2024-04-30T13:58:30-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149971296/david-erdman-appointed-as-the-chair-of-graduate-architecture-and-urban-design-at-pratt Nicholas Korody 2016-09-29T16:59:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/x0/x061ezw7dwpoiijq.jpeg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Pratt Institute has named David Erdman, co-founding director of the award-winning design firm <em>davidclovers*</em>, as the Chair of Graduate Architecture and Urban Design. Erdman succeeds William MacDonald, who will now serve as a full-time professor.</p><p>Erdman previously taught at the University of Hong Kong as an assistant professor as well as at the University of California, Los Angeles, among other schools. Erdman is also a co-founder of <em>servo</em>, a design studio whose work has been exhibited at MoMA and the Centre Pompidou.</p><p>&ldquo;I am honored and excited to serve as the newly appointed GAUD chairperson and to join such a highly esteemed institution located in one of the most culturally vibrant neighborhoods of the city,&rdquo; Erdman states in the press release.</p><p>For more news from Pratt, follow these links:</p><ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/131581016/get-a-peek-inside-pratt-s-new-film-video-department-building-by-wasa-studio-a" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get a peek inside Pratt's new Film/Video Department building by WASA/Studio A</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/124666656/pratt-institute-to-offer-masters-in-placemaking-and-management" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pratt Institute to offer masters in "Placemaking and Management"</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/39096782/pratt-institute-student-wins-2012-gensler-brinkmann-scholarship" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pratt Institute Student Wins 2012 Gensler Brinkmann Scholars...</a></li></ul>