Faculty News



2019 AN Interior’s Top 50

AN Interior’s annual top 50 list features the talented architects and designers who have demonstrated novel and exciting approaches to residential, hospitality, retail, and work spaces. This year, Mark Gardner, Director of Master in Architecture Program at Parsons and Principal at Jaklitsch / Gardner Architects, has been recognized for his commitment …


Soundsticks by Andrea Ruggiero

Wonder how textile scraps from upholstery production and recycled aluminium caps can be turned into noise mitigation soundsticks? Industrial designer and Parsons Assistant Professor Andrea Ruggiero explores this option in her recent acoustics project focused on achieving zero waste with design: “This project evolved through many discussions and various attempts at …


New Practices in Hong Kong Architecture: A Symposium

Dear all, Please add March 1, 2019 to your calendars and join a symposium organized by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) in conjunction with the exhibition, Paul Rudolph: The Hong Kong Journey. Taking Rudolph’s work as a jumping off point, the symposium will explore the innovative design and architectural …


GREENLeaders Sustainability Training in NYC

Join the Sustainable Furnishings Council for their GREENLeaders Sustainability Training at the Parsons Healthy Materials Lab on Friday, March 8, from 9:00 – 5:00 PM. This course provides an excellent grounding in sustainability issues and offers practical solutions for growing an eco-friendly home furnishing business. The Council have reserved 15 …


SARA Design Awards Programs

The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) is a national professional organization of architects established in 1956. As part of its mission, “Architect Helping Architect,” the Society has been sponsoring programs, awards, and scholarship opportunities at National as well as Regional Council levels. The following 2019 Design Awards Programs have …


SCE Interior Design Professor Christopher Kitterman of STADT Architecture wins Chelsea Pied-à-Terre Award

Dear SCE Community, SCE Interior Design Professor Christopher Kitterman of STADT Architecture’s project Chelsea Pied-à-Terre has been selected through a competitive juried review process to receive a 2019 AIANY Design Merit award in the Interiors category!  To see the official AIANY Design Awards announcement and list of winning projects, please click here.


SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster wins award for Mass Timber structure

SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster is an award winner in the 2018 Maine Mass Timber Design Competition.  Sponsored by AIA Maine and the Maine Mass Timber Commercialization Center, this competition sought to promote innovative thinking and sustainable uses for Mass Timber construction through the design of a wilderness lodge in the …


Jeremy Barbour’s Tackle Box Architecture designs storefront for Claus Porto First International Store

  Congratulations to SCE’s very own Jeremy Barbour, adjust professor of Architecture for designing Claus Porto’s first international store in Soho. “Stretching across the length of the ground-floor space, Tacklebox’s principal Jeremy Barbour has created a 42 ft long archway made entirely from Portuguese cork, which visitors can step into …


SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster Presents at New Practices New York 2018 Lecture Series 

SCE faculty Matt Burgermaster will be presenting his work in a public lecture as part of the New Practices New York 2018 lecture series on Thursday, October 4th at 6:00 PM. Matt’s presentation will focus on recent design work by his office, MABU, that re-imagines traditional notions of waste, value, and change. It will include …


Part-time Faculty Eva Perez de Vega Presents a Paper at Oxford

Part-time faculty Eva Perez de Vega was invited to present a paper at Oxford as part of the British Society of Aesthetics Conference from Sept. 21-23. You can read her entire paper, “The Body of Architecture and Its Images” here.   Image: Frederick Kiesler, Film Guild Cinema, found in http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4699: p. …