This one-year post-professional program launches in Fall 2020 in the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania Weitzman School of Design. The Master of Science in Design: Robotics and Autonomous Systems [MSD-RAS] aims to critically develop novel approaches to the design... View full entry »
Philadelphia—The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design has selected KPF cofounder A. Eugene Kohn as the 2019 recipient of the Kanter Tritsch Medal for Excellence in Architecture and Environmental Design, and the Regional Plan Association (RPA) Fourth Regional Plan as the... View full entry »
Nostalgia confers a lens to look backwards and forwards, to reminisce and project. But, are we really nostalgic for the past? How much of our nostalgia is for the possibility of a future we can no longer have? Let us prod nostalgia, pitting its longings, fears, and speculations against one... View full entry »
Los Angeles, CA (October 10, 2019) – SCI-Arc is delighted to announce the upcoming launch of its newest publication, Sessions, Volume 2, a book comprised of a series of speculative conversations between editor Ramiro Diaz-Granados and a selection of SCI-Arc faculty, including Kristy Balliet... View full entry »
Los Angeles, CA (October 1, 2019) – On September 8th during SCI-Arc’s 2019 graduation commencement ceremony, esteemed architect and longtime SCI-Arc friend, faculty, and trustee Frank Gehry received an honorary M.Arch degree from the school. SCI-Arc Director and CEO Hernan Diaz Alonso, who... View full entry »
In Women [Re]Build: Stories, Polemics, Futures, Associate Professor of Architecture Franca Trubiano and alumnae Ramona Adlakha (MArch’18) and Ramune Bartuskait (MArch’18) gather reflections on the renewal of feminist thought in architecture (Framing Stories), challenges to practice made... View full entry »
Media Contact: Michael Grant, mrgrant@design.upenn.edu, 215.898.2539 Philadelphia—The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design will host a public celebration on Thursday, October 3, 2019 to highlight the School’s new name, honor Penn philanthropist and footwear icon Stuart... View full entry »
Awards Include Student Prizes, Scholarships Recognizing Emerging Talent Philadelphia—The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design has selected KPF cofounder A. Eugene Kohn as the 2019 recipient of the Kanter Tritsch Medal for Excellence in Architecture and Environmental... View full entry »
September 24, 2019 (Chapel Hill, NC) – In a ceremony in Cincinnati, Ohio, last week, Doug Pierson, AIA, and Youn Choi, partners at pod architecture + design (pod a+d) in Chapel Hill, NC, received their second design award for Rabbit Hole Distillery, the metal, glass, and blackened wood... View full entry »
Download press images Los Angeles, CA (September 24, 2019) – SCI-Arc is pleased to announce that it will be hosting an exhibition featuring the work of Argentinian artist Fabian Marcaccio, entitled Paintant Lab. The exhibition will run from October 18 through December 1 in the SCI-Arc Gallery... View full entry »
We are proud to announce our Sciame Fall 2019 Lecture Series and Events poster. We have an impressive list of lecturers with two nights dedicated to discussion around the international refugee crisis (Oct 10 and Nov 7).Mark your calendar and join the Spitzer community in these timely... View full entry »
Lesley Lokko, a UK-trained, Scottish-Ghanaian architect, academic and best-selling novelist, is named the Dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York. Lokko’s appointment is effective December 2019. “This is an incredible opportunity and such an... View full entry »
Cliff Garten LECTUREPublic Art, What’s Next, Landscape and Infrastructure Thursday, October 3, 2019 This lecture will begin at 7:00 pm in the Forum, Academic Wing, Elaine and Bram Goldsmith Campus, Otis College of Art and Design, 9045 Lincoln Boulevard, Los Angeles, 90045. The lecture and... View full entry »
Finalists in international competition to design new museum café within the Everson Museum of Art will make public presentations prior to jury session. The Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse, New York and Syracuse University School of Architecture are hosting an international competition to design... View full entry »