Associate Professor June Williamson has recently been elected to two positions and honored by the Architecture Alumni Group. At-Large Director, ACSA In 2018, Williamson was elected At-Large Director of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), which provides a forum for ideas in architectural thought, education, and research. The association includes more than 500
The Spitzer School congratulates the class of 2019! On May 31, approximately 100 graduates were awarded degrees of Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Planning. Graduation Slideshow Continuing students winning awards and scholarships were also recognized at a separate award ceremony on
Distinguished Professor and Director of the Graduate Urban Design Program Michael Sorkin has been selected for the AIA Collaborative Achievement Award alongside Jan Gehl of Gehl and Anne Taylor of School Zone Institute. This award recognizes the “excellence that results when architects work with those from outside the profession to improve the spaces where people live and work.”
B Arch class of 2021 student Gabriela Gonjon has recently been named a University Innovation Fellow as part of the Stanford Global Fellowship Program. Upon acceptance to the program she, along with fellow CCNY undergraduate students Skavi Ballinas (Mechanical Engineering, 2019) and Ahsanul Abeer (Political Science, 2020), are going through training to become better equipped
Fifth-year B Arch students Ysabelle Gamoso, Parshwa Desai, and Gerome Ventura were awarded honorable mention in a competition hosted by Archstorming for a stadium in Queens, NY, for the 2026 World Cup. The competition called for a flexible design that will allow the stadium to be transformed into a residential block after the event. The students’
Fourth-year B Arch student Bella Fishta recently presented work as part of the Opportunities in Research and Creative Arts Program (ORCA) offered by CCNY. Fishta worked with Associate Professor June Williamson as her faculty advisor. The project, “Graphic Documentation and Analysis Techniques for Case Studies of Suburban Retrofits,” investigated a selection of suburban sites in Connecticut, New Jersey, Maryland,