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
“What If Joe Biden Paid You to Get Out of Your Car?”
A new report co-authored by The McHarg Center's Billy Fleming lays out a framework for dramatically decarbonizing a typical American’s daily coming and going by 2030.
“In Philadelphia, Demolition of a Louis Kahn-Designed Hospital Raises Thorny Preservation Questions”
William Whitaker, curator and collections manager at the Architectural Archives, helps explain why the hospital was a key early work by the legendary Penn faculty member and colleague Anne Tyng.
“A Prison Reformed: Eastern State Penitentiary Confronts Injustice”
PennPraxis Researcher Starr Herr-Cardillo (MSHP'17) reports on the challenges and opportunities facing one of Philadelphia's most popular historic sites.
“Spain’s new “right to housing” law enshrines rent control nationwide”
Despite benefits for those in rent-controlled apartments, there are much better options, says Penn Integrates Knowledge Professor of City and Regional Planning Lance Freeman.
“Rental assistance is a lifeline for thousands of Philadelphia families—don’t let it disappear”
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Vincent Reina calls on the city of Philadelphia to establish a new housing support system that applies lessons from the pandemic’s temporary emergency rent relief program.
“Should you buy carbon offsets for your air travel?”
The Kleinman Center's Jennifer Wilcox weighs in, and says we ought to think of direct air capture facilities as super-forests.
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