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02.13.2026 Designing Opportunities, Not Solutions, in Northeast Arizona Students in a Fall 2025 Landscape Architecture studio were asked to listen to the land and channel the community’s aspirations. “In the Hopi culture, these plants are always waiting for you,” says Max Taylor, an ethnobotanist.

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Story | 05.04.2026 The Museum as Object of Design

Story | 04.24.2026 Connecting Black Culture, Music, and Community with the Built Environment

Story | 04.22.2026 Aker, Dong, and O’Neill Earn 2026 Perkins Awards

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Story | 04.20.2026 Inga Saffron to Speak at 2026 Weitzman Graduation Ceremony

Story | 04.13.2026 Former Philadelphia Mayor Michael A. Nutter Launches Public Service and Policy Initiative

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Story | 04.11.2026 In Rome, An Accelerator for New Ideas and Connections

In the Media

'We’re Not Just Preserving Buildings, We’re Preparing Them for the Future': Ben Haavik on Preservation, Climate Resilience, and Accessibility

Ben Haavik (MSHP '98) speaks with Historic New England about how his commitment to accessibility and climate resilience shape his management of over 150 buildings throughout the region.

Historic New England

Trump’s Vision for ‘Garden of Heroes’ Keeps Getting Bigger and Higher in Cost

The future of the President's ambitious plans could depend on the next administration and changing public sentiment, says Ken Lum.

The New York Times ($)

Meet the architect who’s trying to revive Market East with retail pop-ups

Brian Phillips founded Meantime, an urban design experiment, to bring pop-up retail to Philadelphia's vacant storefronts. Among this spring's offerings is an exhibition of biomaterials from Laia Mogas-Soldevila's DumoLab.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Neri&Hu Designs a South Korean Coffee Shop that Doubles as Social Infrastructure

The Busan outpost of Blue Bottle is the fourth location that Rossana Hu's firm has designed for the American coffee chain.

Architectural Record

In Brief

James Corner to Receive Honorary Doctorate from Penn

An alum and professor of practice emeritus, Corner is best known for designing New York City’s High Line, a once-abandoned elevated railway that his firm transformed into an urban promenade and garden.

Penn Today

Li Receives Funding to Study Barriers to Energy System Decarbonization

Despite advancements in clean energy generation, fossil fuels continue to play an important role in the energy system. Xiaojiang Li is part of a team that received a $1M grant from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to study how back-up power fossil fuel utilization plays out at the household level in different parts of the US.

Sloan Foundation

Denise Scott Brown. City. Street. House

A retrospective exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts of Bilbao explores the distinguished alum's contributions to contemporary visual culture and features numerous works on loan from the Architectural Archives.

Bilbao Museum of Art

London Studies Its Nightlife

A new report co-authored by Michael Fichman for the City of London sets out a comprehensive plan to drive the future of the capital at night.

The Guardian

Announcements

Announcement | 10.08.2025 Open Position: 2026-2027 McHarg Fellowship

Announcement | 10.08.2025 Case Studies in Design: Open Call to Study Projects Designed in Community

Announcement | 02.07.2025 Daily Pennsylvanian Reporting

Announcement | 11.07.2024 Fritz Steiner’s Service as Weitzman Dean at Penn Is Extended

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