Blog Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

News10.26.2022

Spitzer School Announces Opening of the Sorkin Reading Room

The Spitzer School will celebrate the opening of the Sorkin Reading Room, dedicated to its namesake, Michael Sorkin, the late distinguished professor of architecture, on Thursday, December 1. An author, activist, architecture critic, urbanist, and the head of Michael Sorkin Studios and Terreform, Sorkin joined the Spitzer School of Architecture as a professor of architecture and

News10.25.2022

Paul Farber Lecture Recording

This special lecture was held in person on 10/20/22 and was co-sponsored by the Society for American City and Regional Planning History as the keynote for the SACRPH 2022 Harlem Conference. Paul Farber is Co-founder and Director of Monument Lab. He is author of A Wall of Our Own: An American History of the Berlin Wall and co-editor

News10.25.2022

C.J. Alvarez Lecture Recording

This lecture by C.J. Alvarez, “The Natural and Built Environments of the U.S.-Mexico Border,” was held in person on 10/6/22 and was part of the Fall 2022 Sciame Lecture Series, titled “Border Crossings: Architecture and Migration in the Americas.” C.J. Alvarez is the author of Border Land, Border Water: A History of Construction on the U.S.-Mexico Divide,

News10.21.2022

Marshall Berman’s Family Gifts Collection to Spitzer School

Marshall Berman’s family gifts renowned urbanist’s collection to CCNY’s Spitzer School

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture has been given an extraordinary gift: the collection of books and archives belonging to Professor Marshall Berman (1940-2013) that he used to prepare to teach his courses at City College, principally at the Spitzer School. The collection will be housed in the CCNY Architecture Library. Berman, a distinguished professor

News10.4.2022

School’s First Beyer Blinder Belle Foundation Scholarship Awarded

Renowned architectural firm Beyer Blinder Belle has created a scholarship at The Foundation for City College for the Spitzer School to support students who demonstrate both exceptional ability and financial need. BBB partner Carlos Cardoso BS ’92 led the establishment of the $10,000 scholarship, emphasizing that financial assistance toward tuition and living expenses at Spitzer is integral

Alumni10.3.2022

Pedro Cruz Cruz M Arch ’22 (right), winner of the Millennium bcp Universities Competition Award, with Multiplicity co-curator Professor Vyjayanthi Rao.

CCNY at Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2022

The 2022 Lisbon Architecture Triennale, “Terra,” which runs from September 29 to December 5, features work by a number of CCNY faculty and alumni. The main exhibit section Multiplicity taking place in the Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea de Lisboa (MNAC) is co-curated by Professor Vyjayanthi Rao in collaboration with Tau Tavengwa, with curatorial assistance