Photo: HardingOstrow Congratulations to Rosannah Harding, Parsons architectural design faculty, and Matthew Ostrow on receiving a Merit Award in this year’s AIANY Design Awards. Their project, Perch, explores the adaptive reuse of one of New York’s most iconic and visited infrastructure — the Brooklyn Bridge. By introducing a new pedestrian level above …

Back when we could meet in small rooms for an interview, Dean Robert Kirkbride was interviewed by Mark Hage for Issue No. 29 of the literary and arts journal, A Public Space. “In these times of fragments and fragmented times,” this newly released issue focuses on “the shapes of our …

For the second year in a row, Rama Chorpash will be joining the Danish Design Award jury. The Award celebrates best design solutions and foregrounds the many ways in which design can make a difference for our society. Presented jointly by the Danish Design Center and Design denmark, it has …

Congratulations to Andrew Bernheimer whose studio’s project, “One Flushing,” won the Excellence in Affordable Housing Development award. One Flushing is located on the former parking lot in Downtown Flushing, Queens, and operates as an integrated intergenerational residential space with a rooftop farm, community center, and a senior center amongst its …

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 …

Mark Gardner’s new feature has been recently published by Design Milk as part of Friday Five, a series of posts where architects, designers, artists, and shop owners choose their five favorite and inspirational things to talk about. From Du Bois’ critical research on the African-American community, to the birth of …

Under a TEDC grant, BFA Architectural Design Director Emily Moss and Part-Time Faculty Carolin Mees repurposed SCE’s Spring 2019 Street Seats, originally located on East 13th Street outside the University Center. The temporary installation was repurposed for the Moore-Jackson Community Garden, a half–acre site located next to high-rise residential buildings …

Join Monica Rhodes, Professor Randall Mason, and Mark Gardner for a conversation on preserving the legacy of civic rights history, and the creation of a new center at the Weitzman School focused on the preservation of civic rights sites. The talk will be hosted on November 12th at 12:00 PM …

Mark Gardner, Director of the Masters of Architecture program, has talked to the AIA about the role the current generation of students has in challenging the existing institutional landscape, including the university, and domineering pedagogies. “If you want diversity, it’s an action. You actually have to create it.” Although he …

Congratulations to Andrew Bernheimer, Parsons SCE faculty in Architecture, on publishing a new book. “Fairy Tale Architecture”, which has already been featured in The New York Times, reimagines the relationship between the magical realm of every fairy tale inhabited by characters as well as architectural structures of all sorts, and …