The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will host a panel discussion on Pritzker Prize-winning architect Fumihiko Maki (1928-2024). Known for his involvement in the midcentury Metabolist movement, his legacy and contributions to architecture and urban... View full entry »
The Sam Fox School welcomes four new architecture faculty to campus this semester: Jose Ahedo, Michelle L. Hauk, Jonathan Louie, and Nicole McIntosh. Aki Ishida also began her role July 1 as Director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design and the Sam... View full entry »
The load-bearing wall has historically served as the primary enclosure and structural component of most durable secular and religious buildings. However, the Industrial Revolution brought about technological advancements that allowed structural frames from non-structural enclosures to be... View full entry »
Artists Judith Barry and Kahlil Robert Irving, architects Fernanda Canales and Michael Maltzan, landscape architect Julie Bargmann and philosopher Timothy Morton are among the internationally renowned creative professionals who will discuss their work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual... View full entry »
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will welcome Cory Henry, Anna Bach, Eugeni Bach, and Karel Klein as visiting faculty in architecture for the spring 2024 semester. Henry will lead a graduate-level options studio, Anna Bach will lead a section of... View full entry »
Attend an in-person or virtual open house this fall to get an overview of WashU’s master of architecture, master of landscape architecture, master of urban design, and dual and joint degree programs. Faculty, current students, and admissions staff will share helpful information on curriculum... View full entry »
Artist Adam Pendleton, designer Kelli Anderson, Whitney curator Adrienne Edwards and architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are among an international array of creative professionals who will discuss their work for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in... View full entry »
Architecture shelters and protects. Yet too often, the built environment also perpetuates entrenched biases as well as a domineering and extractive view of the natural world. But what if architecture were rooted in a more holistic ethos? What if architecture tended not only to the needs of the... View full entry »
Professor Linda C. Samuels will serve as interim director of the College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at Washington University in St. Louis for the 2023-24 academic year, effective August 1, 2023. The College of Architecture and Graduate School of... View full entry »
Internationally celebrated landscape architect Kotchakorn Voraakhom will serve a year-long appointment as designer-in-residence for the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. Voraakhom is founder of the Bangkok-based... View full entry »
![Weathering St(ee)L House by [dhd] derek hoeferlin design. Recipient of an Architecture Category Merit Award. Photo: Samuel Fentress.](https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/36/36310194653b3de599a658867d1b43c0.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=110&h=110 "Weathering St(ee)L House by [dhd] derek hoeferlin design. Recipient of an Architecture Category Merit Award. Photo: Samuel Fentress.")
Numerous Sam Fox School faculty and alumni are recipients of 2021 AIA St. Louis Design Awards, which were announced during a ceremony on November 17. The Design Awards program was founded with the mission of recognizing outstanding achievements in all areas of design and construction in the St... View full entry »
Washington University in St. Louis will work alongside 10 other local organizations in a newly formed coalition designed to reduce racial, economic and spatial inequities in the St. Louis region. The St. Louis Anchor Action Network (STLAAN) comprises universities, institutions, businesses... View full entry »
$75,000 fellowship for emerging architects among nation’s largest Climate change, COVID-19, the fight for social justice. In disruptive times, how can architecture help to chart new paths and implement far-reaching solutions? That’s the question posed by “Disruption,” the 2021 James... View full entry »
How does infrastructure shape our individual and collective environments? That’s the question posed by the 2018 James Harrison Steedman Fellowship in Architecture. The biennial research competition challenges early-career architects to investigate the fundamental systems, facilities and... View full entry »
