Weitzman News

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08.04.2023 Weitzman to Honor KoningEizenberg Architecture and the Reimagine Middle Branch Plan at October Forum KoningEizenberg Architecture has been selected to receive the 2023 Kanter Tritsch Medal in Architecture and Field Operations has been selected to receive the 2023 Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal in City and Regional Planning for the Reimagine Middle Branch Plan.

Stories

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Story | 09.08.2023 Excerpt from ‘Kenzō Tange and the Metabolist Movement’

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Story | 09.01.2023 Weitzman Welcomes New Members of the Standing Faculty

Two people make repairs to sprawling adobe brick construction in desert landscape

Story | 08.25.2023 Penn Milestone Heralds More Expansive Approach to Preservation

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Story | 08.25.2023 Lasting Connections: Impressions from a Flash Landscape Architecture Studio in Panama City

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Story | 08.24.2023 Weitzman Faculty Join World Congress of Architects in Copenhagen

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Story | 08.24.2023 Q&A: Paul Farber

In the Media

In the Media Biden makes case that climate, labor interests can go hand in hand as auto strike fuels attacks As the auto workers strike widens, Weitzman's Sanya Carley tells The Hill, “This [clean] energy transition, if it is to be done in a just and equitable way raises a whole bunch of really complicated trade-offs.” The Hill

In the Media Drought sparks drinking water concerns as saltwater creeps up Mississippi River Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning Allison Lassiter stresses the importance of diversifying the water system for coastal communities vulnerable to sea level rise. The Guardian

In the Media Concrete Jungle: Paulo Mendes da Rocha’s dissident tropicalismo An ongoing exhibition on the acclaimed Brazilian architect co-curated by Assistant Professor of Architecture Vanessa Grossman positions him as "a cultural actor on a very large, very complicated stage." Artforum

In the Media Roosevelt Boulevard subway talk has moved from ‘impossible’ to how to pay for it A long-dormant transit initiative revived by Weitzman PhD student Jay Arzu is now seen as an engine for growth. The Philadelphia Inquirer

Announcements

Announcement | 09.22.2023 Addressing an Act of Divisiveness in Our Community

Announcement | 06.29.2023 Our Commitment to a Diverse Learning and Teaching Community

Announcement | 05.01.2023 The Friends of the Tanner House and University of Pennsylvania Receive Mellon Foundation Grant for a Community-Led Preservation Plan

Announcement | 01.30.2023 University of Pennsylvania Set to Receive Funding to Evaluate the Impact of Emergency Rental Assistance on Evictions

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