QS World University Rankings named Parsons number 1 on its list of best art and design schools in the U.S., and number 2 on its list of best art and design schools in the world. The rankings highlight the world’s top universities in 46 individual subjects, based on academic …

    The 2018 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) elevated Professors David Leven and Andrew Bernheimer to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the architecture profession. Congratulations, David and Andy! For more information, please visit …

Sketches of the evolution of artwork display spaces.   Black box evolution sketches.   Part-time faculty Eva Perez de Vega will be presenting at the 2018 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in Denver. Her full paper titled, “The Body of Architecture and Its Image,” can be accessed here.   …

  Parsons School of Constructed Environments Architecture Program co-hosted an Academic Salon with China’s Urbanism and Architecture magazine. The event was structured by three conversations, the first between Professor TANG Keyang, Southern University of Science and Technology and CHEN Yulin, Associate Professor Tsinghua University, the second conversation included 6 PhD …

  LTL’s Helen R. Walton Children’s Enrichment Center / Early Childhood Initiatives Center, a collaboration with SCAPE Landscape Architecture, is a recipient of the 65th Annual Progressive Architecture Awards Citation. This important project for the community is currently under construction, and part of the Northwest Arkansas Design Excellence Program. To …

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU5qo-ntVuA   During Fall 2017 semester, students in MFA Industrial Design and BFA Product Design worked with the prestigious French furniture store, Roche Bobois, to prototype full-scale seating devices aimed at reinvigorating “the cultural and historical rituals of resting, gathering, and nourishing the body.” The winners are: First Prize: The …

Derek Porter (faculty), Seoyeon Park, Ana Sandoval, Clara Torres, Yishan Zhang, Iris Ahn, Sean Casey Each Semester a group of students from the MFA Lighting Design program design and aim the lighting for a new exhibition in the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Gallery. This hands-on experience offers an invaluable education …

  Souza presented Thomy, an insulin kit for children with type 1 diabetes that uses temporary tattoos to help them remember where they have previously injected the insulin.  

Square House: Honor Award in Architecture The Square House is a 43’ x 43’ house designed around a very simple concept: that architecture can completely engage landscape not just through its apertures but from its organizational basis and its approach to what it means to be inside and outside. There …

BFA Product Design Senior Jenny Aaslund’s work was selected for Wallpaper* Magazine’s Graduate Directory, in the January 2018 “New Futurists issue. Her featured “Stal” collection of accessories is intended to support a genderless beauty regimen. Congratulations, Jenny!