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
Two Spitzer School graduate students have been selected for the 2024-2025 cohort of the Fund for the City of New York’s Community Planning Fellows Program. Oranette Johnson M Arch ’25 and Sonia Uthuph MLA ’25 will learn from seasoned professionals in urban planning, local politics, and community development in addition to collaborating on real-world projects
Adjunct Assistant Professor Marina Correia B Arch ’06 is the inaugural Michael Sorkin Visiting Distinguished Lecturer at the Bernard & Anne Spitzer School of Architecture. Made possible by an initial gift by Mark A. Willis and Carol A. Willis, the position allows a distinguished senior designer or scholar with expertise in urbanism to spend a semester at the
Assistant Professor Laura Wainer and her Spring 2024 B Arch Advanced Studio students (with special credit to Valeska Abarca B Arch ’24, Lorraine Colbert B Arch ’24, and Juan Jimenez Giraldo B Arch ’25) have published “PATHWAYS TO HOME: Design Solutions for Immigrant-Centered Housing,” a culmination of a two-year collaboration with the immigrant advocacy organization