Recent Film: The Inside Story of Grimshaw in 12 Buildings
Mon Mar 27th, 6pm @ EMPAC Theater: SOME KIND OF JOY: THE INSIDE STORY OF GRIMSHAW IN TWELWE BUILDINGS_ In 2001, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw and his practice won the architectural competition for the design of EMPAC. Throughout the building’s construction, the collaboration between Grimshaw Architects, now just Grimshaw, and Rensselaer was very close in all […]
Ellen Wong wins mention at student design competition
Student News: B. ARCH STUDENT ELLEN WONG AWARDED MENTION AT HOUSE COMPETITION_ Senior B.Arch. student Ellen Wong was recently awarded a honorable mention for her proposal “Billboard House” at the house competition “Hollywood: The Last House on Mulholland: An Iconic Home beneath the Sign”. The prestigious jury was composed by Tom Mayne (Morphosis), Jimenez Lai (Bureau Spectacular), […]
Recent lecture: Heidi Eagleton “Law & Architecture”
Tue Mar-21, 6pm @ Biotech Auditorium: KORNBLUT MEMORIAL LECTURE: PROF. HEIDI EAGLETON, J.D. Prof. Eagleton will discuss “Integrating Law and Architecture: Annie’s Place, A Study in Reality.” All are welcome. Reception will follow the lecture. Prof. Heidi Dellafera Eagleton heads the Houston office of Royce /Eagleton Architects. Her background is in architecture and in law. She […]
Recent Lecture: Kunlé Adeyemi
Wed Mar 8th, 6pm @ EMPAC Concert Hall: “Waterfront Atlas”: KUNLÉ ADEYEMI. Kunlé Adeyemi is an architect, designer and urbanist, and founder of the firm NLÉ.. His recent work includes ‘Makoko Floating School’, an innovative, prototype, floating structure located on the lagoon heart of Lagos, Nigeria’s largest city. This acclaimed project is part of the extensive […]
Carla Leitao at ACSA / Detroit (Sat 03/27)
Faculty News: CARLA LEITAO TO CHAIR PANEL AT ACSA MEETING. On Saturday March 27th, 3:30pm at the ACSA 105th Annual Meeting in Detroit, Lecturer Carla Leitao and partner Ed Keller will chair the “Addressability” panel / topic. For more information about the ACSA Meeting, please click these links > Information – Schedule – Topics Addressability Topic Chairs: Carla Leitao, Rensselaer […]
Yael Erel exhibition at Cornell University
Faculty News: YAEL EREL’S “LIGHT TOPOGRAPHIES” AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Lecturer Yael Erel is presenting “a spatial laboratory amplifying minuscule conditions into otherworldly light drawings.” Feb 27 – Mar 17 2017 @ Cornell AAP, John Hartell Gallery. Closing Reception+ Artist Talk – Mar 17th at 5PM. = Light Topographies A spatial laboratory amplifying minuscule conditions into otherworldly light drawings. […]
Diniz and Leitao at Material Interactions
Faculty News: NANCY DINIZ AND CARLA LEITAO AT ‘MATERIAL INTERACTIONS’ SYMPOSIUM. Assistant Professor Nancy Morgado Diniz and Lecturer Carla Leitao will participate as panel speakers at the ‘Material Interactions’ A Symposium Focusing on the Current and Future Impacts of Sensing, Actuation, and Robotic Technologies in Design, to be held at City College of New York, […]
Spring’ 17 Graduate Open House
Rensselaer Architecture’s Graduate Open House will take place on Friday April 7th / 2017, 10am, at the Greene Gallery. This is a great opportunity for prospective students to become more familiar with our graduate programs, the School of Architecture, as well as Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Visiting prospective students will have the opportunity to meet with the […]
Matos and Portorreal (Browns Presentation)
Student News: Irina Matos and Amaory Portorreal present their Browns Fellowships_ On Wednesday March 1 at 6pm in the Greene Gallery, B.Arch students Irina Matos and Amaory Portorreal will present the results of their recent Browns Travel Fellowship. This event will complement the exhibition in Room #201 (from Monday February 27 to Friday March 03). Irina Matos: […]
S17 Positions Series : Trauma, Memory and Architecture
Monday, February 27th, 6:30-7:30pm @ Greene Main Gallery “Trauma, Memory and Architecture”_ On Monday, February 27th, 2017 (6:30-7:30pm), the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “Trauma, Memory and Architecture,” in the main gallery of the Greene Building with guest speaker Michael Arad, partner at Handel Architect and designer of the World Trade […]