Announcements
Mellon Foundation: Mid-Century Marvel
AAP alum and past Architecture faculty Scott Ruff (B.Arch. '92, M.Arch. '95) codirects the newly founded Coles House Project to preserve prolific architect Robert Coles's home and studio, which stands as a symbol of Black mid-century modernism.
The 2024 Winners of the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Awards
Baye Adofo-Wilson (M.R.P. '94), CEO of BAW Development, is among the leaders of the Hinchliffe Stadium rehabilitation project, which was awarded the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation National Preservation Award given to those who preserve and sustain our architectural and cultural heritage.
Western Grads Receive Governor General's Gold Medal
Mui Ho Center for Cities Postdoctoral Associate in Just and Equitable Cities Elmond Bandauko is among the recipients of a prestigious medal awarded for academic excellence at the graduate level.
Cornell NOMAS Takes Third Place in Annual Student Design Competition
The Cornell University student chapter of NOMAS was awarded third place in the National Organization of Minority Architects annual student design competition in Baltimore, Maryland.
Henry Hobson Richardson: Drawings from the Collection of Houghton Library, Harvard University
Chris Milford (M.Arch. '85) coauthored a book highlighting a collection of 4,000+ architectural drawings by H. H. Richardson and his assistants, stored at Harvard.
Where Things Grow: A Solo Exhibition by Julianne Hunter
Art Visiting Critic Julianne Hunter will present her solo exhibition Where Things Grow at the Handwerker Gallery at Ithaca College from October 23 to December 9, featuring an artist talk on November 13 at 5:30 p.m.
AAP's Architecture Design Teaching Fellow Manuel Bouzas and Roi Salgueiro (MIT) have been selected to design and curate the Spanish Pavilion at the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale next year.
Connecticut Women Hall of Fame 2024 Induction Ceremony
Professor of City and Regional Planning and Real Estate Sara Bronin will be inducted into the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame during a ceremony on October 22.
Announcing the 2024–25 Exhibit Columbus Yes And Participants
Architecture faculty Suzanne Lettieri and Michael Jefferson and alumni Andrew Fu (B.Arch. '15), Aaron Goldstein (B.Arch. '15), and Aleksandr Mergold (B.Arch. '00) are among the six University Design Research Fellowship teams. Studio Cooke John, founded by Nina Cooke John (B.Arch. '95), was awarded a J. Irwin and Xenia S. Miller Prize.
B.F.A. and M.F.A. Program Information Sessions
The Department of Art invites applications to undergraduate and graduate degree programs due early 2025. Register now to attend a fall virtual information session, where prospective candidates can ask questions and hear from department faculty and current students about each program's offerings.
Art Department Chair Paul Ramírez Jonas's Let Freedom Ring to Philadelphia in 2026
The Association for Public Art has received $360,000 in grant support from the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage to bring the work to the city as part of their semi-quincentennial celebration.
Farzin Lotfi-Jam Joins the Editorial Board of TAD Journal
Assistant Professor of Architecture Farzin Lotfi-Jam joins the editorial board of the international, peer-reviewed Technology I Architecture + Design journal dedicated to advancing building technology in architecture and design.
Meet the Winners of the 1st Architecture PROJECT Award!
Casa Floresta, an office founded by Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture Anna Dietzsch, is among the 1st Architecture PROJECT Prize winners with her Jupaú Cultural and Media Center design, built in the Amazon for the Jupaú Indigenous people.
ACSA Announces 2024 Recipients of Faculty Fellowship to Advance Equity in Architecture
Assistant Professor of Architecture Suzanne Lettieri is among the recipients of the 2024–2025 Faculty Fellowship to Advance Equity in Architecture.
Baker Program Student Among Record-Breaking 2024-25 Goldie Scholar Cohort
Stephanie Koziol (M.P.S. RE '25) is among thirty-eight women selected for the prestigious scholarship program with The Goldie Initiative for the 2024-25 academic year.
2024 Carter Manny Award Citations of Special Recognition
Ecem Saricayir (Ph.D. HAUD) has been honored with the 2024 Carter Manny Award Writing Citation of Special Recognition for her work titled "Property in Migration: The Making and Unmaking of the South Caucasus, 1878–1955."
Mellon Foundation Awards $600,000 to Support Paul R. Williams Architecture Archive Initiatives
The multi-year grant, led by USC faculty as well as Professor of Architecture and Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement Milton S.F. Curry, will support several public-facing initiatives related to the Paul Revere Williams Architecture Archive.
Architecture Alumni Win the Architizer A+ Temporary Project of the Year
Architecture Visiting Critic Dillon Pranger (M.Arch. '17) and Chris Battaglia (M.Arch. '15) won the Architizer A+ Temporary Project of the Year with WoodStack, an adaptable pavilion promoting material reuse and questioning architectural temporality and sustainability.
The CCL at AAP, directed by Architecture faculty Felix Heisel, and their project partners have been selected for a $2.5M EPA grant to develop a process that combines robust Environmental Product Declarations for salvaged materials with Material Passporting to support the adoption of material reuse practices by the AEC industry at scale.
2023–24 Student Academic Awards and Prizes
Outstanding student work during the 2023–24 academic year is recognized by the Department of Architecture, the Department of Art, and the Department of City and Regional Planning.
