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Save the Date! – proTango 2021 will be March 4, 2021!
proTango is an annual public event organized by LUX Parsons, a student organization comprised of individuals enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts Lighting Design program. The event invites design professionals (pro) to Parsons to meet students for a lively and dynamic exchange (Tango) surrounding employment opportunities, design ideas, and …
One Week to Sell: Parsons Interior Design Alums help make this a reality for sellers
Chelsea Barile (BFA ID 2020), Katherine Anderson (BFA ID 2020) and Ashley Le (BFA ID 2021) are on Taylor Spellman’s design dream team. Unsold homes become red hot properties when New York-based interior designer and home stager, Taylor Spellman and Kate Dickens, her right-hand woman and friend for more than thirty years, create …
SCE Alumna Designed Space for the Germanottas
Oda Olafsrud, SCE M.Arch alumna, completed her project for Joe and Cynthia Germanotta where she had been asked to convert a duplex unit, previously owned by filmmaker Robert Altman, into a habitable home. Inspired by Scandinavian aesthetics, Oda approached the redesign as an exercise in choreographing space whereby art, movement …
Tactile Experience of Music by SCE Alum Md Sujon Ishaq
Expression by Md Sujon Ishaq Song: Yo-Yo Ma, Cello Suite No.1 Over the course of winter break, SCE organized a series of skill-oriented workshops for its students focusing on physical modelmaking and Rhino. The BFA AD alum Md Sujon Ishaq, currently enrolled in the M.Arch program, led a creative workshop …
LEVENBETTS Selected as AIA NY Firm of the Year
Congratulations to David Leven, Parsons Associate Professor of Architecture, and Stella Betts whose architectural practice, LEVENBETTS, has been recognized as the 2020 AIA NY State Firm of the Year. LEVENBETTS is an award winning New York City based architecture practice founded by David Leven and Stella Betts in 1997. The …
MFA IDD Alumna Presented at SciTech Forum
Mooncrete rock Ana Emilia Hernandez Lara, MFA IDD Program 2020 alumna, has presented her capstone research project, co-authored by Keith Gutierrez from MIT Media Lab, at the SciTech Forum. The paper titled “Conceptual Design: ISRU Moon Regolith Concrete and Construction Modules” addresses the recent push for lunar explorations and the …
BLT Architects Student Design Competition
BLT Architects will host its tenth-annual Student Design Competition structured as a partner project. This year’s challenge will be a 24-hour virtual competition beginning on Saturday, February 27th, and ending Sunday, February 28th. The winning two-person team will receive $1,000 each and a summer internship with the firm. Both undergraduate and …
Manual of Physical Distancing by LTL Architects
The Manual of Physical Distancing was first presented to the public in May 2020 as a consolidated effort by LTL Architects — founded by David Lewis, Paul Lewis, and Marc Tsurumaki — and Guy Nordenson & Associates to support the scientific research on Covid-19 by using the visual practices of …
Rosannah Harding and Matthew Ostrow Received AIANY Merit Award
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 …
Dean Kirkbride interviewed for A Public Space
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 …