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February 17 was a night of many firsts for the College of Architecture and Planning, Dean Nan Ellin said. For the first time in two years, students, faculty, and staff gathered in-person for the grand opening of CAP’s latest exhibition at its second floor gallery in the CU Denver Building. Marking its first in-person gathering since the start of the pandemic, CAP is thrilled to showcase the life and work of John R. Henderson, Colorado’s first licensed Black architect. — CU Denver News
The exhibit was curated by College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) Research Assistant Schawn Chi Ming Li and consisted of 300 drawings, audio recordings, and architectural models produced throughout Henderson’s life and career. Henderson, who passed away in 2018, was one of very few Black... View full entry
A team of academics working in the Digital Structures research group at MIT's Building Technology Program has combined local aesthetic desires with the recent international push to expend increasing amounts of mass timber elements into new construction. Associate professor Caitlin Mueller is... View full entry
The USC Architectural Guild has announced the winners of the 11th annual Design Charrette. Past challenges have addressed pressing issues such as homelessness, climate change, and the need for the city to rapidly adapt ahead of its bid as host of the 2028 Summer Olympics, among other themes. Each... View full entry
With the Spring lecture series well underway, architecture schools proceed with an exciting lineup of presentations and public events for the season. The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) has reached the halfway mark for its Spring lecture series. Starting in January the school... View full entry
The London School of Architecture has announced a scholarship program for students from low-income households. The initiative will see three recipients each awarded £36,000 (approximately $47,000), covering the full fees and associated costs of the LSA’s two-year MArch program. The funding for... View full entry
Syracuse University School of Architecture (SoA) shares its Spring 2022 lecture series and event programming. Continuing with Archinect's Get Lectured Series, our aim is to highlight upcoming lectures from architecture schools as well as their graphic design themes for the Spring. Starting... View full entry
Three U.S. university-led proposals have been selected by NASA to develop technologies for living and working on the Moon. This push for technological development comes as NASA prepares to send astronauts back to the Moon through its Artemis missions, the agency’s plan to send the first... View full entry
Continuing with Archinect's Spring 2022 Get Lectured series, the University of Southern California (USC) Architecture shares its lineup of lectures and events in March and April. The school's "ARCHITECTURE ENGAGED" series features a collection of symposiums, talks... View full entry
The University of Texas at Austin’s School of Architecture has received a $1 million donation honoring John S. Chase, the first Black graduate of the school and the first Black licensed architect in the state of Texas. The donation has been provided by Tony Chase and his wife Dr. Dina Alsowayel... View full entry
The important next step in Columbia University’s aggressive campus expansion project has been inaugurated this week with the opening of its new Columbia Business School, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with FXCollaborative, in northern Manhattan. The... View full entry
Archinect's ongoing Get Lectured series highlights lecture and event programming at architecture schools while also showcasing the graphic prowess of each institution as they continue to adapt to in-person and virtual academic events. Continuing with the Spring '22 lecture series, we are... View full entry
The Pratt Institute and Clemson University have each launched fellowships within their design and architecture schools focused on students from underserved or underrepresented communities. The Pratt Institute’s initiative, titled the Diamonstein-Spielvogel Fellowship program, will focus on... View full entry
The votes are in for Archinect's latest contest of architecture school event posters featured in our ongoing Get Lectured series throughout the 2021 Spring and Fall terms. The Boston community came out in full force to vote for their local team, the Boston Architectural College, taking first... View full entry
Continuing with Archinect's coverage of Spring '22 academic lecture programming, Harvard GSD shares details about their Spring series and the inspiration behind their poster graphic designed by Harsh Patel. Recently, Harvard GSD published an interview on their site with the GSD's art director... View full entry
An online space called Virtual Bradford is set to be completed this summer that would provide a high-resolution 3D online “brick-for-brick” digital twin of Bradford, England’s city center. The project is a collaboration between the University of Bradford and the Bradford Council. It is... View full entry