Each spring, first-year graduate architecture students are introduced to the themes of the ARCH 502 design studio through the Schenk-Woodman Competition. The studio always focuses on a timely spatial challenge in Philadelphia, says Associate Professor of Architecture Annette Fierro, who... View full entry »
The Boston Architectural College (BAC) today announced the launching of its bold new vision through its 'BAC to the Future' strategic plan. Through this innovative plan, the BAC's focus will be transforming current programs and creating future-oriented design programs accessible to students in the... View full entry »
BERKELEY, CA — This spring, the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley will launch a new virtual reality platform called Virtual Bauer Wurster, designed and created by CED Professor of Architecture Luisa Caldas and a team of students and VR specialists. Virtual Bauer Wurster is designed... View full entry »
CCA Professor Neeraj Bhatia, with Cesar Lopez, CCA Master of Architecture alumnus and University of New Mexico assistant professor, received a 2021 ACSA Faculty Design Award for the exhibition "New Investigations in Collective Form," which presents a series of design experiments by Bhatia's... View full entry »
POOL: PLANT To sow and to growIs to care and then repair.To tend we befriend. The floor that containscycles that come and go—Operation complete. Gleaning conceptionsThe cultivation of whichwill show us the way. We invite you to examine plant with an eye towards all or any of its associated... View full entry »
James Stevens, AIA, has been appointed director of the School of Architecture at Clemson University. He is scheduled to begin his new leadership role on June 1, 2020. Stevens comes to Clemson from Lawrence Technological University near Detroit, where he has served as chair of architecture since... View full entry »
In medicine and emergency operations alike, experienced practitioners pass down knowledge in a way that expands upon classroom learning. The established surgeon teaches the young resident who in turn teaches the fresh-faced medical student. Experienced firefighters show new fire academy graduates... View full entry »
The Clemson University School of Architecture recently initiated a student-to-student mentoring program that will help first-year students adjust to the rigors of design studies. Architecture classes emphasize teamwork and long-term self-directed projects, offering new challenges to students who... View full entry »
On September 29, the Weitzman Office of Development and Alumni Relations brought together two alums of the Department of Architecture, Vanessa Keith (MArch’00) and Julie Torres Moskovitz (MArch’00), for an online conversation on how their design practices allow them to engage as activists on... View full entry »
The Architectural Archives at the University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design has received a $300,000 project grant from The Pew Center for Art & Heritage for their exhibition, What Minerva Built. The interdisciplinary project critically examines the complicated heritage work... View full entry »
Students entering architecture school often think of design as linear, says architect Vanessa Keith (MArch’00), who joined the faculty in the Department of Architecture this fall. They tend to want to move forward in stages: first the floor plan, then the elevation, and so on. But “creativity... View full entry »
In his new book, Building Time: Architecture, Event, and Experience (Bloomsbury, 2020), David Leatherbarrow, professor of architecture, gives a series of close readings of buildings, both contemporary and classic, to demonstrate the centrality of time in modern architecture. In this excerpt... View full entry »
Since architect Peter Eisenman founded the renowned Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies in New York in 1967, he’s earned important commissions around the world and published a number of influential writings. In 2005, his much-anticipated design for the Memorial to the Murdered Jews... View full entry »
As COVID-19 cases rise rapidly across the U.S., there’s evidence showing that the virus spreads more easily during indoor activities. CDC guidelines now recommend in-person social activities, including holiday gatherings, be conducted outdoors instead of indoors whenever possible. Now, as... View full entry »