Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Annual Report – PDF This multiyear report provides a thorough compilation of our truly extraordinary students, faculty, and staff along with deep gratitude for the support of alumni and friends who make so much possible here at the Spitzer School. We also take a step back to affirm
Featuring curated submissions by students, faculty, artists, and practitioners, PLOT Volume 11 explores the theme of OPULENCE. This year’s faculty editor Michael King, along with debonair and dapper student editors — Casey Breen, Charlie Caccamo, Soha Farooqui, Matt Garczynski, Jordan Greenblatt, and Tucker Schnaars — have assembled rich material with flair! What could be more
The tenth volume of PLOT appropriately celebrates the tenth anniversary with the theme of X. Sure, it’s the Roman numeral for the volume number. But X is also a generic variable, something that stands in for an unknown numerical value that may change within the context of a mathematical equation or experiment. X rings with
Future Architects of the Middle East (F.A.M.E) is excited to annouce the release of their publication, Mashrabiya 01 Icon. In architecture, the word “icon” is synonymous with monumental buildings as tangible representations of a time, a feeling, a nation, and a people. And yet, to speak of iconic architecture in the Middle East creates particular
Gonzalo J. Lopez, adjunct associate professor at the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture and cofounder of KnitKnot architecture, has recently published “Radical Geography and Advocacy Mapping: The Case of the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute (1968–1972)” in the Journal of Planning History. The article explores the Detroit Geographical Expedition and Institute (DGEI), a
Case Studies in Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Strategies for Urgent Challenges, by CCNY Associate Professor and Architecture Department Chair June Williamson and her longtime collaborator Professor Ellen Dunham-Jones of Georgia Tech, was published in late January (Wiley). The next book in the groundbreaking Retrofitting Suburbia series, it presents 32 new case studies documenting successful retrofits