In conjunction with the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, CityX Venice, a virtual exhibition of new and recent work by leading architects and designers from around the world, opened online in May. Winka Dubbeldam, who is Miller Professor and chair of the Department of Architecture and director of the Advanced Research and Innovation (ARI) Lab, served as one of the creative directors, inviting faculty members to present examples of the design-research under way at Weitzman.
Weitzman School in the Media
“Philly project expands nationally to ask: Who deserves a monument?”
Monument Lab, the renowned public art and history project that began in a course taught by Weitzman's Paul Farber, will expand its reach dramatically in 2021, thanks to support from the Mellon Foundation.
“The Most Important Moments in Art in 2020”
An exhbition by artist and alum Jacolby Satterwhite (MFA'10) is seen as exemplary of the art community's “persistence in the face of a pandemic.”
“Buildings Are Becoming a Huge Source of Carbon Pollution”
A new United Nations report signals massive waste and a moral obligation to redirect investement, says Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director at The McHarg Center.
“Philly’s Dox Thrash house will get a second life with preservationists acting as investor-partners”
Three recent alums of the graduate program in historic preservation led a successful campaign to save the former home of the pioneering African American artist.
“Back At It: James Corner talks second chances, holistic design, and “lifting people up” through planning”
An interview with the alum (MLA'86) and former chair of landscape architecture, who leads James Corner Field Operations.
“Use It or Lose It: Tenant Aid Effort Nears a Federal Cutoff”
Vincent Reina, assistant professor of city and regional planning and director of the Housing Initiative at Penn, confirms that the issue isn't isolated to one city.
