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
“50 Years After Design With Nature, Ian McHarg’s Ideas Still Define Landscape Architecture”
Billy Fleming, Wilks Family Director of The McHarg Center, traces the late Penn professor's enduring influence.
“Back to Yourself: Winka Dubbeldam on Learning to Design and Relearning to Practice”
A wide ranging interview with the Miller Professor and Chair of Architecture.
“To reform the credit card industry, start with credit scores”
In an Op-Ed, Lisa Servon, Kevin and Erica Penn Presidential Professor and chair of city and regional planning, calls on Congress to address inequity perpetuated by the financial services industry.
“Meet the Student Selected for the Whitney Biennial”
For Carolyn Lazard, who completes their MFA this spring, exhibiting as part of the 2019 Whitney Biennial is the latest step in 20 years of making art.
“Schuylkill Yards development may rest on the Quaker dead”
The Inquirer interviews Aaron Wunsch, associate professor, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, about how the planned Schuylkill Yards development impacts two of the city’s largest abandoned cemeteries.
“From potholes to preservation, how has Mayor Kenney lived up to his original campaign promises?”
Randall F. Mason, associate professor, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, talks to Inga Saffron.
