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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 | 11.12.2026 Excerpt: Emily Schlickman on the Restorative Force of Smoke

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Story | 11.12.2026 Fall Symposium Cultivates an Architecture of “Untimely Meditations”

Story | 11.12.2026 In New York Ceremony, Weitzman Honors Architect Steven Holl and Boston’s Climate Plan

Story | 11.09.2026 Matthijs Bouw Named to TIME100 Climate 2026

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Story | 11.06.2026 Scott Erdy on the Rowan School of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Research Center

Story | 11.06.2026 Philip Ryan on the New Hope Passive House

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Interview: Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi

“We try to touch the earth lightly," Graham Professor of Practice Marion Weiss tells Abitare of her firm's integrated approach to design.

Abitare

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

In Brief

"In Defense of the Amazon"

In a catalog essay for the Zentrum Paul Klee exhibit "Roberto Burle Marx. Modernismo tropical," Catherine Seavitt explores the designer's stance against ecological crime.

Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern

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

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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