Publications

Publications6.21.2019

Plot Cookbook Cover: bird picking at artfully prepared food

PLOT Volume 8: Cookbook

Student editors from the class of 2020: Sarah Dornner, natalie Galarza, Gabi Garcia, Alexander Kent, Cash Langford, Anna McKeigue, Katarina Medakovich, Rujuta Naringrekar

Featuring curated submissions by students, faculty, artists, and practitioners, PLOT Volume 8 explores the theme of COOKBOOK. The content of the issue is developed by the second-year MLA student editorial board in collaboration with faculty advisor Michael King and designer Isaac Gertman. Contributions to this issue reveal many rich interpretations of COOKBOOK, offering actionable recipes

Publications5.30.2019

Drawing from the Model

Fundamentals of Digital Drawing, 3D Modeling, and Visual Programming in Architectural Design

Frank Melendez

Drawing from the Model: Fundamentals of Digital Drawing, 3D Modeling, and Visual Programming in Architectural Design presents architectural design students, educators, and professionals with a broad overview of traditional and contemporary architectural representation methods. The book offers insights into developments in computing in relation to architectural drawing and modeling, by addressing historical analog methods of

News3.25.2019

CCNY Spitzer School Annual Report

Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Annual Report – PDF This two-year annual report compilation offers a view, through the lens of “building community,” of an extraordinary two-year period, a glimpse of several of our truly extraordinary students, faculty research, a hint of the transformations ahead, and a look at the support of alumni

Publications10.29.2018

City Works X: 2014-2017

I am pleased to present City Works X, the tenth volume of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s compilation of student work drawn from the Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Design, Master of Urban Design, and Master of Sustainability in the Urban Environment programs. For its tenth volume, City Works has been conceived of anew. The student work showcased

Publications7.18.2018

Counter Institution

Activist Estates of the Lower East Side

Nandini Bagchee

In the midst of current debates about the accessibility of public spaces, resurfacing as a result of highly visible demonstrations and occupations, this book illuminates an overlooked domain of civic participation: the office, workshop, or building where activist groups meet to organize and plan acts of political dissent and collective participation. Author Nandini Bagchee examines

Publications6.25.2018

Structures of Coastal Resilience

Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, Guy Nordenson, and Julia Chapman

Structures of Coastal Resilience presents new strategies for creative and collaborative approaches to coastal planning for climate change. In the face of sea level rise and an increased risk of flooding from storm surge, we must become less dependent on traditional approaches to flood control that have relied on levees, sea walls, and other forms

Spring 2019

Distinguished Critic