The Spitzer School of Architecture mourns the loss of former faculty member M. Paul Friedberg, the founder of the undergraduate program in urban landscape architecture in 1970. Here are excerpts from “Remembering M. Paul Friedberg” by Charles A. Birnbaum for The Cultural Landscape Foundation: Maverick, innovator, fearless … these are just a few of the
Jessica Nolasco M Arch ’26 and Mouhamadou Dieng B Arch ’25, won the 2024 Recipe for a Room competition, which was hosted by the AIANY Interiors Committee. The model-making contest—about building spatial, sculptural, miniature rooms—benefits Terra Firma, a New York City-based non-profit organization supporting newly arrived immigrant children and families in gaining access to quality
The Spring 2025 semester is off to a wonderful start. On January 30th, we marked the beginning of the semester with convocation in Aaron Davis Hall. View the presentation here. Dean Marta Gutman led the event and provided updates on community standards, policy guidelines, facilities, and upcoming events. Chair Sean Weiss highlighted the new faculty,
Four faculty members and one alumna of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York have received Independent Projects grants from the New York State Council on the Arts in conjunction with the Architectural League of New York. Each $10,000 award was granted for a self-generated year-long project in design practice
Junior Cruz B Arch ’26 recently wrote an article, “CCNY Students on Changing the Face of Architecture,” for Harlem View, which discusses the transformative contributions of architecture students in reshaping the field. Cruz explores how students are rethinking design practices by integrating sustainability and inclusivity into their work, emphasizing the importance of creating spaces that
Grounded in contemporary landscape architecture theory and practice, Prof. Zihao Zhang‘s Cybernetics and the Constructed Environment blends examples from art, design, and engineering with concepts from cybernetics and posthumanism, offering a transdisciplinary examination of the ramifications of cybernetics on the constructed environment. Cybernetics, or the study of communication and control in animals and machines, has