Blog Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

News2.19.2019

Urban Design Director Receives AIA Collaborative Achievement Award

Distinguished Professor and Director of the Graduate Urban Design Program Michael Sorkin has been selected for the AIA Collaborative Achievement Award alongside Jan Gehl of Gehl and Anne Taylor of School Zone Institute. This award recognizes the “excellence that results when architects work with those from outside the profession to improve the spaces where people live and work.”

News2.19.2019

Spring 2019 Advanced Studios Announced

Following are the Advanced Studios that are being offered in spring 2019: Kutan Ayata Diverging Conventions New York, New York Nandini Bagchee Jackson Eco Dwelling Jackson, Mississippi Monica Bertolino Inter-Sections/Interacting with the South American Territory San Juan Province, Argentina Jeremy Edmiston Design/Build: Iona Island Stony Point, New York Jerome Haferd Shifting Ground – The Harlem

News2.15.2019

Students Provide Professional Assistance in Senegal

In January 2019, Professor Marie Nazon of the SEEK Department traveled to Senegal with students to engage in a three-week course in sustainable development and the ecovillage movement. Undergraduates from the Colin Powell School of Civic and Global Leadership, many majoring in International and Black Studies, and some of Senegalese heritage, were joined by two

News2.14.2019

B.Arch Student Named University Innovation Fellow

B Arch class of 2021 student Gabriela Gonjon has recently been named a University Innovation Fellow as part of the Stanford Global Fellowship Program. Upon acceptance to the program she, along with fellow CCNY undergraduate students Skavi Ballinas (Mechanical Engineering, 2019) and Ahsanul Abeer (Political Science, 2020), are going through training to become better equipped

News2.7.2019

B Arch Students Awarded Honorable Mention

Fifth-year B Arch students Ysabelle Gamoso, Parshwa Desai, and Gerome Ventura were awarded honorable mention in a competition hosted by Archstorming for a stadium in Queens, NY, for the 2026 World Cup. The competition called for a flexible design that will allow the stadium to be transformed into a residential block after the event. The students’

Profiles2.7.2019

Patrick Monte

Patrick Monte completed the SSA’s Summer Career Lab in 2013. Why did you choose the SSA’s Summer Career Lab? I chose the SSA’s Summer Career Lab because I was considering pursuing a graduate degree in architecture to expand my art practice and explore career options in design. I wanted broad exposure to architectural education and