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Terraced seating in front of conjoined brick buildings

08.07.2025 The Making of Weitzman Hall: Architectural Renewal As Weitzman prepares to open its first new building in more than 50 years—an interdisciplinary hub for research and teaching—members of the design and preservation teams talk about the renovation and expansion.

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Story | 08.29.2025 On New York’s Governors Island, Unveiling a New Paradigm for Cooling

Aerial photo of industrial site between two rivers in hazy conditions

Story | 08.28.2025 Fuxing Futures

Rendering of 3-story historic red brick structure and 4-story brown brick addition

Story | 08.27.2025 The Making of Weitzman Hall: Sustainability

Circular school building with central courtyard under blue sky

Story | 08.27.2025 Fall 2025 Lecture Series Opens September 3

Temporary structure in the garden of the Serpentine, London

Story | 08.27.2025 Weitzman to Honor Marina Tabassum Architects and the University of Louisville’s Green Heart Louisville Project

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Story | 08.25.2025 Report from Venice: Tackling Housing Affordability and Sustainability

In the Media

In the Media Eugenie Birch: Financing, Planning, and Trust in the Cities of Tomorrow Eugénie Birch, Nussdorf Professor of city and regional planning, unpacks the role of American universities as "anchor institutions" and the unique finance gap faced by cities in the Global South. The Century of Cities Podcast

In the Media Electricity prices are climbing more than twice as fast as inflation "The future is to make electricity cheaper and the way to do it is clean energy," says John Quigley of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy. NPR

In the Media Can Philly Become the First Major U.S. City to End Homelessness? Research by Vincent Reina, Professor of City & Regional Planning, shows that Philadelphia is experiencing an affordable housing crisis. The city is short 64,549 affordable housing units, reserved for citizens making less than 30% of the area's median income. The Philadelphia Citizen

In the Media Winners Announced for the 2025 WLA Awards The McHarg Center's Environmental Modeling Lab was honored for its adaptive management for coastal salt marshes work in New Jersey, creating a blueprint for other marsh restoration on the Atlantic Coast. World Landscape Architects

Announcements

Announcement | 03.05.2025 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

Announcement | 05.07.2024 Case Studies in Design: Open Call to Study Projects Designed in Community

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