SPRING 2024 LECTURE SERIES
Rensselaer Architecture is pleased to announce its full lecture series for fall 2023. All events start 5:00pm at EMPAC, otherwise noted, admission is free. Wednesday, January 31 Bjarke Ingels BIG LEAP Plan for Planet Sponsor: Kenneth L. Warriner Memorial Lecture Wednesday, February 21 Tsuyoshi Tane Atelier Tsuyoshi Tane Architects Archaeology of the Future Wednesday, February […]
Matt Burgermaster wins two design awards from the American Institute of Architects
Matt Burgermaster received two Honor Awards in AIA New Jersey’s 2023 Design Competition for recent projects by his office MABU in the built and unbuilt categories – DOUBLE TAKE and FOODLAB. To see the full list of winners, please visit the AIA’s official website. DOUBLE TAKE is an adaptive reuse of a non-descript machine shop into […]
Career Fair
February 29, 2024 at EMPAC The Rensselaer School of Architecture Career Fair is an annual all-school event providing students and architecture and allied firms a unique opportunity to network together in support of establishing future career placement opportunities. All the firms in attendance will be able to connect with high-performing Rensselaer architecture students seeking short and long-term […]
Tomás Saraceno
“Web(s) of Life” Thursday, November 9, 12:00pm. Virtual Lecture Zoom Link Rensselaer School of Architecture’s Fall 2023 Lecture Series continues November 9th, at 12:00 pm, with the lecture “Web(s) of Life” by Tomás Saraceno. Tomás Saraceno is an artist whose projects have initiated dialogues with various forms of life and life-forming processes. Saraceno, an Argentina-born, Berlin-based […]
Jill Robbie
Wednesday, November 8, 12:00pm. CBIS Auditorium Kornblut Lecture Jill obtained her law degree at the University of Edinburgh in 2008. She then went on to complete a PhD entitled “Private Water Rights in Scots Law” at the same institution, supervised by Professor Kenneth Reid and Mr Scott Wortley. Following submission of her doctorate in 2012, […]
RPI Student Work on Dezeen
Ten outstanding student projects were recently featured on the design blog Dezeen. View the live post here, or see below. Congratulations to the featured students! From Overlooked to Overgrown by Annelise Eggen-McElmurry “The Erie Canal has been a multi-generational project since its inception. Its design, ideation and fabrication came about through the vision and […]
Mariam Issoufou Kamara
Wednesday, October 25, 5:00pm. EMPAC Concert Hall Sponsor: Ehrlich Architects Lecture Series Mariam Issoufou Kamara: “Architecture and Intersectional Sustainability” Mariam Kamara is a Nigerien architect. She obtained her Masters in Architecture from the University of Washington. She founded architecture and research firm, atelier masōmī, in 2014. The firm tackles a wide variety of public, cultural, residential, […]
Kutan Ayata
Wednesday, October 04, 5:00p.m. est EMPAC Concert Hall Sponsor: Lee Harris Pomeroy ’54 Kutan Ayata: “Not for Now“ Kutan Ayata is an Associate Professor and the Vice Chair in the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at UCLA, where he also serves as the Director of Master of Architecture Program. He previously held teaching positions at […]
Prof. Marcus Carter with OBJECT TERRITORIES recognized by AIA San Francisco
The Carved Terrace Block housing proposal received a Merit Award from the San Francisco chapter of the American Institute of Architects. Prof. Carter traveled to San Francisco for the awards ceremony and to participate in a public forum about the future of multi-family housing and zoning in the city. Carved Terrace Block is composed of […]
CASE Broadens Innovation Hub for Advanced Sustainable Building Technologies
September 25, 2023 New partnership with Fort Miller Group delivers strategic opportunities for research The Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute welcomes Fort Miller Group as a new member in its industry partner program and a key leader in the developing regional innovation hub that is providing CASE students with […]