Distinguished Professor Michael Sorkin was posthumously honored with the Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction — Gold North America prize in November. The winning design, House as Garden by Michael Sorkin Studio, is a self-sustaining and collaborative residential project in Chicago. His wife, Joan Copjec, accepted the award in Venice; the $100,00 prize will go to
Distinguished Professor Michael Sorkin was posthumously honored with the Holcim Award for Sustainable Construction — Gold North America prize in November. The winning design, House as Garden by Michael Sorkin Studio, is a self-sustaining and collaborative residential project in Chicago. His wife, Joan Copjec, accepted the award in Venice; the $100,00 prize will go to
In the spring of 2021, the Western Queens Community Land Trust (WQCLT) engaged Bagchee Architects to generate a proposal to convert a city-owned storage facility in Long Island City into affordable work and production space. In an interview recently published on Urban Omnibus, Professor Nandini Bagchee joins WQCLT co-founder Memo Salazar to discuss their work
Accompanied by Professor Ahu Aydogan, third year undergraduate students, as part of their seminar class in Construction Technology, toured the recently completed 145 Central Park North project by the design build firm GLUCK+ . The tour was led by Adjunct Assistant Professor Charles Gosrisirikul, who was part of the team which designed the residential high-rise
The Spitzer School’s B Arch student team in the APT-PETC (Association for Preservation Technology) Design-Build Competition won three awards: Best Historical Research, Best Phase 2 Video Submission, and Most Ambitious Team. The competition finals were held on October 25-26. The students — Tamar Plotzker (4th year), Xiao Lin Wang (4th year), Danielle Ryba (3rd year),
Kedishia Joseph (B Arch ’24) recently received the Common Bond Scholarship from the New York City chapter of the American Institute of Architects. This scholarship, awarded for outstanding academic success, was presented to Kedishia at the Center for Architecture Gala at Chelsea Piers on October 28. This annual fundraiser honors a selected group of individuals