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On (Black) Architecture

SCE M.Arch Director, Mark Gardner, was interviewed by Dwell Magazine along with Zena Howard, Phil Freelon, and Melvin Mitchell on the topic of (black) architecture. Excerpt: “Architecture is one of the whitest jobs in America. Set against this background, black architecture—from the most epistemological understanding, architecture that is conceived and put …


Congrats Emmet Elliott on Your Fulbright Award!

Upon completing his dual degree in Architecture and Philosophy this year, Emmet will be embarking on a nine-month drawing project of the city of Dresden, Germany. Emmet will collaborate with Prof. Niels-Christian Fritsche and the Department of Architectural Delineation at Technische Universität Dresden. In his words, Emmet explained his reason for …


Congrats Parsons Alum Julia Liao, winner of 2018 Core77 x A/D/O Residency

Julia graduated with a dual degree from the New School with a BFA in Product Design from Parsons School of Design and a BA in Sociology from Eugene Lang College. As a 2018 Core77 x A/D/O designer in residence, Julia will be working on creating various inclusive and accessible design …


ARCHITEXX: Now What?! Advocacy, Activism & Alliances in American Architecture Since 1968

Now What?! Advocacy, Activism & Alliances in American Architecture Since 1968 April 13–26, 2018 Arnold & Sheila Aronson Galleries Sheila C. Johnson Design Center Parsons School of Design The New School 66 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003   The Civil Rights, Women’s, and LGBTQ Movements impacted every facet of …


Parsons Named the Best Art and Design School in the Country in 2018

  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 …


Parsons is a proud Partner University of the Professional Lighting Design Convention

The Parsons School of Design is proud to support the Professional Lighting Design Convention, PLDC, as a Partner University. The Convention, organized by VIA-Verlag, was created for the global lighting design market. Designers, lighting architects, researchers, universities, industry and clients use PLDC as a platform to meet, learn about the …


SCE Faculty Eva Perez de Vega presents at 2018 ACSA Conference

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.   …


Publicness and Design Activism in China

  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 …


Lunch Talk with Allan Ceen 3.1.18

Dr. Allan Ceen will present a talk titled, “Roman Cartography as Imago Urbis” Ceen has done extensive research on the maps of Rome with particular reference to the 1748 Giambattista Nolli map of the city. He teaches the history of the city by displaying the important information recorded in its …


Professor David J. Lewis’s Firm Awarded Progressive Architecture Award 2018

  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 …