SCE | Constructed Environments

About BFA Architectural Design

Focusing on collaboration, research, and critical thinking, this four-year, pre-professional degree program prepares students for careers in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, exhibition design, interior design, environmental art, and related fields.

For more information, including admission, curriculum, faculty, and courses, visit BFA Architectural Design on the Parsons website.

The Rotch Travelling Scholarship application is open!

The Rotch, an annual two-stage design competition, awards an emerging professional $40,000 to travel abroad for a minimum of six months, conducting architectural investigations and research of their choosing. The application process is simple, and all applications are due Friday, January 17. Candidates must: be US citizens who have obtained …

SOM Initiative for UG and GR Women Architecture Students

Undergraduate and Graduate Students are encouraged to apply for the SOM Women’s Initiative Shadowing Opportunity. The program gives invaluable experience, mentorship and guidance to talented students who plan to pursue a career in Architecture, Engineering or related fields. During the week-long program, selected students will rotate through SOM departments to …

Design Fellowship with R+D for the Built Environment

R+D for the Built Environment is thrilled to announce a sponsored, six-month, off-site design fellowship program starting this summer for four candidates in key R+D topic areas: building material science 3D printing, robotics, AV/VR/MR AI, machine learning, analytics, building intelligence quality housing at a doer cost building resiliency and sustainability …

Fundamental Design Build Initiative

The Fundamental Design Build Initiative invites 10 early career architects and designers around the world to further develop their approach to design and experiment at the intersection of design, social space, and landscape during three months in San Jose, Costa Rica. Application is open to architects and designers in pursue …

Call for Entries: “Prototyping the Future”

On the occasion of the centennial anniversary of the Bauhaus art and design school, “Germany — Land of Ideas” has launched an international competition for designers and creative professionals around the world to present their vision and solutions to the most pressing issues of our time. The competition seeks pioneering projects …

SARA Design Awards Programs

The Society of American Registered Architects (SARA) is a national professional organization of architects established in 1956. As part of its mission, “Architect Helping Architect,” the Society has been sponsoring programs, awards, and scholarship opportunities at National as well as Regional Council levels. The following 2019 Design Awards Programs have …

Part-time Faculty Eva Perez de Vega Presents a Paper at Oxford

Part-time faculty Eva Perez de Vega was invited to present a paper at Oxford as part of the British Society of Aesthetics Conference from Sept. 21-23. You can read her entire paper, “The Body of Architecture and Its Images” here. Image: Frederick Kiesler, Film Guild Cinema, found in http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/4699: p. …

David Leven’s LEVENBETTS realize the zoid pavilion for Art Omi.

LEVENBETTS: Art OMI Zoid Opening what: opening of zoid when: Saturday September 8, 2018. 1:00-4:00pm where: Art Omi, Architecture Field 01. Ghent New York zoid is a shelter in the Art Omi Architecture Fields. zoid exists somewhere between a house and a campsite zoid posits a way of living with basic elements needed to exist …

Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture Opening

M.Arch Director, Mark Gardner, is on the advisory abroad, and part-time faculty Peter Robinson will be part of the conversation on Close to the Edge: The Birth of Hip-Hop Architecture. Hip-hop is a cultural movement established by the Black and Latino youth of New York’s South Bronx neighborhood in the early …

GreenHomeNYC July Forum: Certified Living – The Living Building Challenge, Wed, Jul 18, 2018 at 6:30 PM

The concept of buildings performing as an ecosystem is becoming a reality as advancing design strategies and certifications strengthen the integration of the natural and built environments. Living Building Challenge, administered by the International Living Future Institute, challenges buildings to function as a sustainable system by encouraging thoughtful and holistic …