April ...

2023 summer programs from Archinect School Partners offer pathways to an architectural education

2023-05-31T13:03:00-04:00

Interested in exploring a career in architecture and design but want to develop foundational skills and grow your design portfolio? Below are featured architecture summer programs from our Archinect Partner Schools that are still accepting applications!

These nine summer programs are offered for kids, high school students, recent high school graduates, and adults. The courses and workshops listed below offer participants, even those without prior design experience, access to the fundamentals of an architectural education. Our list also includes programs for those with existing backgrounds adjacent to architecture looking to explore specific topics with a design emphasis.

SCI-Arc presents...

DID 2022 cohort works on "Make it COOL" shade structures on SCI-Arc campus. Image courtesy of SCI-Arc.

Design Immersion Days (DID) - Los Angeles, CA (In-Person)
Dates: June 10 – July 14

Details: "Design Immersion Days (DID) is an immersive four-week summer program that introduces high school stud...

Upcoming academic events and exhibitions from Archinect Partner Schools in NYC, LA, New Orleans, and virtual

2023-05-17T14:12:00-04:00

As architecture schools everywhere prepare for end-of-year reviews, final exhibitions, and commencement ceremonies, below is a selection of upcoming events from a few of our Archinect Partner Schools.

Pratt Institute School of Architecture hosts...

Image courtesy of A Rising Tide.

Celebrating Asian & Pacific Islander Design
Date: Thursday, May 18, 6–8 pm
Details: "Join A Rising Tide, and AAPI Design Alliance for an event during NYCxDESIGN to celebrate Asian and Pacific Islanders in design. Hosted by the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, this event, timed to coincide with Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, will feature short presentations by emerging API design firms and a networking hour for interior designers, architects, makers, and landscape architects. Reception will feature API-founded drink and snack companies." Pratt SOA is one of the event's sponsors. Read more here.

New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design presents...

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Pentagram designs new visual identity for Tulane School of Architecture

2022-02-24T09:00:00-05:00

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Creating a strong and impactful visual identity for brands and companies is essential. This follows suit for institutions and academic departments. Tulane School of Architecture recently announced its partnership with renowned design firm Pentagram and unveiled its reimagined visual identity. Together, Tulane and Pentagram created a "new suite of branded materials and an entirely redesigned website."

According to Tulane, the school is entering a "new era of educating future professionals in the built environment on the importance of navigating humans' relationship with water and supporting local communities in a wide range of design challenges." With this in mind, the visual rebranding also aimed to cultivate discourse in how the school addresses "pressing environmental, social, and economic challenges."

Video courtesy of Tulane University School of Architecture.

The Pentagram design team brought an impressive level of e...

Get Lectured: Tulane University, Fall '21

2021-09-29T11:18:00-04:00

Continuing with Archinect's coverage of Fall 2021 lecture programs Tulane University School of Architecture presents its public lecture program. The school shares their series "highlights the unintended outcomes, contrarian thinking, and humility of learning something new in the course of research and/or practice."

Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series features each school's lectured series and their graphic design prowess with eye-catching lecture posters.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

On October 18 the school welcomes a presentation from Rebecca Elliott, Assistant Prof of Sociology at the London School of Economics. Elliott will present a lecture titled, "Losing Ground: Values at Risk in an American Floodplain." Following Elliott is a presentation from Rania Ghosn titled "Geostories" on October 25 from founding partner of DESIGN EARTH and Associate Professor at MIT Archtiecture.

For...

Designers, educators Omar Ali and Emmanuel Osorno join Tulane as fellows in new Deans’ Equity and Inclusion Initiative

2021-06-24T17:49:00-04:00

This post is brought to you by Tulane University School of Architecture, an Archinect Partner School

Tulane School of Architecture has selected designers and educators Omar Ali and Emmanuel Osorno to join the faculty as the school’s inaugural Architecture Fellows. As part of their two-year fellowships, they will also join the first cohort for the newly launched Deans’ Equity and Inclusion Initiative, a national partnership co-founded by Tulane School of Architecture. Ali, co-founder of table of co., will serve as the 2021-23 Architecture and Urbanism Fellow at Tulane. Osorno, founder of EOstudio, will serve as the 2021-23 Architecture and Social Innovation Fellow.

“Bringing new, diverse faculty with new perspectives to our school is incredibly important in advancing our own goals toward equity and inclusion. Both Omar and Emmanuel have immense talent, thoughtful teaching experience, and critical research in their fields, and our school looks forward to working with them,” said Iñak...

Tulane researchers receive grant to repurpose abandoned "separate but equal" schools in Louisiana

2020-08-21T13:36:00-04:00

Laura Blokker, interim director of the Tulane University School of Architecture's Preservation Studies program, and Andrew Liles, assistant professor of architecture at the school, have won the Richard L. Blinder Award, a $15,000 grant from the Trustees of the James Marston Fitch Charitable Foundation that will aid the researchers in their efforts to repurpose abandoned school facilities originally built to enforce Jim Crow-era racial segregation in education.

