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09.03.2026 Making It Pencil In Weitzman’s newest Master of Design program, students are using AI to integrate design and finance—and developers are taking note.

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Story | 10.27.2026 Daniel Markiewicz on House on a Hill

Jennifer Hagan (MCP’01) and Erika Johnson (MCP’03)

Story | 10.26.2026 Incoming Board Leaders Jennifer Hagan and Erika Johnson Envision PWAA’s Future

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Story | 10.22.2026 Fall 2026 Studio Travel Week Highlights

Story | 10.22.2026 Excerpt: Ferda Kolatan on Reimagining the Column for the Digital Age

Story | 10.21.2026 Michelle Delk on the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library

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Story | 10.19.2026 David Hartt’s “Peripheries” at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the Media

Thermal Truths

Dorit Aviv illuminates the ways in which complex thermodynamic environments interact with our bodies, minds, and emotions.

Building Science Podcast

Witold Rybczynski: Coming to terms with architecture.

In his latest book, What Architecture Is, Witold Rybczynski talks about his "odd" path to architecture and lessons from six decades in the field.

A is for Architecture

Consumer Reports drops e-scooter recommendation over safety concerns, but some say they still have a place in Philadelphia

Xiaoxia Dong says it's important to challenge the car-centric approach to road design.

WHYY

In Italy, a Townhouse Where Polished Gives Way to Ragged and Raw

Visiting Professor Marcello Galiotto completed a radical renovation of his family’s home, a process he compares to working on an architectural model, but at full scale.

The New York Times ($)

In Brief

Some Thoughts on Artificial Intelligence in Design

"AI is changing our world but can potentially help in designing a better one," writes Weitzman Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner of the technology's potential applications and downsides for professionals.

Landscape Journal

Weitzman Faculty and Guest Lecturers Elevated to AIA College of Fellows

Rossana Hu, the Miller Professor and chair of architecture, and guest lecturers Lina Ghotmeh and Dorte Mandrup were recognized at a June 11, 2026 ceremony in San Diego.

AIA

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

Announcements

Announcement | 10.15.2026 Open Position: 2027-2028 McHarg Fellowship

Announcement | 07.15.2026 Applications Welcome for Assistant/Associate Professor in Landscape Architecture

Announcement | 07.09.2026 Applications Welcome for Assistant/Associate/Full Professor in Historic Preservation

Announcement | 10.08.2025 Open Position: 2026-2027 McHarg Fellowship

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