Lectures



Town Hall | Climate Mobilization

New York Passive House invites SCE faculty and students to reimagine the future of New York City buildings at a Passive House Town Hall. The event will include presentations and panel discussions featuring key policy-makers, designers, and developers, as well as interactive sessions addressing the urgency of Local Law 97. …


‘Revealing NYC’ Seminar

TNS’s summer seminar Revealing NYC is pleased to invite you to attend an upcoming lecture on Food and Justice. How, during a crisis, do individuals and communities come together to support and nourish each other? We will hear from the founders of Feed the Frontlines NYC and co-op members from …


Design Talks | The Deans’ Table – Compassionate Leadership: Facing crisis with heart

The Deans’ Table | Compassionate Leadership: Facing crisis with heart ft. Dr. Robert Kirkbride We will remember this period in time for the rest of our lives. We witnessed a global pandemic, national calls for racial reckoning and social justice, and a significant presidential election within a divisive political environment. …


Great Design Begins with Color, Presented by Wid Chapman and David Ling

Great Design Begins with Color as presented by Wid Chapman and David Ling Let’s discuss color and material choices in interior architectural design. Color is a force with the ability to change a space, a mood or even a mindset. This is especially true for architectural interior design, where there …


Dean Robert Kirkbride will join Trading Notes Panel

May 13th panel, Student Work Gets the Immersive Treatment, is hosted by the Architect’s Newspaper in partnership with Eventscape, and will feature Dean Robert Kirkbride as one of the panelists. This one-hour discussion will focus on how architecture schools have been adapting their end-of-year exhibitions for a digital format, providing new …


Gil Oberfield Lecture: Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects

This year’s Gil Oberfield Memorial Lecture will feature Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects. Jaklitsch/Gardner is an award-winning design practice with an international reputation for design excellence, material research, and an exacting commitment to craft. Founded in 1998, the firm believes that design possesses the ability to communicate collective values, provide relevance, and create …


Pivots During the Pause”: Reconfiguring the “Ethnographic Toolkit”

This Friday, 4/23 from 12-1:30, Dean Kirkbride will moderate the Roundtable, “Pivots During the Pause”: Reconfiguring the “Ethnographic Toolkit” for a Pandemic, as part of The Memory Studies Group’s online conference, Suspended Present. Featuring presentations by three students from NSSR’s Department of Anthropology, the Roundtable is part of the annual conference on April 21 – 23, 2021, hosted by The …


Mark Gardner Will Give a Talk on Buildings, Race, and History

Mark Gardner, Director of the Master of Architecture program, will give a talk at the National Arts Club on December 9th. He will be joined by his colleagues from other architectural practices for a conversation about important historical influences on their careers and projects, and visions for a more equitable …


IDSA Seminar with Sam Stewart

IDSA is hosting a seminar with guest speaker Sam Stewart on December 9th at 6pm. Sam is a New York based artist whose work resembles and functions as household furniture and domestic objects. As sculptures, they often take on animalistic qualities that border on the absurd and whimsical. Please note …