B Arch student Evana Said has been named one of two winners of the second annual Paul A. Volcker Careers in Government Essay Contest, selected from a competitive pool of nearly 150 submissions. Said is in her final semester as an honors student, working toward a Bachelor of Architecture degree and a minor in legal
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
The CCNY Master of Landscape Architecture Program has been selected as a finalist for the International School’s Prize in the International Biennial of Landscape Architecture, Barcelona. Five projects representing the school are online and will be exhibited at the event. Student work submitted for the prize included: Anna Speidel and Hana Georg’s work from the
A Spitzer School Spring 2017 Advanced Studio led by Martin Stigsgaard explored strategies that can tackle challenges of mass incarceration. Some of their work is discussed in a recent Architectural Digest article. Students investigated pathways that have potential to improve the U.S. penal system through architecture and strategic thinking. With input from human rights activists,
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
Associate Professor Bradley Horn has been appointed interim dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture. Horn is a practicing architect and partner at Berman Horn Studio and a dedicated teacher who came to CCNY in 2000 to teach in the undergraduate architecture program. Over the past two decades, he worked closely with the school and