Weitzman News

Venitian Gothic buildings including bell tower under blue sky

04.21.2025 Weitzman Faculty to Exhibit at 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia & European Cultural Centre's ‘Time Space Existence‘ The sprawling survey of contemporary architecture features six Weitzman faculty members, and others are represented in the concurrent exhibition organized by the European Cultural Centre.

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Gerson, Kahler, Pietrusko

Story | 05.07.2025 Gerson, Kahler, and Pietrusko Earn 2025 Perkins Awards

Kelvin Vu

Story | 05.02.2025 For Dual-Degree Candidate Kelvin Vu, Design Begins with the Body

Geometric concrete totems on concrete plinths

Story | 05.01.2025 In Kahn’s Shadow, A Temporary Monument to Materials Exploration

Shadowed outline of human figure with streams of light behind

Story | 05.01.2025 Pietrusko Brings His Immersive, Intermedia Experiments to Venice

Leslie Richards in front of red brick building

Story | 04.25.2025 Q&A: Leslie Richards, Professor of Practice in City & Regional Planning

Nightime view of illuminated pavilions in horseshoe shape

Story | 04.24.2025 WEISS/MANFREDI Named Lead Architect for Nelson-Atkins Expansion

In the Media

In the Media Urban Legends The Penn Institute for Urban Research, co-founded by Weitzman's Eugénie Birch, celebrates 20 years of impact on Philadelphia and the world. The Pennsylvania Gazette

In the Media A $6 Billion Shortfall Has US Mass Transit Facing a Death Spiral Leslie Richards, former GM and CEO at SEPTA and professor of practice in the Department of City and Regional Planning, weighs in on mass transit's challenges. Bloomberg ($)

In the Media ‘Ghosts’ of long-demolished Philly buildings have stories to tell Weitzman researcher and alum Molly Lester (MSHP'12) talks about the artifacts displayed on party walls across Philly, the subject of her latest book, Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City. The Philadelphia Inquirer

In the Media Winka Dubbeldam Named SCI-Arc Director and CEO A member of the faculty in the Department of Architecture at Weitzman for two decades, Dubbeldam becomes the first woman and the first architect not based in South California to helm the LA institution. World 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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