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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.
Making Space for the Public Good
Introducing “LA + Media”
The word “media”—the plural of “medium”—is from the Latin medius, meaning “middle.” The new issue of Landscape Architecture Plus journal explores the “middleness” of media by considering how its various forms influence our knowledge, shape our understanding, and affect our interpretation of the world around us.
275 Years of Medical History Come to Life
This summer, Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first chartered hospital, now part of Penn Medicine—opened a museum in the historic building on Pine Street where it was founded. The foundation for the museum was laid with a conservation management plan developed by a team of Weitzman researchers.
Must-See Summer Exhibitions
David Hartt is one of six artists in Freedom Dreams, a major new exhibition at the Barnes Foundation excavating memories, dreams, and histories of America. It's one of 15 exhibitions now on view across the US featuring Weitzman faculty.
