Design

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.

A night in the life of the night mayor

Michael Fichman of the Weitzman School of Design is noted for suggesting the implementation of a dedicated office of nightlife in Philadelphia while part of a task force to sustain the city’s creative economy.

Almost Studio’s heart-shaped topiary mini-maze blooms in Times Square for Valentine’s Day

Almost Studio, co-founded by Dorian Booth and Anthony Gagliardi of the Weitzman School of Design, has installed an interactive maze-like hedge row configuration opposite Times Square’s Red Steps in New York City.

A sculptural foam installation demonstrates the promise of a new technology-focused degree at Penn

Graduate students in a new robotics and fabrication program at the Weitzman School of Design, under the guidance of Andrew Saunders, have installed a large-scale sculptural wall in the atrium of the Middletown, Pennsylvania, Free Library.

June Lin, Jessica Lin, and Jason Cornelison preparing a model building at the Weitzman School.

The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky

Undergraduate architecture students and community members strike a balance for a proposed development in historic Germantown.

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