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 »
Masoud Akbarzadeh, an assistant professor of architecture at Weitzman who directs the Polyhedral Structures Lab, is on a team of Penn researchers who have been tapped to drive “the Future of Manufacturing” with innovative, interdisciplinary projects supported by the National Science... View full entry »
Among the Weitzman School’s latest efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion within our community and the design professions, the School has established the Julian Abele Fellowship in Architecture, which will be given annually to a graduate architecture student or students once the... View full entry »
Last summer, over 92 students and recent graduates and 31 faculty members across the Weitzman School—including programs in architecture, landscape architecture, city planning, urban spatial analytics, fine arts, historic preservation, Integrated Product Design, and several labs—worked on... View full entry »
In 2007, Penn President Amy Gutmann became the first Ivy League president to commit to tracking and reducing the university’s carbon emissions as part of the American College and University Presidents’ Climate Commitment pledge. Two years later, the University published its first Climate... View full entry »
Culturally Sustainable Design: Sensitivity + Responsivity in a Changing World About this Event Global Studio Lecture Series Culture + Equity + Society Talks co-hosted by Athabasca University RAIC Centre for Architecture + University of Calgary School of Architecture, Planning & Landscape... View full entry »
