We are delighted to announce that Professor Fabian Llonch‘s practice, Llonch+Vidalle Arquitectura (LLV), has been invited to showcase work at the Argentina Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2020. The project, which is sited in Las Grutas, Argentina, uses natural materials and local building techniques to provide a series of collective vacation homes for urban clients wishing to
The Spitzer School’s Graduate Urban Design Program has been accepted as partner university for the DRIA, Designing Resilience in Asia, an international research program on architecture and resilience. City College joins 25 institutions from around the world in the DRIA Network Team. According to Urban Design Program Director Julio Salcedo-Fernandez, “DRIA provides a unique opportunity
The Spitzer School of Architecture at the City College of New York announces its spring 2020 SCIAME lecture series including a full line-up of lectures, symposia, and special events that highlight our commitment to climate, environmental, and social justice. This is the first series curated by the school’s new leader, Dean Lesley Lokko. Under the
Educating Harlem: A Century of School and Resistance in a Black Community has been published by Columbia University Press. It includes a chapter written by Professor Marta Gutman, “Intermediate School 201: Race, Space, and Modern Architecture in Harlem.”
The 2020 Council of Europe Museum Prize has been awarded to the National Museum of Secret Surveillance “House of Leaves” (Tirana, Albania) by Studio Terragni Architetti, based in Como, Italy, and Brooklyn, New York, and headed by Professor Elisabetta Terragni. The museum was selected by the Culture Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council
This book gathers the experiences from CCNY’s Spring 2019 Urban Design travel studio, which worked in collaboration with CUJAE University of Habana. It includes a trip diary with the impressions and stories of the city, a photo journal, and the projects of both CCNY and CUJAE students, focusing on Habana Harbor future scenarios. City College’s