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Commemorating Minerva Parker Nichols, the first independent woman architect in the United States

Alumna Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design and a curatorial team at the Architectural Archives are honoring architect Minerva Parker Nichols with an exhibition.

SEPTA stops work on proposed King of Prussia Rail Line after federal government denies funding

Doctoral student Jay Arzu of the Weitzman School of Design outlines SEPTA transit projects that could replace its scrapped $3 billion King of Prussia line.

four blueprint architectural drawings on a table with an open photo book

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.

Repairing all the homes in the Philly area would cost at least $3.7 billion

Jamaal W. Green of the Weitzman School of Design says that Philadelphia’s combination of high homeownership rates, entrenched poverty, and poor homeowners is a recipe for deferred maintenance.

Weitzman’s first dual degree student in Fine Arts and Historic Preservation

In a Q&A, Aislinn Pentecost-Farren discusses her road to the dual degree program and how the legacy of historic sites is foundational to the climate crisis.

Philly’s Rocky statue gets the podcast treatment

Paul Farber of the Weitzman School of Design is hosting “The Statue,” a six-part podcast produced by the Monument Lab and WHYY and dedicated to the Rocky statue.

Entrance the the Weitzman School and art structure in Weitzman Plaza.

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.

Meet Minerva Parker Nichols, the groundbreaking, totally badass female architect you’ve never heard of

Alumna Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design and a curatorial team at the Architectural Archives are honoring architect Minerva Parker Nichols with an exhibition.

A real art project at Quinta Brunson’s former school in West Philly mirrors the ‘Abbott Elementary’ Mural Arts episode

Thanks to the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Shira Walinsky of the Weitzman School of Design designed and created a mural at West Philly’s Andrew Hamilton Elementary with help from volunteers and Penn students.

A damaged area in Mosul. Image: Gina Haney

A new role for NATO in conflict zones

One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, PIK Professor Lynn Meskell calls on the alliance to take a more expansive view of cultural property protection.

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