Author Archives: Alison Powell

A Spitzer 2020 Retrospective

The Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY hosted a virtual summer show on May 27th to celebrate the work of students and faculty during this past academic year. Led by the Summer Show Team, the event featured video footage; the launch of the school’s new publication, Antidotes, a joint student-staff-faculty initiative; prizes

Spitzer Completes Virtual Summer Show

  On May 27, an unforgettable virtual display of grit, resilience, imagination took place. The Spitzer Virtual Summer Show was broadcast from bedrooms, living rooms, kitchens, and studies all across New York City! This hour-long Zoom event featured student work, a video retrospective, faculty announcements, short speeches to honor retiring faculty, a special tribute to

Antidotes I

What do “The Informal Architect,” “Self-Reflection,” “Six Degrees of Separation,” and “The Ecology of Public Space” have in common? They’re all chapters in Antidotes I, the brand-new publication by students and faculty at the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture.   Find the first edition here.

Spitzer Congratulates 2020 Graduates

The Spitzer School congratulates its class of 2020! On May 28, Spitzer raised a virtual toast to celebrate the grit, resilience, and imagination of more than 90 students completing degrees of Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Planning.   Watch our congratulatory video here.   [Event Program]

Spitzer Students Receive AIANY Scholarships

Spitzer students Jeffrey Gyemibi and Florence Methot have been awarded the AIANY Center for Architecture’s Eleanor Allwork Scholarship Merit Award and Design Scholarship, respectively. The Women’s Architectural Auxiliary Eleanor Allwork Scholarship was established in the early 1980s by architect and former AIA member Ronald Allwork. Both scholarships recognize students seeking their first degree in architecture from a

Computer Labs Assist COVID-19 Research

Spitzer ArchIT, led by IT Director Muhammad Ahmad, is joining big-tech companies like Google and Intel in putting its empty computer labs to good use. Computer power will be donated to COVID-19 related projects, including vaccine research through the Folding@Home app. Folding@Home pairs research labs that need extra computing power with people who have extra