Obituary: Lee Harris Pomeroy (BArch 1954)
Mr. Lee Harris Pomeroy of New York City, class of 1954, one of our School’s prestigious alumni, and a longtime friend and benefactor of the School of Architecture, has passed away at the age of 85. As a member of the Dean’s Leadership Council, Mr. Pomeroy took an interest in the growth of the School […]
Bedford Workshop DEADLINE
DUE Fri Mar-9, 4pm: 2018 Bedford Workshop_ TOKYO and KYOTO– The Bedford Initiative, which promotes trans-disciplinary study in architecture and engineering, has announced the destinations of the annual travel workshop taking place May 20-30, 2018. Six architecture students and six engineering students will travel and study with Visiting Professor Holger Schulze-Ehring (Buro Ehring Engineering) in Tokyo and […]
Brown’s Travel Fellowship Winners Announced
2018 Robert S. Brown ’52 Travel Fellowship Winners: This travel program was established in 1988 by Mrs. Helen C. Brown in loving memory of her son, Robert S. Brown ʼ52, a 1952 graduate of Rensselaerʼs School of Architecture. The fund is intended to expand the educational opportunities and broaden the cultural base available to Rensselaerʼs […]
Cazu Zegers [Recent Lecture]
Mon Mar-05 6pm @ EMPAC: CAZÚ ZEGERS: “Poetic Territories”_ Chilean architect Cazú Zegers declares her work as intimately related to Chile’s territory, landscape and traditions. Her work represents an ongoing process and poetic quest exploring the way we “inhabit that territory”. Zeger’s work calls for way of inhabiting that is “precarious and light”, using a […]
ROSE OCEAN: Living With Duchamp, Grand Opening
Sat FEB-17, 5pm @ The Tang Museum, Skidmore College ROSE OCEAN: LIVING WITH DUCHAMP, Grand Opening Marcel Duchamp is arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. For the past decade, SoA professor Michael Oatman has taught a 2-credit course entitled ‘Duchamp Seminar: Anarchism Umped.’ Described as “a history/theory course where we make things,” […]
Sara Bronin “Building Relationships, Building Cities” [Recent Lecture]
Thur FEB-22, 6pm @ Biotech Auditorium: KORNBLUT MEMORIAL LECTURE: Sara C. Bronin Ms. Bronin will discuss “Building Relationships, Building Cities” Sara C. Bronin is a Mexican-American attorney and architect, and the Thomas F. Gallivan Chair of Real Property Law at UConn Law School. She researches topics at the intersection of law and architecture, including zoning, […]
Sleeve House by Adam Dayem recognized among Buildings of the Year
Faculty News: The Sleeve House by lecturer Adam Dayem was awarded Second Place in the 2017 Building of the Year poll organized by www.american-architects.com. To see more of Dayem’s work please go to www.aslasho.com Sources: https://www.american-architects.com/en/building-of-the-year https://www.world-architects.com/en/architecture-news/headlines/mass-timber-architecture-school-wins-u-s-building-of-the-year
Student Zachary Pearson Recognized in International Design Competition
RPI Student Zachary Pearson and team Recognized in International Design Competition Rensselaer School of Architecture’s Zachary Pearson, along with Seizen Uehara, Belèn Pizarro, and Àngela Ferrero from Universidad Nacional de Cordoba (UNC, Argentina), entered ISARCH’s International Competition for architecture students. This past week, it was announced that they received Special Honorable Mention as one of […]
Kallipoliti and Theodoridis at Princeton
Nov 6-Jan 5, Princeton SoA Kallipoliti and Theodoridis at Princeton Exhibition “ARE WE HUMAN?” Assistant Professor Lydia Kallipoliti and Ph.D. Candidate Andreas Theodoridis are participating in Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley’s ongoing ARE WE HUMAN? exhibition at Princeton School of Architecture with their project GUINEA PIGS. Kallipoliti and Theodoridis’ project brings together several historical, designed visions of a […]
[Recent Lecture] Skylar Tibbits
Wed Nov 29th – Concert Hall [Lecture] Skylar Tibbits: Self-Assembly & Programmable Materials Skylar Tibbits is currently director of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT where his research focuses on self-assembly and programmable material technologies for novel manufacturing, products and construction processes. He is currently a Research Scientist in MIT’s Department of Architecture, teaching graduate and undergraduate design […]