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AIANY Virtual Student Roundtable ft. SCE M.Arch Student

AIANY Virtual Student Roundtable Saturday, 02/26/2022, from 03:00 PM – 04:00 PM The AIA New York Architecture Student Roundtable will convene student leaders in student government, AIAS, and NOMAS from over a dozen northeastern schools of architecture to discuss various topics including race, gender, equity, disruptions, and labor. M.Arch Candidate Olivia Haley-Schmitt will be representing …


Decarbonized + Decolonized Dinner Party Talks + Workshops

  Decarbonized + Decolonized Dinner Party Talks + Workshops A series of student-led workshops will be hosted, with the support of Parsons faculty, outside guests, and organizations, to create the artifacts of a carbon free “Dinner Party” on April 22nd, Earth Day, bringing attention to the impact that global warming …


Bernheimer Architects to Design New Beachfront Housing

Bernheimer Architects will participate in the development of new beachfront housing on New York’s Rockaway Peninsula. A now vacant 116-acre lot between Beach 32nd Street and Beach 56th Place will become home to the city’s first net-zero development. The new complex will include 1,650 units of housing, 1,320 of which …


Genealogy of Bassac by Brian McGrath

Congratulations to Parsons SCE faculty Brian McGrath on the release of his recent book, “Genealogy of Bassac.” Genealogy of Bassac is the story of the White Building’s conception, inhabitation, abandonment, rehabilitation, eviction, and demolition in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (1963 – 2017). From introducing a culture of independence and modern living, to witnessing …


Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects Remodel a Historic Brooklyn Penthouse

Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects led by principals Mark Gardner and Stephan Jaklitsch finished the renovation project for a penthouse in one of the historical landmarks located in downtown Brooklyn. Built in the 1920s, the building first served as the Williamsburgh Savings Bank Tower and was converted to residencies in 2007. The design …


MFA ID DESIGN STUDIO 3 EXHIBITION + SHOW

MFA ID DESIGN STUDIO 3 EXHIBITION Please join us next Thursday, December 9th, for the Design Studio 3 exhibition. The Fall semester marks the beginning of  thesis research for second-year students at the MFA in Interior Design program. In this context, Design Studio 3 becomes a space for spatial, formal, and material …


MFA Lighting Design Director Craig Bernecker Earns LIT Lifetime Achievement Award

MFA Lighting Design Director Craig Bernecker Earns LIT Lifetime Achievement Award The LIT Lighting Design Awards was created five years ago to recognize the efforts of talented international lighting product designers and lighting implementers. The LIT Awards was envisioned to celebrate creativity and innovation in the fields of lighting products and applications. …


Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design

Parsons School of Design Ranked Among Top 15 Best Bachelor’s in Interior Design November 9, 2021 – Parsons School of Design (The New School) has been ranked among the top 15 best bachelor’s in interior design degree programs for 2022 by CollegeRank. The ranking was recently published on the organization’s …


Keynote Lecture by Emmanuel Pratt, Sweet Water Foundation

Emmanuel Pratt is an urban designer creating a model of resident-driven community development in neighborhoods that have suffered the effects of long-term disinvestment. Pratt is co-founder and executive director of the Sweet Water Foundation, a nonprofit organization based on Chicago’s South Side that engages local residents in the cultivation and regeneration …


SCE Climate Colloquium | November 11

Climate Colloquium Invitation  Please join this Thursday for the SCE Climate Colloquium. While unusual, this is a day-long, all-school event aligned with COP26 so students, faculty, and staff can collective focus attention to the existential threat, persistent presence, and unjust impact of the global climate crisis.  And, equally, to embrace and …