Author Archives: Liza Otto

Past / Present / Future: Eastchester Heights, Bronx

The Spring 2019 second-year Master of Landscape Architecture studio worked in Eastchester Heights in the Bronx in order to restore courtyards in the five-block complex to their previous glory as beautiful places for multiple generations to socialize. For the project, the studio broke into two teams and developed exciting design proposals: a biomorphic scheme called

Drawing from the Model

Drawing from the Model: Fundamentals of Digital Drawing, 3D Modeling, and Visual Programming in Architectural Design presents architectural design students, educators, and professionals with a broad overview of traditional and contemporary architectural representation methods. The book offers insights into developments in computing in relation to architectural drawing and modeling, by addressing historical analog methods of

City College Hosts Mundaneum XIII: Pan Americas

On April 4-5, the Spitzer School of Architecture and the Costa Rican Foundation for Design, Art and Architecture hosted Mundaneum XIII 2019: Pan Americas, an intensive series of talks and conversations exploring points of both intersection and conflict in design and planning in the erstwhile “New World.” Over a day and a half, a group

Spitzer School of Architecture 50th Anniversary

In 2019, the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture (SSA) at the City College of New York (CCNY) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary. On this occasion, the SSA celebrates its past and future as we prepare the next generation of architects, landscape architects, and urban designers as leaders in their fields. The SSA will initiate

Redesigning Cities Series Featuring June Williamson

The School of Architecture at the Georgia Institute of Technology recently launched a video and podcast series titled Redesigning Cities: The Speedwall Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech. The talks address questions facing the public worldwide regarding redesigning cities’ existing systems. In this video, Professor June Williamson speaks about the need for retrofitting suburbia within efforts

CCNY Spitzer School Annual Report

Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Annual Report – PDF This two-year annual report compilation offers a view, through the lens of “building community,” of an extraordinary two-year period, a glimpse of several of our truly extraordinary students, faculty research, a hint of the transformations ahead, and a look at the support of alumni