Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R), the pioneering New York-based design studio, has been selected to receive the 2022 Kanter Tritsch Medal in Architecture, and Suisman Urban Design and the iQuilt Partnership have been selected to receive the 2022 Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal in City and Regional Planning for Hartford400. They will be honored at a February 21, 2023 ceremony which raises funds for student scholarships.
Weitzman School in the Media
“Rent caps come to the fore as hikes spike”
Claudia Aiken, director of the Housing Initiative at Penn, sheds light on a tool that may be gaining acceptance in more and more cities across the US.
“Ken Lum responds to the City of Edmonton's decision not to install his commissioned sculpture”
Artist Ken Lum, the Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professor and chair of fine arts, talks about the power of representation.
“Mississippi Crisis Highlights Climate Threat to Drinking Water Nationwide”
“The infrastructure act just scratches the surface of what’s needed,” says Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning Allison Lassiter.
“Rent caps come to the fore as hikes spike”
As a number of US cities and states consider limits on rent hikes, Claudia Aiken, director of the Housing Initiative at Penn, offers perspective.
“Ask a Ranger: The hand of the original builder: Wupatki Pueblo”
Gonick Family Professor and Chair of Historic Preservation Frank Matero talks about the work faculty and students are doing to protect a Native ancestral site.
“Major preservation work progresses at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin and Taliesin West”
Students and faculty from the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation are documenting conditions at the UNESCO World Heritage Sites to help plan their future.
