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Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols
four blueprint architectural drawings on a table with an open photo book

Architectural drawings by Nichols of a Philadelphia home in the Archives’ collection, and her journal tracking the growth of her four children, with photos and handwritten notes, are in the exhibition.

(Image: Eric Sucar)

Finding a forgotten architect, Philadelphia’s Minerva Parker Nichols

More than a decade of research by Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design is the foundation of a new exhibition at Penn’s Architectural Archives: “Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect” focuses on the nation’s first woman to practice architecture independently.
Weitzman’s celebration of visionary architecture and planning returns to New York
Entrance the the Weitzman School and art structure in Weitzman Plaza.

Image: Eric Sucar

Weitzman’s celebration of visionary architecture and planning returns to New York

Held at The Shed in New York City, and hosted by Weitzman Dean Fritz Steiner, Penn President Liz Magill joined the celebration with awards and prizes for innovative architecture and planning.

From the Weitzman School of Design

Fifty years of “Learning from Las Vegas”
The New Yorker

Fifty years of “Learning from Las Vegas”

A profile examines the architectural novel “Learning from Las Vegas” co-written by Denise Scott Brown, formerly of the Weitzman School of Design.

Clearing the air with biomaterials
Laia Mogas-Soldevila leans over a railing to smell a hanging display at the ICA.

“We were excited that it was a pleasant smell, had been historically mapped to human health, and could contribute to air quality,” Laia Mogas-Soldevila says of the aromatic lattice.

Clearing the air with biomaterials

Senseable Biomaterials for Healthier Habitats, a project led by assistant professor of architecture Laia Mogas-Soldevila, contributed a lattice installation made from architectural biomaterials to the ICA, acting as an antimicrobial air purifier.

From the Weitzman School of Design

National Mall commissions six artists for monument exhibition
The New York Times

National Mall commissions six artists for monument exhibition

Paul Farber of the Weitzman School of Design is co-curating an exhibition at the National Mall that will reimagine the role of monuments in the telling of history.