Blog Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

News3.31.2020

Professor Bolhassani Wins $15K CUNY Interdisciplinary Climate Crisis Research Grant

We are pleased to announce that Professor Mohammad Bolhassani’s proposal to the CUNY Interdisciplinary Climate Crisis Research Grant (ICCRG) Program, entitled “Employing a new construction material and technique to reduce the global CO2 emission,” has been selected for funding. The award amount is $15,000 in Tax Levy funds. Professor Bolhassani, with the help of Professor

News3.31.2020

Professor Beom Jun Kim Published on CLOG x Cannabis

Adjunct Assistant Professor Beom Jun Kim kicks off CLOG issue 17 with his article “Cannabis Virtualis” discussing the false narratives surrounding cannabis (il)legalization as a veil for anti-immigration policies in the United States. “Marijuana, pot, weed, dope, Mary Jane, grass, ganja. After being criminalized for decades and contributing to surging prison populations, today a wave of

News3.30.2020

Professor Gutman Published on The Gotham Center for New York History

Intermediate School 201: Race, Space, and Modern Architecture in Harlem Professor Marta Gutman presents an in-depth study of the role the Intermediate School 201 played in the history of segregation within the Harlem educational system and grassroots civil rights activism in the 1950s and 1960s that changed racist school policies through boycotts, court orders,

News3.30.2020

Professor Bolhassani Winner in IMI Masonry Innovation Competition

We’re excited to inform you that Assistant Professor Mohammad Bolhassani, with his Spatial Masonry Project, has been chosen as the $10,000 winner of the Joan B. Calambokidis Masonry Innovation Competition in the Young Architects & Engineers Category.

Awards & Honors3.29.2020

Professor Frank Melendez Awarded 2020 NYSCA Grant

Professor Frank Melendez has been awarded a 2020 New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) Grant, through the sponsorship and support of the Van Alen Institute. He is one of five recipients in the 2020 NYSCA Architecture + Design, Independent Projects category, and the sole recipient sponsored by Van Alen. This funding will go

News3.27.2020

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