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06.08.2026 Celebrating History and Possibility on Market Street As Philadelphia gears up to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, one of the city's founding streets is back in the spotlight.

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Story | 08.10.2026 My Top Five: Fritz Steiner

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Story | 08.07.2026 Can AI Help Cities Get a Handle on Urban Heat?

Story | 08.04.2026 Başak Eren, PhD Architecture Candidate, to Represent Türkiye at 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale

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Story | 08.03.2026 Climate Resilience Planning in Rhode Island and the US Virgin Islands

Story | 07.28.2026 Architecture PhD Graduate Group Professor William W. Braham Awarded Tulane Prize for Climate Change Curriculum in the Built Environment

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Story | 07.28.2026 Buildings that Cool like African Elephants

In the Media

A Green Oasis Grows in North Philadelphia’s Heat Island

As cities deploy green infrastructure to combat climate change, paved surfaces and vacant lots are the enemy, says Dorit Aviv.

Inside Climate News

The Türkiye Pavilion Examines Reuse and Memory Through "Spolia Futures" at the 2027 Venice Architecture Biennale

Co-curator Başak Eren draws on Türkiye's traditions of making, repairing, and material reuse to propose a circular and collective approach to architectural production.

ArchDaily

AI surveillance is already here. Urban governance isn’t.

A new study finds 4 out of 5 cities deploy AI surveillance tools or plan to, yet fewer than a third have ethics oversight. That should alarm everyone, says Eugenie L. Birch.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

A terracotta facade among Hong Kong’s skyscrapers: Neri&Hu transforms the Mandarin Oriental The Landmark

Rossana Hu's firm designed an "urban tapestry" for this hospitality icon that pays tribute to the city's rich traditions.

Domus

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

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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

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

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