Design

Interim President Wendell Pritchett and Interim Provost Beth Winkelstein announce the appointment of Lance Freeman as the University of Pennsylvania’s 29th Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor.

Amanda Mott ・February 15, 2022

Archi-Tectonics, the New York-based firm founded by Miller Professor and Chair of Architecture Winka Dubbeldam, was selected to design an “eco-park,” stadiums, and a pedestrian mall for the 2022 Asian Games.

From the Weitzman School of Design ・February 10, 2022

A history course taught by Jared Farmer looks at Philadelphia’s monuments past and present, and lets students envision what future memorials may be.

Kristen de Groot ・February 7, 2022

The SNF Paideia Program and partners featured Ernesto Pujol and Aaron Levy, an artist and an interdisciplinary scholar who have transformed both what it means to listen and what the act of listening can achieve as part of a lecture and workshops.

Kristen de Groot ・November 22, 2021

A team of Weitzman scholars designed OurPlan to give residents of West Philadelphia a voice in planning and preservation.

From the Weitzman School of Design ・November 16, 2021

The new publication, edited by Hina Jamelle, senior lecturer and director of urban housing in the Department of Architecture, gathers and contextualizes recent conversations on urban housing through a design lens.

From the Weitzman School of Design ・November 9, 2021

Frederick “Fritz” Steiner’s term as dean of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design has been extended two years to June 30, 2025. The announcement was made by Penn President Amy Gutmann and Interim Provost Beth A. Winkelstein.

Ron Ozio, Michael Grant ・October 18, 2021

‘Apart Together,’ a new photography exhibit at the Annenberg School, shows that despite not being physically in the same place the past 18 months, our shared experiences kept us connected.

Michele W. Berger , Julie Sloane ・October 18, 2021

This year, Dana Tomlin is retiring from the Department of Landscape Architecture in the Weitzman School of Design, where he has taught courses in cartographic modeling for thirty years.

From the Weitzman School of Design ・September 24, 2021

An eight-day trip to Puerto Rico following a seminar taught by Fine Arts visiting professor led students through the city while engaged in a process of listening to the urban spaces of San Juan and the colonized ecology of its post-industrial hinterlands.

From the Weitzman School of Design ・August 20, 2021