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Blue marble projected inside wooden trusses

05.11.2025 In Venice, A Convergence of Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Landscapes One in a series of reports on faculty and students invited to exhibit at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia and the European Cultural Centre's Time Space Existence.

Stories

Composite of headshots of Whetstone and Mason

Story | 06.26.2025 New Faculty and Chair in the Department of Historic Preservation

Fingers jutting into waterway afford visitors views

Story | 06.24.2025 At the Intersection of Design, Planning, and Improv

Nitya Patel map

Story | 06.04.2025 Native Plants from Afar

Wood pavilion on grassy slope

Story | 05.29.2025 Spring Architecture Studios Bridge Local and Global, Material and Conceptual

Billboard with four heads behind two framed artworks

Story | 05.29.2025 Exhibition as Conversation

Richard Weller seated in gallery

Story | 05.19.2025 Remembering Richard Weller (1963 – 2025)

In the Media

In the Media Can Americans Just Stop Building New Highways? Professor of City and Regional Planning Erick Guerra summarizes the hard lessons of his new book, Overbuilt: The High Costs and Low Rewards of US Highway Construction. Bloomberg CityLab

In the Media Charred chimneys are all that’s left of these LA midcentury homes. Inside the quest to save them A piece of history burned down in the Los Angeles wildfires. Now, Weitzman alum Evan Curtis Hall (MFA'20) is salvaging what’s left to honor the architecture, and eventually create a memorial. The Guardian

In the Media 2025 SEU-PENN Summer School: Innovative Rural-scape The SEU-Penn Summer School successfully brought together faculty and students from Weitzman and four universities in China to explore pathways for rural revitalization. World Landscape Architect

In the Media Independence National Historical Park and its demolished history: What you need to know “If we hadn’t torn down all those buildings, there would be structures and sites to help us tell more stories about the history of Philadelphia,” says Francesca Russello Ammon, associate professor of historic preservation and city and regional planning. WHYY

Announcements

Announcement | 03.05.2025 Case Studies in Design: Open Call to Study Projects Designed in Community

Announcement | 02.07.2025 Daily Pennsylvanian Reporting

Announcement | 11.07.2024 Fritz Steiner’s Service as Weitzman Dean at Penn Is Extended

Announcement | 05.07.2024 Case Studies in Design: Open Call to Study Projects Designed in Community

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