John Ploss, a distinguished alumnus of The City College of New York’s Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, is giving back to his alma mater after a successful career as an architect. He’s funding a $5,000 annual travel scholarship for Spitzer architecture students nearly 50 years after graduating with a Bachelor of Architecture degree from
Welcome to the 2025-26 academic year! There are many exciting opportunities to get involved and a lot to look forward to. SSA students, faculty, and staff convened in person for Convocation on September 4th. View the presentation here. Dean Marta Gutman led the event and gave updates on community standards, facilities, and upcoming events. Chair
Three SSA students have been selected for the 2025-2026 cohort of the Fund for the City of New York’s Community Planning Fellows Program. Alejandra Páez UD ’25, Ziko Malambo MS Arch ’26, and Jonathan Stirling MLA ’26 will learn from seasoned professionals in urban planning, local politics, and community development, in addition to collaborating on
The Fall 2025 Sciame lecture series, rePURPOSE, centers on the practice of adaptive reuse in the built environment. Repurposing, embedded in historical patterns of city building and for the most part discarded in the modern movement, is undergoing a remarkable renaissance. The lecture series invites architects, planners, developers, advocates, and engineers to present the technologies,
A $51,000 grant to The City College of New York’s Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture created a competition, in the form of a course, that provided select fourth- and fifth-year architecture students the unique opportunity to see a design project from conception through construction. The competition, “The Beauty of Block,” was sponsored by:
Associate Prof. Frank Melendez is the new chair of the Department of Architecture at CCNY’s Spitzer School of Architecture. He began his three-year term on July 1, succeeding Associate Prof. Sean Weiss. Dean Gutman extended a warm welcome to Frank Melendez. “I’m grateful that Prof. Melendez decided to stand for election as chair of the