The Weitzman Fall 2022 Lecture Series brings together distinguished architects, landscape architects, artists, historians, preservationists, planners, energy policy makers, mobility experts, and data scientists from the US and abroad to discuss recent work and emerging trends in the built environment and visual culture.
Weitzman School in the Media
“Here Are 6 Great Fintech Writers To Add To Your Reading List”
‘Forbes’ recommends Unbanking of America series by Lisa Servon, Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and chair of city and regional palnning.
“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.
