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Headshot of Michelle Delk Story Spring 2025 Lecture Series Opens January 22 January 9, 2025
PSK ACADIA 2024 Story The PSL Lab’s Teng Teng, Yefan Zhi, and Masoud Akbarzadeh win Best Paper Award (Runner-up) at ACADIA 2024 Conference, Banff Alberta December 1, 2024
Two researchers pouring hydrogel into a protoype Story Weitzman Faculty Receive NSF Award for Graduate Student Training Program Bridging Engineering and Architecture November 30, 2024
Solar panels on roof of white suburban house Story Research at Weitzman: Sanya Carley on Residential Solar November 7, 2024
Concrete building under construction Story Toward Carbon-Negative Architecture September 26, 2024
panel on the carbon storage potential of building materials Story Roads to Removal symposium panel discussion: buildings as carbon sinks September 18, 2024
Penn researchers worked with North10, a nonprofit in North Philadelphia, to bring a prototype cooling shelter to Hunting Park one day in August, an opportunity for community members to provide feedback and learn about the health impacts of heat. (Image: Ji Yoon Bae) Story PhD Architecture graduate group faculty Dr. Dorit Aviv, Heat Islands and the Thermal Lab. Extract from “Testing a novel, community-driven response to heat islands in Philadelphia" by Erica Moser September 17, 2024
University of Pennsylvania past and current students and researchers meet at SimBuild 2024 conference in Colorado. Story PhD Candidate Zherui Wang and Thermal Architecture Lab (TAL) researchers present at IBPSA-USA SimBuild 2024 on building thermal mass July 30, 2024
Max Hakkarainen Presentation Story In Their Own Voice: Profiles in PhD Architecture Research, Max Hakkarainen, Ph.D. Candidate April 12, 2024
Sanya Carley 2 Story Q&A: Sanya Carley, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy and City Planning April 10, 2024
book chap Story Recent book Chapter for Springer Nature by Dr. Mogas-Soldevila is out on "Low Energy Adaptive Biological Material Skins from Nature to Buildings" January 31, 2024
Composite image of two people Story Spring 2024 Lectures Series Opens January 18 January 12, 2024
Anwar Basunbul Defense 3 Story Public Defense | Anwar Basunbul (PhD Architecture): "Unlocking Climate Synergy" January 6, 2024
Group of people in business attire seated in front of audience Story At COP28, Penn Delegation Shares Wide-Ranging Knowledge and Builds Connections December 20, 2023
Polyhedral Structures Lab Story PhD ARCHITECTURE TALKS LABCRAWL _visits with students and faculty of its (4) research labs October 8, 2023
Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places - Panel Discussion Story Panel Discussion: Raising Public Awareness on Climate Change: Spotlight on Ecologically Sensitive Urban Places with Kelly Kennedy, Joshua Mosley, and Simon Richter moderated by Genie Birch September 1, 2023
Lattice tower stands over a desert cityscape Story Weitzman Launches Online Design for Sustainability Certificate for Professionals July 26, 2023
Masoud Akbarzadeh of the Weitzman School of Design leads a multidisciplinary group of architectural designers, structural engineers, computer scientists, and more in his Polyhedral Structures Laboratory. He explores ways in which polyhedral geometries that frequently occur in nature can be used to make stronger and lighter structures, all while using fewer materials. Akbarzadeh discusses a recent study drawing inspiration from dragonfly wings. (Image: iStock / yanikap) Story Natural structures can give rise to stronger, lighter systems July 18, 2023
Photo of the US delegation – five representatives from US Department of State and US Department of Housing and Urban Development and 14 non-governmental representatives drawn from the design professions, philanthropy, academia, and local government. Story Weitzman Faculty, Staff and Alums at United Nations Habitat Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya June 23, 2023
EMA ImageoftheYear of multinucleate spores of a soil fungus Story DumoLab's recent award featured on PennToday's "Cross-disciplinary collaboration for a healthier planet" May 1, 2023
Black book with title Story 'The Landscape Project' Explores Design Agency in the 21st Century November 18, 2022
Modernist brick building on college campus Story Design Professionals and Modernism Enthusiasts Converge at Weitzman for Docomomo 2022 August 5, 2022
Extruded material in donut shape / diagram showing heat transfer from lattice floor plate Story Penn Set to Receive $2.4M in Funding to Research Turning Buildings into Carbon Storage Structures June 17, 2022
Vincent Reina Story Reina Joins White House as Senior Policy Advisor on Housing June 14, 2022
Spread from the LA+ interview Story Excerpt: “In Conversation with Chomsky” in ‘LA+’ April 5, 2022
Two people working on a complex architectural model Story A Sampling of Recent Architectural Research and Innovation at Weitzman March 25, 2022
3-d rendering of African landscape with pyramid-shaped buildings Story Spring Architecture Courses Take on Climate Change January 27, 2022
View across park from table tennis stadium to field hockey stadium Story Winka Dubbeldam on Designing the 2022 Asian Games Park January 23, 2022
A group of people pose in a line in lush tropical scenery Story Planning for Climate Change January 7, 2022
Story PhD Candidate Wins 'Building and Environment' 2021 Best Paper Award December 15, 2021