Welcome to Fall 2021! The entire Spitzer School community convened a virtual for Convocation on August 26, lead by Interim Dean Marta Gutman. She underscored the importance of patience and cooperation at this moment of transition and also covered policies, school initiatives, and upcoming events. Chair June Williamson spoke about design topics and new faculty.
We are pleased to announce our Fall 2021 Sciame Lecture Series, “Architectures of Care,” curated by Associate Professor Cesare Birigani and Adjunct Associate Professor Vyjayanthi Rao. The series explores the notion of care and the ways in which architecture might contribute to repairing built environments and social fabrics. In a world riven by inequality and
Professor Marta Gutman has stepped in as the Interim Dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture. Bradley Horn, according to the plan agreed to when he was appointed almost a year ago, has stepped aside to return to his faculty position in the Spitzer School of Architecture. Professor Gutman, a historian and licensed architect, has
Dear Friends, I hope you are all well and enjoying the remaining part of the summer. Here is an update on the school, reopening, new initiatives, and leadership. Reopening It has been a busy summer of preparing the building and coordinating with the college and university on our return this fall. Here are the latest
The tenth volume of PLOT appropriately celebrates the tenth anniversary with the theme of X. Sure, it’s the Roman numeral for the volume number. But X is also a generic variable, something that stands in for an unknown numerical value that may change within the context of a mathematical equation or experiment. X rings with
Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges, the recent publication co-authored by June Williamson, Spitzer School chair, is the 2021 winner of the Great Places Award for books. Presented by the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), in partnership with Project for Public Spaces, the Great Places Awards uniquely recognize work that combines expertise