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Organized by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Robert Pietrusko, the event includes a keynote address from S...
04/09/2025

Organized by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Robert Pietrusko, the event includes a keynote address from Susan Schuppli, Director of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/proxy-landscapes

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Andy Groarke, founding director of Carmody Groarke, will give...
04/08/2025

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Andy Groarke, founding director of Carmody Groarke, will give a lecture titled “Permanence is a Privilege.” He will introduce recent cultural projects by the firm, describing the different approaches taken in the refurbishment and extension of a historic museum in the heart of Ghent, and the making of two new national library archive buildings for the United Kingdom and France.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/andy-groarke

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Junya Ishigami, founding architect of junya.ishigami+associat...
04/01/2025

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Junya Ishigami, founding architect of junya.ishigami+associates will give The KPF Lecture. Ishigami’s projects include the Chapel of the Valley, now under construction in Shandong, China, which will be almost 150 feet tall, but only five feet wide at its narrowest part.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/kpf-lecture-junya-ishigami

This evening, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Billie Tsien, founding partner of Tod Williams Billie Tsi...
03/26/2025

This evening, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Billie Tsien, founding partner of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, will give The Brummer Lecture. The firm’s projects include Philadelphia’s Barnes Foundation, as well as Skirkanich Hall on Penn’s campus.

https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/brummer-lecture-billie-tsien

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a lecture from City & Regional Planning. Andrew Lee, author of ‘Defying Displacement: Urb...
03/17/2025

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a lecture from City & Regional Planning. Andrew Lee, author of ‘Defying Displacement: Urban Recomposition and Social War,’ will be in conversation with Assistant Professor of City & Regional Planning Akira Drake Rodriguez. The book examines the profound transformation of cities as the wealthy price out the remnants of the urban working class, especially people of color.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/defying-displacement-book-talk-and-conversation-andrew-lee

Tomorrow, 6:00pm. Join us for a lecture from Fine Arts and the Institute of Contemporary Art highlighting work by BlackM...
03/05/2025

Tomorrow, 6:00pm. Join us for a lecture from Fine Arts and the Institute of Contemporary Art highlighting work by BlackMass, a publishing collective founded by Yusuf Hassan, engages with printed matter as a means of Black artistic, emotional and cultural expression.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/blackmass

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a panel discussion from Weitzman Historic Preservation, in anticipation of the latest iss...
03/05/2025

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a panel discussion from Weitzman Historic Preservation, in anticipation of the latest issue of the Department’s ‘Change Over Time.’ Dr. Kwesi Daniels, head of the Architecture Department at Tuskegee University, moderates a discussion on “Civil Rights Work as a Global Strategy of Resistance and Resilience.”

https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/change-over-time-dialogues

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from The McHarg Center. Jeffrey Nesbit, Lecturer in City & Regional Planning, wi...
02/26/2025

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from The McHarg Center. Jeffrey Nesbit, Lecturer in City & Regional Planning, will introduce his new book ‘Ground Control: Technical Lands for Departing Earth,’ which explores the infrastructural history of the United States rocket launch complex, highlighting the evolution of its overlooked architecture and infrastructural landscape in parallel to US aerospace history.

https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/ground-control-technical-lands-departing-earth

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a lecture from Urban Spatial Analytics. Clio Andris, Associate Professor of City & Region...
02/17/2025

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a lecture from Urban Spatial Analytics. Clio Andris, Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning and Interactive Computing, Georgia Tech, will give the inaugural Ken Steif Lecture, “Enriching Points of Interest (PoI) Data with Visitor Diversity, Chain/Independent Designation, and Popularity with Social Relationships.” The talk explores her research on the ways to use data to help the public make better decisions when choosing a point of interest, from education facilities to entertainment venues.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/ken-steif-lecture-clio-andris

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Landscape Architecture. Garnette Cadogan, Tuney Lee Distinguished Lecturer ...
02/12/2025

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Landscape Architecture. Garnette Cadogan, Tuney Lee Distinguished Lecturer in Urbanism at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is an essayist whose research explores the promise and perils of urban life. He is at work on a book on walking.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/garnette-cadogan

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a lecture from Historic Preservation. Lara Davis, founder of Limaçon Design, will speak a...
02/12/2025

Tomorrow, 12:00pm. Join us for a lecture from Historic Preservation. Lara Davis, founder of Limaçon Design, will speak about “Mortared and Dry: Masonry's Intangible Heritage.” Davis will discuss how careful study of local traditional masonry methods may aid in innovation in materials and techniques, as well as in the conservation of built heritage.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/lara-davis

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Vo Trong Nghia will speak about “Architecture and Meditation:...
02/11/2025

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Vo Trong Nghia will speak about “Architecture and Meditation: A Path to Healing Mind and Planet.” Nghia’s firm, based in Ho Chi Minh City, is known for low-energy, foliage-filled architecture, which also incorporates traditional Vietnamese building techniques, like complex bamboo trusses, perforated blocks, cooling water systems, shaded terraces and thatched roofs.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/vo-trong-nghia

