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Study Abroad Spring 2023 Info Session

Great news! The Spitzer School of Architecture Study Abroad Programs are back! Find out more about our Study Abroad Programs for the Spring 2023 semester, which include Barcelona, Madrid, Istanbul, and Munich, and how you can apply. Where: Spitzer School of Architecture, Room 107 When: Thursday, September 15, 2022 from 1:00pm-1:45pm We will also provide

Spitzer Team Wins Masonry Innovation Competition

Spitzer professor Mohammad Bolhassani and Ahmed Helal (B.Arch ‘22) have won the highly competitive International Masonry Institute’s Joan B. Calambokidis Masonry Innovation Award for their project Perforated Masonry in the Young Architects/Engineers category. Their project attempts to improve upon an unrealized bridge design by Leonardo da Vinci through the use of negative space, reducing the

Fall 2022 Lecture Series

Our 2022 Fall Sciame Lecture Series is titled Border Crossings: Architecture and Migration in the Americas and brings together architects, preservationists, planners, artists, and historians of color at a precipitous moment in time. Border Crossings: Architecture and Migration in the Americas presents meditations on the topic of migration from nontraditional, creative, and interdisciplinary perspectives. The

PLOT Volume 11: Opulence

Featuring curated submissions by students, faculty, artists, and practitioners, PLOT Volume 11 explores the theme of OPULENCE. This year’s faculty editor Michael King, along with debonair and dapper student editors — Casey Breen, Charlie Caccamo, Soha Farooqui, Matt Garczynski, Jordan Greenblatt, and Tucker Schnaars — have assembled rich material with flair! What could be more

2022 Award Winners Recognized

On June 1, the Spitzer School held an award ceremony to recognize award-winning continuing students. Congratulations to all of these students, and many thanks to the generous donors supporting many of these scholarships! 2022 B Arch Program Awards Gerner, Kronik & Valcarcel Art of Architecture Award Awarded to a student entering their final year in

Transient Spaces Presentation at CHANGING CITIES V Conference in Corfu, Greece

On June 21, Suzan Wines and Loukia Tsafoulia participated in the “CHANGING CITIES V: Spatial, Design, Landscape, Heritage and Socio-Economic Dimensions” program in Corfu, Greece, with a presentation from their book entitled Transient Spaces. Transient Spaces (eds. Loukia Tsafoulia, Suzan Wines, and Samantha Ong) examines transience as a force of opportunity and resilience in the