Blog Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

News7.22.2025

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The Beauty of Block competition yields insights into design-build

A $51,000 grant to The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture created a competition, in the form of a course, that provided select fourth- and fifth-year architecture students the unique opportunity to see a design project from conception through construction. The competition, “The Beauty of Block,” was sponsored by:

News7.14.2025

Spitzer’s New Department Chair

Associate Prof. Frank Melendez is the new chair of the Department of Architecture at CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture. He began his three-year term on July 1, succeeding Associate Prof. Sean Weiss. Dean Gutman extended a warm welcome to Frank Melendez. “I’m grateful that Prof. Melendez decided to stand for election as chair of the

News6.16.2025

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Prof. Sean Weiss is recipient of the 2025 CCNY President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Service

We are proud to announce that Sean Weiss, Architecture Department Chair and Associate Professor, was recently honored with the President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Service at the 2025 President’s Faculty and Staff Service & Excellence Awards on May 6th, 2025, in the Great Hall. The President’s Award for Outstanding Faculty Service is an annual recognition

News6.5.2025

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Congratulations to the Class of 2025!

2025 Commencement

Congratulations, Spitzer School of Architecture graduates! On May 29th, SSA hosted an End-of-Year Celebration, during which we honored graduating students with an exhibition of their work, an awards presentation, and a celebratory toast. On May 30th, the class of 2025 gathered on the South Lawn for the 172nd Commencement Ceremony of The City College of

News6.3.2025

Mouhamadou Dieng B Arch ’25 Named a Great Grad

We are thrilled to report that Spitzer student Mouhamadou Dieng B Arch ’25 is included in CCNY’s Great Grads highlight publication this year! Mouhamadou Dieng’s parents immigrated to New York from Senegal. Born and bred in Harlem, Dieng is thankful to have attended CCNY in his hometown, a place he describes as the backdrop of

News6.3.2025

Dean Marta Gutman featured in Women Shaping the Built Environment: Lessons Learned from Oakland, CA and New York, NY

Join the AIA Brooklyn Women in Architecture on Thursday, June 26th, 2025, at 6 PM for an evening of ideas, inspiration, and connection at the Marset USA Showroom as we spotlight the critical impact of women shaping our cities and communities. This is more than a panel — it’s a space to meet others, exchange