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News3.26.2025

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Spitzer School of Architecture names former governor Eliot Spitzer honorary chair

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at CCNY announced that Eliot Spitzer, one-time governor and twice-elected attorney general of New York, has been given an honorary chair to the Dean’s Advisory Council of the school bearing his parents’ names. “I am delighted to welcome Eliot Spitzer to my Advisory Council,” said Marta Gutman, Spitzer ...read more

News3.11.2025

In Memoriam: M. Paul Friedberg

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 ...read more

News2.26.2025

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SSA students win Recipe for a Room competition creating rooms for the displaced

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 ...read more

News2.21.2025

The Spitzer School of Architecture's Dean, Marta Gutman, stands at the podium in front of a crowd in an auditorium and delivers the Spring 2025 convocation address. A screen projects a presentation behind her.

Convocation marks the start of the Spring 2025 semester

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, ...read more

News2.20.2025

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Spitzer School of Architecture nets five Independent Projects grants

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 ...read more

News2.20.2025

Junior Cruz B Arch ’26 featured in Harlem View

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 ...read more