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Current Work: Theaster Gates – Tonight at The New School!

Current Work: Theaster Gates – Tonight at The New School, 11/21! Date: Monday, November 21, 2016 Time: 7pm Location: University Center, 63 5th Ave; Tishman Auditorium Artist Theaster Gates speaks on his expanded practice, which includes space development, object making, performance, and critical engagement with many publics. Gates works with …


Announcing Charter members of the Parsons Lighting Design Partners Program

We are very pleased to announce the inaugural members of the Parsons Lighting Design Partners Program!   Industry Partners Designers Lighting Forum of New York Velux Eaton XAL   Design Partners Available Light Illumination Arts Focus Lighting HLB Lighting Design   The Parsons Lighting Design Partners’ program is designed to …


LTL Architects selected for International DAM Architectural Book Award by Frankfurt Book Fair

SCE Faculty member, David J. Lewis is awarded along with his firm, LTL Architects and Princeton Architectural Press one of ten prestigious awards for the best architecture book of the year 2016 for their book, Manual of Section (PAPress, 2016).  This international award was given by the Deutsches Architekture Museum (DAM) and was selected …


OPEN CALL FOR CHOCATHON: RE-IMAGINE THE GODIVA CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE (NOV 11-13)

OPEN CALL FOR CHOCATHON: RE-IMAGINE THE GODIVA CHOCOLATE EXPERIENCE (NOV 11-13) Graduate students and undergraduate seniors at The New School are invited to participate in our Chocathon: Re-imagine the Godiva Chocolate Experience from Friday, November 11 through Sunday, November 13. Design the sustainable chocolate experience from the bean up! In this three-day workshop, …


Nadia Elrokhsy – panelist at Center for Architecture Event, “Teaching Sustainability in Interior Design.”

Please Join us! When: 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 2 Where: At The Center, 536 LaGuardia Place, NY, NY 10012 This program will address ideas for a unifying pedagogy needed to teach holistic, human-centered interior design to the next generation of students and professionals. Grazyna Pilatowicz initiated and fostered the innovative, …


New York City Department of Design and Construction (DDC) announced the latest round of local firms pre-qualified to design public projects in the five boroughs.

Congratulations to the following faculty at the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons for their selection by the New York City Department of Design and Construction to be among the 26 pre-qualified firms qualified to design public projects in the five boroughs through 2019: Mark L. Gardner of Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects, David …


Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Remembered – Robert Kirkbride to speak

Greystone Park Psychiatric Hospital Remembered: Its Architectural and Cultural Significance, Its Loss, and Implications for Other Historic Psychiatric Institutions – October 2016 is the one year anniversary of the demolition of Greystone Psychiatric Hospital. Why does Greystone remain so significant?  Greystone’s Last Stand: ‘As it is with most preservation efforts — The …


Call for Design-Oriented Student Project with Dima Krymov

Performers from COPA and Parsons are being sought for a project led by the brilliant Moscow designer/director Dmitry Krymov. This project will convene for two intensive weeks each semester for the next two years. In year three, a full production will be mounted, intended for performance in New York and international touring. Instrumentalists, singers, …


2017 Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship

Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship Program – We are pleased to introduce the 2017 Hart Howerton Travel Fellowship Program.  Now in its eleventh year, the Fellowship provides students with an opportunity to enrich their education with both travel and office experience. The Fellowship is available to undergraduate and graduate students in planning, architecture, …


Parsons’ sixth alumni exhibition – Saturday, October 15, 2016

Parsons’ sixth alumni exhibition – Saturday, October 15, 2016 Loop, Parsons’ sixth alumni exhibition, is an immersive, interactive experience highlighting cross-disciplinary, collaborative work across media. On view in the Arnold and Sheila Aronson Galleries and Parsons’ new Making Center at 66 Fifth Avenue from October 15-31, the show features work by more than 120 alumni from …