The schools, built as part a last-ditch attempt to establish "separate but equal" educational facilities in the state, were abandoned as racial integration began to take hold in 1970, and have sat empty for many years. The grant award will allow researchers to work with alumni of the schools in designing reuse strategies for the buildings, Tulane News reports.

The research project will include identifying the surviving schools across the state so that the research team can "assess and categorize the overall design, plans and...

Architect and historian Edson Cabalfin to lead Tulane's Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship program.

2020-07-09T16:04:00-04:00

The Tulane University School of Architecture has named designer, historian, and architect Edson Cabalfin, PhD as the new Director of the school's Social Innovation and Social Entrepreneurship (SISE) program.

Cabalfin is a licensed architect in the Philippines and runs the design consultancy Talyer Kayumanggi/Brown Workshop, which is currently based in Cincinnati, Ohio and Manila. The multi-disciplinary practice operates within the realms of architecture, interior design, set design, costume design, fashion, and design strategy, among other arenas. Cabalfin's academic research focuses on a variety of interrelated topics, including the interdisciplinary and transnational intersections of architecture history and theory, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies, postcolonial theory, Southeast Asian studies, spatial justice, public interest design, and heritage conservation.

A statement published by the Tulane School of Architecture explains that "Dr. Cabalfin said his design stud...

Virtual Events for May 26th and 27th

2020-05-26T08:01:00-04:00

Today and tomorrow's featured virtual event happenings, from Archinect's Virtual Event Guide, feature Tulane's thesis students, Justin Davidson, Rural Office for Architecture, mass timber, Antoine Picón, and Mitchell Joachim.

Are you hosting a virtual lecture? Presentation? Tour? Interview? Happy Hour? Submit it for consideration by clicking here.

Are you an expert in an arena that's especially important right now? Let us know if you would like to work with Archinect to host an online event.

Tulane School of Architecture 2020 Thesis Show
Tuesday, May 26, 2020 5:00 PM – Wednesday, May 27, 2020 6:00 PM CST
The 2020 Thesis Show features select work by the top undergraduate and graduate students from the Tulane School of Architecture in New Orleans. -Graduate Thesis Show: May 26, 5pm-6pm CT -Undergraduate Thesis Show: May 27, 5pm-6pm CT Registration ends on Tuesday, May 26, at 3pm CT.
Click here to attend and/or register

MAS Urbanists Present: Justin Davidson in Conversation
Tuesday, May 26...

Tulane School of Architecture presents 2020 Thesis Show & Virtual Exhibition

2020-05-22T09:00:00-04:00

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The Tulane School of Architecture in New Orleans has recently produced two unique ways to view and interact with thesis work by graduate and undergraduate students: The 2020 Thesis Show and Thesis Virtual Exhibition.

Image courtesy of Tulane University School of Architecture

Thesis Show:

This virtual event features select work from undergraduate and graduate thesis students at Tulane School of Architecture. The projects cover a wide breadth of representation techniques and research topics – design solutions to address climate change, education, urban crises and social emergencies.

Graduate Thesis Show: Tuesday, May 26, 5pm-6pm CT
The 2020 graduate theses explore the rebuilding of New Orleans as a water city, new pedagogies in design-build, radical solutions to the extreme housing crisis in Hong Kong, the construction of design narratives, and a new typology for overdose prevention sites.

Featuring: Henry Brer...

Get Lectured: Tulane, Spring '20

2020-02-19T09:08:00-05:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Winter/Spring 2020

A new school term means it's time for Archinect's latest edition of Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

The Tulane University School of Architecture kicked off their Spring 2020 event series with the Student Travel Fellowship Lecture with Lucy Satzewich, Taylor Scott, Seneca Gray, Madison Cook, and Ysabel Colon. Upcoming speakers this semester include Lola Sheppard, Eduardo Arroyo, Tim Love, Kate Orff, Sara Jensen Carr, and Fuensanta Nieto.

In March, “POP UP! a symposium on temporary architectures” will feature Allison Arieff, Mary Hale, SPORTS collaborative, and Ania Jaworska.

Check out previous posters on the Get Lectured...

Are American architecture schools "too white"?

2019-10-08T19:04:00-04:00

The Tu White School of Architecture isn’t an actual institution. It’s a work of satire taking the form of a website that discusses whiteness in the architecture industry, articulates the importance of diversity of race, gender identity, class, and experience in higher education, and proposes ways that an architecture school could change its policies and practices to affirm diversity and reject white supremacy.

