Three teams from the Department of Landscape Architecture and the Department of Architecture have been recognized by The American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA) with 2021 student honor awards. Their design proposals address water scarcity at a major port city in China, the relationship between rural locales and bird habitat in Canada, and social inequity in the capital of Ecuador.
Weitzman School in the Media
“2021’s Most & Least Energy-Expensive States – WalletHub Study”
Mark Alan Hughes, faculty director at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy, helps decipher Americans’ energy costs relative to their location and consumption habits.
“Yorktown was supposed to be Philly’s Black suburb. Now development is converging on the neighborhood.”
Associate Professor of City and Regional Planning Vincent Reina illuminates the unintended consequences of a new zoning bill from the City Council.
“Morphosis’ Shenzhen skyscraper sets world record with detached core”
Thom Mayne, Cret Chair Professor of Practice in Architecture at Weitzman, describes the design strategy behind the Hanking Center, a mixed-use complex with a commercial office tower and retail center.
“‘What we can’t live without’: Richard Weller at the Venice Biennale”
A trio of installations by Richard Weller, Meyerson Chair of Urbanism, professor and chair of landscape architecture at Weitzman, consider biodiversity at a planetary scale.
“Tech Helps Planners Weigh Development, Historic Preservation”
Weitzman’s Ken Steif and Akira Drake Rodriguez talk about the app they developed with MUSA students for planners to gauge resident preference for preserving historic homes against need for higher-density housing.
“Philly grapples with statues of Frank Rizzo, Christopher Columbus, and more a year after protests”
Public participation will be key to how the City’s new Landmarks and Monuments Review Commission is evaluated, says Weitzman’s Ken Lum.
