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05.11.2025 In Venice, A Convergence of Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Landscapes One in a series of reports on faculty and students invited to exhibit at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia and the European Cultural Centre's Time Space Existence.

Stories

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Story | 07.18.2025 Exploring China’s Rural Landscapes Up Close

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Story | 07.18.2025 The Making of Weitzman Hall: The Penn Campus

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Story | 07.17.2025 Excerpt: Zhongjie Lin on the New Town Movement in China

Story | 07.15.2025 Introducing an Online Course to Advance Sustainable Architecture

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Story | 07.09.2025 Steiner and Marcinkoski Among Faculty and Alums to Earn ASLA Honors

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Story | 06.26.2025 New Faculty and Chair in the Department of Historic Preservation

In the Media

In the Media Transit Funding Crisis Unfolds in Pennsylvania As transit agencies around the US are calling for state funding to prop up public transportation, Professor of Practice Leslie Richards says the COVID pandemic dramatically reshaped ridership in ways that are still being understood. American Prospect

In the Media Can Americans Just Stop Building New Highways? Professor of City and Regional Planning Erick Guerra summarizes the hard lessons of his new book, Overbuilt: The High Costs and Low Rewards of US Highway Construction. Bloomberg CityLab

In the Media Charred chimneys are all that’s left of these LA midcentury homes. Inside the quest to save them A piece of history burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires. Now, Weitzman alum Evan Curtis Hall (MFA'20) is salvaging what’s left to honor the architecture, and eventually create a memorial. The Guardian

In the Media 2025 SEU-PENN Summer School: Innovative Rural-scape The SEU-Penn Summer School successfully brought together faculty and students from Weitzman and four universities in China to explore pathways for rural revitalization. World Landscape Architect

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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