Chengjun Sun, an architect from China, is CCNY’s first international graduate student to be admitted through a new program with the college’s English Language Institute. Sun studied at the ELI to improve his language skills prior to beginning a post-professional degree program in Urban Design. The ELI’s academic focus and five levels of instruction pave
On Oct. 17th 2016, Assistant Professor Ahu Aydogan Akseli and Associate Professor Christian Volkmann gave a workshop on Low Impact Design to a governmental delegation from China’s Shandong Province.
Professor Marta Gutman’s book A City for Children: Women, Architecture, and the Charitable Landscapes of Oakland, 1850-1950 has been awarded the prestigious 2015 Kenneth Jackson Award from the Urban History Association for the best North American book published in 2014. Gutman received the award at the Urban History Association conference in October 2016. This new
SSA alum Danica Vildoso (B Arch ’16) has won the 2016 AIA Queens Scholarship Design Award, garnering first place in the Studio Innovative Ideas Competition for her Bioclimatic Research Hub, her SSA thesis project she worked on under Professor Joan Krevlin as well as Harry Kendall of BKSK Architects.
On Oct. 5, 2016, BKSK Architects Partner Joan Krevlin with fellow Partner Julie Nelson hosted a networking event for SSA students and alums including a conversation on the presence and influence of women in the architecture and design world.
Professor Fabian Llonch’s 2014 Centro Cultural Viejo Mercado in Rafaela, Argentina, has garnered awards in biennials in Argentina and Brazil. The project was won in a national competition in 2011 in collaboration with Carlos Airaudo, Gerardo Caballero, and Ariel Gimenez. The House of Representatives in Santa Fe, Argentina has also awarded him for his achievements as