Curbed's Diana Budds takes a look at the "Tu White School of Architecture," a "hopeful exercise" created by designer and advocate Chris Daemmrich that seeks to spur dialogue regarding "what a commitment to justice and equity could look like for an architectural institution."

Daemmrich, who is an alumni of the Tulane School of Architecture, tells Curbed, "People talk often—particularly in the world I’m in—about justice and equity as a concept, but the words are divorced from the links with economic equity, racial equity, and gender equity. I wanted to take this opportunity to be specific and think about programs and policies or steps that could be taken by an institution.”

Detroit's Maurice Cox to lead Chicago's planning department

2019-07-19T13:12:00-04:00

New York native Maurice Cox is stepping down from his role this fall as Detroit's planning director. He's expected to take on a role as the top planning executive for the City of Chicago, a city official confirmed.

After four years at the helm of Detroit's planning department, Maurice Cox is headed to Chicago to serve as the city's top planning executive under the Windy City's new mayor, Lori Lightfoot.

A Brooklyn native, Cox is an architectural designer, educator, and former mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia. Prior to arriving in Detroit, Cox directed the Tulane University City Center, a community outreach and design-build institute housed within the Tulane School of Architecture. Prior to that role, Cox served as the design director for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C.

Cox told The Detroit News, "I feel strongly that Detroit's neighborhoods are receiving the attention that they deserve and people feel strongly that they have a road map for the quality of life for neighborhoods, whether it's streets, parks or greenways. Cox added that those efforts are "driven by the residents who stayed."

Illinois Institute of Technology announces architectural educator, critic, and consultant Reed Kroloff as the new College of Architecture Dean

2019-06-12T13:51:00-04:00

With over 30 years of experience as a leader and educator in architectural academia, the former dean of architecture at Tulane University School of Architecture will be joining Illinois Institute of Technology's College of Architecture. During his career, Kroloff has also stood as the director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art and Art Museum in Bloomflied Hills, Michigan as well as editor-in-chief of the design magazine Architecture.

Having played an influential role within the profession, the Times once called him "the man with the list at architecture’s party." As the principal at jones|kroloff, the firm has been a major design consultancy for public, government, and educational projects like Jose Vasconcelos National Library of Mexico and the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County.

"The university community is thrilled to welcome Reed and the unique voice and vision he will bring to Illinois Tech’s historic leadership in architecture," says Peter Kilpatrick, Illinois Tech’...

Get Lectured: Tulane, 2017-18

2017-10-11T14:06:00-04:00

Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2017

Ready or not, it's the start of a new school year. Back for Fall 2017 is Archinect's Get Lectured, an ongoing series where we feature a school's lecture series—and their snazzy posters—for the current term. Check back regularly to keep track of any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.

Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to connect@archinect.com.

Have a look at the Tulane School of Architecture's 2017-18 lecture series. This year's “Legacy Cities” theme celebrates the tricentennial of New Orleans. Legacy Cities will highlight “architectural designs, visions, and interventions that negotiate the complex histories of older cities with present-day needs, and the uncertainties ahead.”

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Editor's Picks #431

2015-10-09T10:37:00-04:00

Laura Amaya interviewed Giancarlo Mazzanti, founder and principal of El Equipo de Mazzanti. The two discussed "architecture for social inclusion...from a political point of view", play or leisure, and "an architecture made of parts...or open work".

Meanwhile the latest editions of Deans List: featured Kenneth Schwartz of Tulane School of Architecture and Amale Andraos of Columbia University's GSAPP. vado retro agreed that Tulane is a "great school in a great city. enjoy it while it is still above water."

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In a collaboration with the Architecture Biennial, Archinect offered up an Chicago installment of Next Up, the live-podcasting event.

Patrik Schumacher shared some criticism of the event and participants "one still wonders whether these laudable concerns should usurp the space that was presumably meant to be allocated to contemporary architecture."

Herzog & de Meuron released the first look at their design for the new Vancouver Art Gallery, a significant update on the Gallery's ol...

Tulane architecture dean Kenneth Schwartz named head of Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking

2015-04-09T14:19:00-04:00

Architecture Dean Kenneth Schwartz will serve as the founding director of the newly established Phyllis M. Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking. [...] The center, established with a $15 million award from Tulane Board member Phyllis Taylor, will expand the university’s social innovation program and offer a space for faculty and students to collaborate on innovative and interdisciplinary solutions to issues in areas such as the environment, education and health care.

Project Pipeline Introduces New Orleans High School Students to Architecture and Design

2012-08-14T21:09:00-04:00

More than 25 high school students from across New Orleans, most of whom had never met an architect, recently took part in the inaugural Project Pipeline Architecture and Design Camp — a four-day, intensive workshop intended to introduce the process of design to a community with historically limited access to the design profession.

The camp was organized by the Louisiana Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA LA) and held at the Tulane School of Architecture.