With Swati Chattopadhyay, Zeynep Kezer, and Matthew Lasner, Professor Marta Gutman has launched PLATFORM, a digital forum for conversations about buildings, spaces, and landscapes. In describing the origins of the projects, PLATORM’s editors explain its links to the City College of New York: The idea of a digital venue for conversations on architecture, the built environment, and
M. Rosaria Piomelli, an architect and former dean of architecture at The City College of New York, has been recognized by the Carnegie Corporation of New York as a Great Immigrant. When Piomelli was appointed architecture dean at City College of New York in 1980, she became the first woman to head an architecture school
Featuring curated submissions by students, faculty, artists, and practitioners, PLOT Volume 8 explores the theme of COOKBOOK. The content of the issue is developed by the second-year MLA student editorial board in collaboration with faculty advisor Michael King and designer Isaac Gertman. Contributions to this issue reveal many rich interpretations of COOKBOOK, offering actionable recipes
Associate Professor June Williamson has recently been elected to two positions and honored by the Architecture Alumni Group. At-Large Director, ACSA In 2018, Williamson was elected At-Large Director of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), which provides a forum for ideas in architectural thought, education, and research. The association includes more than 500
The Spitzer School congratulates the class of 2019! On May 31, approximately 100 graduates were awarded degrees of Bachelor of Architecture, Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Planning. Graduation Slideshow Continuing students winning awards and scholarships were also recognized at a separate award ceremony on
The Spring 2019 second-year Master of Landscape Architecture studio worked in Eastchester Heights in the Bronx in order to restore courtyards in the five-block complex to their previous glory as beautiful places for multiple generations to socialize. For the project, the studio broke into two teams and developed exciting design proposals: a biomorphic scheme called