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
“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.
“In parks, universities, and cultural projects from coast to coast, architects Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi enrich the definition of accessible”
Architectural Digest profiles the firm led by Graham Professor of Practice Marion Weiss and her partner.
“PHA has few homes for multigenerational families like Fairmount fire victims”
A tragic January house fire in Philadelphia points to an unmet need in the public housing system, says Weitzman's Akira Drake Rodriguez.
