Events
Christi Danner
Announcing the Spring 2024 Public Programs ...

The spring 2024 public programs emphasize architects as mediators negotiating disparate modes of thought, creating common ground, and mitigating harm. We discuss how our work addresses critical sites and debates in the world around us; what it takes to articulate our values and stand by them.

Announcing the Spring 2024 Public Programs Series: Resolutions
Faculty
Meredith Marsh
Carnegie Mellon Architecture Awards $100,000 to ...

Carnegie Mellon Architecture is proud to announce the 2024 awardees for the PJ Dick Innovation Fund Faculty Grants Program. A total of $100,000 has been awarded to 16 project and teaching grant proposals. Established in 2023 by PJ Dick Trumbull Lindy Group, the program supports faculty research and teaching innovations that address the school’s three pedagogical challenges of climate change, social justice and artificial intelligence.

Students
Meredith Marsh
Spring 2024 Architecture Awards: Applications ...

Carnegie Mellon Architecture is pleased to announce that applications are now open for the Spring 2024 Awards. Applications are due on Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at 11:59pm ET. Over $44,000 of funding is available to support undergraduate and graduate students (Master’s and PhD). Awards recognize student work in public interest design, design and representation, sustainability, and real estate, as well as professional promise.

Faculty
Meredith Marsh
Remembrances of Delbert Highlands

Following the passing of Professor Delbert Highlands this past July, the School of Architecture presents a collection of remembrances of Professor Highlands from members of the Delbert Highlands Travel Fellowship committee and Steve Lee, former School Head.

Research & Programs
Meredith Marsh
M.Arch Program Receives 8-Year NAAB Continuing ...

Our Master of Architecture (M.Arch) degree program has received an eight year term of Continuing Accreditation with a Plan to Correct from the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). Congratulations to Track Chair Sarosh Anklesaria and former Track Chair Kai Gutschow and the Master of Architecture students, staff and faculty.

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RCI Working to Address First Mile/Last Mile and Micromobility Challenges Outside the Urban Core

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The Remaking Cities Institute (RCI) and Traffic21 CMU faculty are working with communities in Allegheny County to address first mile/last mile and micromobility challenges that exist outside of the urban core. The Linking our Networked Communities (LINC) project is underway in partnership with the Quaker Valley Coalition of Governments (QVCOG) and the communities of Bellevue, Avalon, Ben Avon, Emsworth, and Kilbuck. The study, supported by a challenge grant from CMU’s Traffic21 and the Mobilty21 Urban Transportation Center, focuses on critical issues for mobility and urban design for towns beyond the urban core in the Southwestern Pennsylvania region.

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Remaking Cities Institute Faculty to Work with Monessen and Shaler on Traffic21 Smart Mobility Challenge Projects

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Remaking Cities Institute director Ray Gastil and faculty Jonathan Kline and Stephen Quick will work with the City of Monessen and the Township of Shaler, winners of Traffic21’s third annual Smart Mobility Challenge, to develop mobility/urban design recommendations from computer visualization data to respond to community priorities.

Stephen Quick & Research Team Receive Grant to Study Light Pollution in Pittsburgh with Drones

Adjunct professor Stephen Quick of the Remaking Cities Institute and Diane Turnshek of the CMU physics department will lead a project using quadcopter drones to create a high-resolution light pollution map of Pittsburgh as the city seeks to evaluate the impact of new street lamps.

Stephen Quick Presents Research Studies on Statewide Highway Corridor Guidelines at PennDOT 2018 Research Symposium

Adjunct faculty member Stephen Quick presented two research studies about proposed statewide highway corridors as a new category of roadway types that combine multimodal and complete street functionality during the PennDOT 2018 Research Symposium last week in Harrisburg.