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
“Presenting The 2022 Metropolis Future100”
Six Weitzman MArch students--more than any other school in the US or Canada--are among the magazine's top graduating architecture students for 2022.
“Forget the 50 states. These scholars argue that America should be broken up into 13 regions.”
A review of the new book from Dean Steiner with Professor Emeritus Robert Yaro and UT's Ming Zhang.
“Where Rising Seas Threaten Drinking Water, Scientists Look for Affordable Solutions”
Allison Lassiter, assistant professor of city and regional planning, is leading an effort to identify areas facing saltwater intrusion on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts.
“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.