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Boonserm Premthada will give the annual EwingCole Lecture. Ba...
02/04/2025

Tomorrow, 6:30pm. Join us for a lecture from Architecture. Boonserm Premthada will give the annual EwingCole Lecture. Based in Thailand, Premthada describes his projects as 50% designed. “The 50 percent design idea focuses on cutting a building by half and giving the other half to nature, the environment, existing contexts, phenomena, humans, and other living beings to fulfil and balance,” he says.

https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/ewingcole-lecture-boonserm-premthada

Today at noon. Join us for a lecture from City & Regional Planning. Michael Lens, Professor of Urban Planning & Public P...
02/04/2025

Today at noon. Join us for a lecture from City & Regional Planning. Michael Lens, Professor of Urban Planning & Public Policy, University of California, Los Angeles, will discuss his book ‘Where the Hood At?: Fifty Years of Change in Black Neighborhoods,’ which examines the trajectories of Black neighborhoods since the Fair Housing Act.
https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/michael-c-lens-where-hood

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Join Weitzman Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner for the second of two lectures featuring the winners of the 2024 Weitzman School Awards. Thursday, January 22, 2025 2024 Kanter Tritsch Prize in Energy and Architectural Innovation Celebrating SANAA Featuring Kazuyo Sejima, co-founder of SANAA 6:00 – 7:30 PM Kleinman Energy Forum Fisher Fine Arts Library, 4th Floor 220 South 34th Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia SANAA is an architecture and design firm based in Tokyo, Japan founded by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa in 1995. Comprised of international architects and staff working on projects ranging in scale from residential and interior design to large complex buildings and urban planning schemes, as well as product and furniture design, SANAA approaches each project with a fresh perspective, believing that each design arises from conditions particular to the site and program. SANAA works internationally and major works include 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa in Japan, New Museum and Grace Farms in the USA, Rolex Learning Center, EPFL in Switzerland, the Louvre-Lens and La Samaritaine in France, Bocconi University New Urban Campus in Milan, and Sydney Modern Project. Each SANAA project is closely followed by the two founding principals, as well as partners Yosh*taka Tanase, Yumiko Yamada, Rikiya Yamamoto, Lucy Styles and Francesca Singer. https://www.alumni.upenn.edu/s/1587/gid2/16/interior.aspx?sid=1587&pgid=46244&gid=2&cid=94454&ecid=94454&post_id=0

Join us this weekend, October 19 and 20, for the 2024 MFA Open Studios, presented as part of Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, a program of @philacfeva. Mingle with MFA students and see current work. All are welcome! 12:00­–6:00pm both days Franklin Building Annex (just west of the Franklin Building), 3451 Walnut Street, Philadelphia https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/2024-mfa-open-studios

Join Weitzman Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner for the first of two lectures featuring the winners of the 2024 Weitzman School Awards.⁠ ⁠ Thursday, October 24, 2024⁠ 2024 Witte Sakamoto Family Medalist⁠ Celebrating Charlotte Future 2040⁠ ⁠ Featuring Jay Renkens, Director of Planning and Design Services, MIG; and Kathy Cornett, Acting Division Manager for Long Range Planning, City of Charlotte⁠ 6:00 – 7:30 PM⁠ ⁠ Kleinman Energy Forum⁠ Fisher Fine Arts Library, 4th Floor⁠ 220 South 34th Street⁠ University of Pennsylvania⁠ Philadelphia⁠ ⁠ In 2021, the City of Charlotte adopted a comprehensive plan to channel the city’s rapid growth—its first such plan in nearly 50 years. With a focus on equity, Charlotte Future 2040 provides a clear vision for the City and high-level, forward-thinking policy guidance for improving quality of life, affordability, equity, and sustainability for all Charlotteans.⁠ https://www.design.upenn.edu/events/weitzman-school-awards-2024-philadelphia

Join Weitzman Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner for the first of two lectures featuring the winners of the 2023 Weitzman School Awards. Monday, February 26, 2024 2023 Witte Sakamoto Family Medalist For Reimagine Middle Branch Plan Featuring Sarah Weidner Astheimer (MLA’05), partner, and Megan Born (MLA’08), associate partner, Field Operations 6:00 – 7:30 PM Kleinman Energy Forum Fisher Fine Arts Library, 4th Floor 220 South 34th Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Register now: https://bit.ly/3SWEAFC The award-winning plan, Reimagine Middle Branch, is a community-driven initiative to reconnect South Baltimore with a system of world-class parks, trails, programs, and economic development plans along 11 miles of the Middle Branch shoreline on the Patapsco River. The award will be received by Field Operations, who acted as the lead planner and worked closely with a large multi-disciplinary team of collaborators on the project.

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One of 12 schools at the University of Pennsylvania, the Stuart Weitzman School of Design prepares students to address complex sociocultural and environmental issues through thoughtful inquiry, creative expression, and innovation. As a diverse community of scholars and practitioners, we are committed to advancing the public good–both locally and globally–through art, design, planning, and preservation.