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.
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“A Legacy No Longer in ‘the Shadows’”
The first African American to earn an architecture degree from Penn is recognized with a building's renaming at Monmouth, one in a series of recent honors.
“The New Monuments That America Needs”
Writer Hua Hsu reports on the beginnings of Monument Lab, the vital public art and history project launched in 2012 by Weitzman’s Ken Lum and Paul Farber.
“How to Put Up Monuments That Truly Reckon With American History”
Paul Farber and Sue Mobley, of Weitzman's Center for Public Art and Space, reconsider the history of monuments in the U.S.
“Philly’s housing insecurity crisis needs long-term solutions ”
Consistently insufficient federal support for housing undermines measures by the City, according Weitzman's Vincent Reina and Claudia Aiken.
“Kiruna, Forever Changing”
Weitzman alum Gideon Fink Shapiro (PhdD’16) reviews the architecture exhibition “Kiruna Forever,” which traces the relocation of an entire 125 year-old town in Sweden.
“The Nightlife Rescue Plan That Could Save Your City’s Scene”
One of the Plan's authors, PennPraxis Researcher Michael Fichman, explains how cities can avoide a total ban on nightlife, and why.
