Blog Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

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

News7.18.2018

Dean Gebert Stands among the Gargoyles of Shepard Hall

In an article in DailyMail.com, Dean Gordon Gebert explains why the original gargoyles of City College’s landmark Shepard Hall have all been replaced and why the originals are laid out behind the Spitzer School of Architecture.

News7.18.2018

Interview with Professor Bagchee

Associate Professor Nandini Bagchee discussed her recent book, Counter Institutions: Activist Estates of the Lower East Side, in a radio interview on WNYC. Research for her book was supported in part by the Spitzer Endowment. Click here to listen to the interview.

News7.10.2018

PLOT Journal Receives Douglas Haskell Award

The student-edited landscape architecture journal, PLOT volume 6 (Cloud) has received the 2018 Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals from the Center for Architecture. Featuring curated submissions by students, faculty, artists, and practitioners, volume 6 (2017) examines the ephemeral phenomenon of the cloud, a speculation on that mass of shifting liquid masquerading as a solid. The content was