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Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA OPENING KEYNOTE: 2023 TOPAZ MEDALLION Annual Meeting ACSA

The Topaz Medallion, presented jointly by AIA and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, honors those who educate others to ensure architecture’s enduring excellence. An educator, author, and citizen architect with worldwide reach, Dr. Sharon Egretta Sutton, FAIA, has shifted the profession of architecture toward a more equitable, diverse, …


Eva Perez de Vega: The architecture of (hu)man exceptionalism redrawing our relationships to other species.

Professor Eva Perez de Vega will be presenting at the ACSA Annual Meeting. Her research and presentation is titled “The architecture of (hu)man exceptionalism. Redrawing our relationships to other species.” Read below for more information on the ACSA Annual Meeting. For more information and a registration link please click here.  The …


Symposium: Architectural Pedagogies of the Global South: Perpetrating Pedagogies for Spatial Production

This Symposium will be featuring Brian McGrath and Michele Gorman of Parsons SCE. The GSA cordially invites you to an upcoming symposium and book launch by Dr Harriet Harriss titled “Architectural Pedagogies of the Global South: Perpetrating Pedagogies for Spatial Production”. Dr Harriet Harriss is an esteemed scholar, practitioner, and educator …


Andrew Bernheimer, FAIA Medal of Honor

Congratulations to Andrew Bernheimer who is being awarded the 2023 Medal of Honor by the AIA, American Institute of Architects. Andrew Bernheimer is a Brooklyn-based architect and Associate Professor of Architecture at the Parsons School of Design. Bernheimer leads an eponymous firm responsible for a wide variety of residential, civic, …


Art by Architects 2023 Reception- Free for Students

Part Time Faculty Ahmed Wafik will be featured at this years Art by Architects Reception. Art By Architects NYC was founded in 2018 to highlight the creative multimedia exploration of architects that is often hidden behind the daily efforts of creating the built environment as we know it. Join us …


2023 SUMMER VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE RESIDENCY LIGHT + POLYCHROMY

‘T’ Space and the Steven Myron Holl Foundation announce our Summer 2023 Virtual Architecture Residency program. We expect a competitive pool of international applicants this year, with full scholarships available to all admitted residents and a $1000 stipend to visit the grounds and other destinations of interest in the Hudson …


“On Hope” featuring Nishan Kazazian, AIA at King’s College

On March 10, 2023,  Nishan Kazazian will be presenting via zoom with the British Psychoanalytical Society  in Collaboration with the Centre for Philosophy and Art at King’s College, London as part of the ‘Questioning the Obvious’ series, “On Hope”. Dostoevsky was emphatic about hope: “To live without hope is to cease to live. …


From Field to Form: An Introduction to Building with Plants and Earth

David J. Lewis, Dean of SCE, and Jonsara Ruth, Design Director, Healthy Materials Lab, is forming, alongside Paul Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, Lola Ben Alon Yona, and Mae-Ling Lokko, the introductory event of this important series, From Field to Form, next Wednesday, February 15th at 7:00pm at the Scholastic Auditorium. From …


Aya Maceda (ALAO) Named A Design Awardee at AIA Connecticut

Congratulations to MFA Interior Design faculty member, Aya Maceda, (ALAO) on being the recipient of an interior design award at AIA Connecticut! For more information on the winning project, click here.


David Gissen: The Architecture of Disability

  David Gissen is a professor of Architecture and Urban History at Parsons School of Design. He is a New York based author, designer, and educator working in the fields of architecture, landscape, and urban design. This year, David taught the Masters of Architecture option studio, “The One-Story City,” and …