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Blue marble projected inside wooden trusses 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.  

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Composite of headshots of Whetstone and Mason Story | 06.26.2025 New Faculty and Chair in the Department of Historic Preservation
Fingers jutting into waterway afford visitors views Story | 06.24.2025 At the Intersection of Design, Planning, and Improv
Nitya Patel map Story | 06.04.2025 Native Plants from Afar
Wood pavilion on grassy slope Story | 05.29.2025 Spring Architecture Studios Bridge Local and Global, Material and Conceptual
Billboard with four heads behind two framed artworks Story | 05.29.2025 Exhibition as Conversation
Richard Weller seated in gallery Story | 05.19.2025 Remembering Richard Weller (1963 – 2025)
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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
In the Media Independence National Historical Park and its demolished history: What you need to know “If we hadn’t torn down all those buildings, there would be structures and sites to help us tell more stories about the history of Philadelphia,” says Francesca Russello Ammon, associate professor of historic preservation and city and regional planning. WHYY
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Announcement | 11.07.2024 Fritz Steiner’s Service as Weitzman Dean at Penn Is Extended
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