May 1, 2025, was a significant date for many NYC building owners as it marked the first annual compliance report filing deadline for Local Law 97 (LL97). Enacted in 2019 as part of the larger NYC Climate Mobilization Act (CMA), LL97 requires covered buildings to report their greenhouse gas (GHG) …

Faculty member Eva Perez de Vega attended the international conference in Brighton UK, called: Domesticity Under Siege. She presented her work under the title “Design Tools for Multi-species Flourishing.” You can find out more at this link.

  SCE Faculty Nishan Kazazian will be presenting at the Lebanese American University in Beirut, titled “Urban Memory, Transformation, and Futures Imagined: Unfolding Beyond Boundaries in Art & Architecture.” This talk explores the transformative power of art and architecture in shaping environments, identities, and speculative futures.

    The School of Constructed Environments is proud to share that Faculty Nishan Kazazian was featured in The Armenian Spectator, detailing his Armenian heritage, and how his upbringing in Beirut, Lebanon shaped his artistic practices in the wake of The Armenian Genocide. Nishan Kazazian is a licensed American architect …

We are delighted to announce that Jeanne Choi has been named Partner at Tillett Lighting Design Associates. Jeanne has shaped the firm’s reputation for beautifully-realized solutions to complex design problems for over ten years. She has a deep understanding of the poetry of nighttime public space and an unwavering commitment …

For Earthing Interiority, Shreya Dwivedi Parsons MFA Interior Design ’24 draws on her cultural background, a traditional Indian philosophy of using regional, naturally occurring ingredients in building materials to connect with the land. These include seaweed, oyster shells, moss, and driftwood. This approach not only transforms interiors into living ecosystems, …

Andrew Bernheimer, an Associate Professor of Architecture is the founding Principal of Bernheimer Architecture based in Brooklyn, NY. “History was made in Brooklyn today when the union at Bernheimer Architecture ratified the first-ever collective bargaining agreement (CBA) at a private sector architecture firm. The milestone contract has language about the …

TICKETS HERE The Skyscraper Museum continues its “Mass Timber Semester” lecture series, which brings together key voices in the Mass Timber movement to reflect on its short history, current condition, and promising future, with an IN-PERSON program at SOM’s lower Manhattan office at 7 World Trade Center. A decade ago, …

Congratulations to faculty member Andrew Bernheimer!   Bernheimer Architecture is proud to have been selected by The Architect’s Newspaper as Best of Practice 2024, medium-sized firm/Northeast. Quoting the Editors of AN: “The Best of Practice Awards commend the overall operations and structures of companies within the AEC community. It’s an …

“School of Constructed Environments at Parsons Shares Its 2024 End-of-Year Exhibition”  Head to their website for a more in-depth look at some of the amazing MFA Industrial Design projects from the School of Constructed Environments End of Year Exhibition. Journalist Kelly Beall writes “Nothing tops the dedication and intensity poured …