Awards & Honors Archives - The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture

News3.31.2020

Professor Bolhassani Wins $15K CUNY Interdisciplinary Climate Crisis Research Grant

We are pleased to announce that Professor Mohammad Bolhassani’s proposal to the CUNY Interdisciplinary Climate Crisis Research Grant (ICCRG) Program, entitled “Employing a new construction material and technique to reduce the global CO2 emission,” has been selected for funding. The award amount is $15,000 in Tax Levy funds. Professor Bolhassani, with the help of Professor

News3.30.2020

Professor Bolhassani Winner in IMI Masonry Innovation Competition

We’re excited to inform you that Assistant Professor Mohammad Bolhassani, with his Spatial Masonry Project, has been chosen as the $10,000 winner of the Joan B. Calambokidis Masonry Innovation Competition in the Young Architects & Engineers Category.

Awards & Honors3.29.2020

Professor Frank Melendez Awarded 2020 NYSCA Grant

Professor Frank Melendez has been awarded a 2020 New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA) Grant, through the sponsorship and support of the Van Alen Institute. He is one of five recipients in the 2020 NYSCA Architecture + Design, Independent Projects category, and the sole recipient sponsored by Van Alen. This funding will go

News3.10.2020

Dean Lokko Is a 2020 Selector for Domus’ 50 Best Architecture Firms Worldwide Guide

Dean Lokko is a 2020 Selector for Domus’ 50 Best Architecture Firms Worldwide Guide. Joining four other selectors, Rahul Mehrotra, Dean Sarah Harding, Luis Fernandez-Galiano and Wowo Ding, the team were asked to nominate up to 10 firms worldwide whom they felt we should be watching. Counterspace were nominated last year, but the four African practices that Dean Lokko

News3.10.2020

Student Invited to Van Alen’s Brooklyn Bridge Competition Jury

Fifth-year B Arch student Isabella Joseph was invited as a student juror on the Reimagining Brooklyn Bridge competition. She will join an interdisciplinary jury that includes leadership from the New York Landmarks Conservancy, SOM, and Transportation Alternatives. The New York City Council and Van Alen Institute are collaborating on this international design competition to rethink