Open for Innovation

The arts and built environment professions come together at Weitzman Hall.

Weitzman prepares students to address complex sociocultural and environmental issues through thoughtful inquiry, creative expression, and innovation. As a diverse community of scholars and practitioners, we are committed to advancing the public good – locally, nationally, and globally – through architecture, city and regional planning, the fine arts, historic preservation, landscape architecture, and urban spatial analytics.

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We Are Weitzman

Laura Ellis photographed outside the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, FL “I want to inspire future generations of designers and architects, just as I have been inspired by my professors.” Laura Ellis MArch Student
Ani Liu teaching students “I think it’s really important, the kind of interdisciplinary conversations and discoveries that occur when all of these students [with different majors] are in the room together.” Ani Liu Carrafiell Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
Meet the people of Weitzman
Making Space for the Public Good

Learn about Weitzman’s strategic priorities.

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Rendering of urban park along winding river with Philly skyline in distance

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Introducing the MFA Class of 2026

Through a collaboration with the Arthur Ross Gallery, eight artists examine the infrastructures, systems, and histories that quietly organize daily life.

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B&W illustration of crystalline pattern with "Under Scores"

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Events & Exhibitions
Earth Day: It Started at Penn

The first Earth Day in Pennsylvania was organized by students of the late, legendary Professor of Landscape Architecture Ian McHarg.

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B&W photo of crowd assembled in Fairmount Park in 1970