Blog Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

News2.26.2025

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SSA students win Recipe for a Room competition creating rooms for the displaced

Jessica Nolasco M Arch ’26 and Mouhamadou Dieng B Arch ’25, won the 2024 Recipe for a Room competition, which was hosted by the AIANY Interiors Committee. The model-making contest—about building spatial, sculptural, miniature rooms—benefits Terra Firma, a New York City-based non-profit organization supporting newly arrived immigrant children and families in gaining access to quality

News2.21.2025

The Spitzer School of Architecture's Dean, Marta Gutman, stands at the podium in front of a crowd in an auditorium and delivers the Spring 2025 convocation address. A screen projects a presentation behind her.

Convocation marks the start of the Spring 2025 semester

The Spring 2025 semester is off to a wonderful start. On January 30th, we marked the beginning of the semester with convocation in Aaron Davis Hall. View the presentation here. Dean Marta Gutman led the event and provided updates on community standards, policy guidelines, facilities, and upcoming events. Chair Sean Weiss highlighted the new faculty,

News2.20.2025

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Spitzer School of Architecture nets five Independent Projects grants

Four faculty members and one alumna of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York have received Independent Projects grants from the New York State Council on the Arts in conjunction with the Architectural League of New York. Each $10,000 award was granted for a self-generated year-long project in design practice

News2.20.2025

Junior Cruz B Arch ’26 featured in Harlem View

Junior Cruz B Arch ’26 recently wrote an article, “CCNY Students on Changing the Face of Architecture,” for Harlem View, which discusses the transformative contributions of architecture students in reshaping the field. Cruz explores how students are rethinking design practices by integrating sustainability and inclusivity into their work, emphasizing the importance of creating spaces that

News2.11.2025

Zihao Zhang's book: Cybernetics And The Constructed Environment

Cybernetics and the Constructed Environment: Design Between Nature and Technology

Grounded in contemporary landscape architecture theory and practice, Prof. Zihao Zhang‘s Cybernetics and the Constructed Environment blends examples from art, design, and engineering with concepts from cybernetics and posthumanism, offering a transdisciplinary examination of the ramifications of cybernetics on the constructed environment. Cybernetics, or the study of communication and control in animals and machines, has

News2.4.2025

2024 - 2025 Community Planning Fellow Flyer

Spitzer Students Selected as NYC Community Planning Fellows

Two Spitzer School graduate students have been selected for the 2024-2025 cohort of the Fund for the City of New York’s Community Planning Fellows Program. Oranette Johnson M Arch ’25 and Sonia Uthuph MLA ’25 will learn from seasoned professionals in urban planning, local politics, and community development in addition to collaborating on real-world projects