The late J. Max Bond Jr., dean of City College’s architecture school from 1984 to 1992, is highlighted as one of the greatest all-time geniuses in Time magazine’s Genius Issue. Architect David Adjaye cites Bond’s success and dedication, the breadth of his work on multiple continents, and his “instinct for the empowering capacity of the built
On November 19, former CCNY dean of architecture and visionary architect and activist J. Max Bond Jr. (1935-2009) received a quintessential New York honor: The southeast corner of West 162nd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue is now J. Max Bond Jr. Way. Speaking at the co-naming ceremony, CCNY President Vince Boudreau remembered Bond as “always
Nine architecture students are benefiting from the new Castagna Architectural Scholarship, which provides a full year’s tuition plus funding for study abroad and books. Several recipients, in both the B Arch and M Arch I programs, studied in Berlin or Barcelona this past summer, and two students are on semester-long exchanges in Spain this fall.
Jeff Levine B Arch ’75, chair of Levine Builders, is featured in a Real Deal interview as part of a new Q&A series with New York City construction leaders. Levine shares fond memories of his years at City College in the Curry Garage and discusses how his firm came to focus on affordable housing. His company has completed
Professor Denise Hoffman Brandt spoke at the Munaneum XI Conference in San Salvador in September 2017. The event was covered in Architectural Record.
Professor Marta Gutman has published the article “New Deal New York: A Living Legacy for Children” in the fall 2017 newsletter of The Living New Deal.