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.

Spring Lecture Series Continues with Louis Becker of Henning Larsen Architecture Mon 25 Mar

Louis Becker, design principal and partner at Henning Larsen Architecture in Copenhagen, will present the firm’s design approach and methodology, and how the combination of quantitative research, artistic emphasis, and social responsibility defines their work.

SoA Alumnus Matthew Ciccone’s Firm Beauty Shoppe Recognized for Cutting-Edge Redevelopment Projects

Matthew Ciccone (MUD ‘06) is co-founder and CEO of Pittsburgh-based Beauty Shoppe, a firm that transforms historic buildings into elegant and inviting co-working spaces. Beauty Shoppe is currently working on the Pittsburgh Terminal Building in South Side to create unique makerspaces for artisans and craftspeople.

Sarah Rafson writes Spotlight on Pittsburgh’s Women-Owned Firms for AIA Pittsburgh

Adjunct Sarah Rafson recently authored the article “Spotlight on Pittsburgh’s Women-Owned Firms” for AIA Pittsburgh in honor of International Women’s Day this past Friday 08 March. The article features SoA faculty Dana Cupkova, Jennifer Lucchino, and Christine Mondor.

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B.Arch Fifth Year Zain Islam-Hashmi Has Designs for Fashion

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As head designer for CMU's annual Lunar Gala fashion show, Zain Islam-Hashmi has created his niche as an architect of fashion, who creates clothing and wardrobe ensembles with materials like resin, cement, and plexiglass. He has taken advantage of opportunities at CMU and around the world and has shaped them into something unique.

SoA to Host “Drawing for the Design Imaginary” Exhibition March 23-30 during 107th ACSA Annual Meeting

In conjunction with the 107th ACSA Annual Meeting taking place in Pittsburgh from 28-30 March 2019, the exhibit Drawing for the Design Imaginary will be on display in the CFA Great Hall from March 23-30. It will then move to the Carnegie Museum of Art, Music Hall Foyer on Saturday, March 30 for the ACSA conference closing reception.

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Don Carter and Christine Mondor to Speak at Pittsburgh’s 10th Annual Sustainability Conference March 6

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SoA faculty Don Carter and Christine Mondor will speak at the 10th Annual Sustainability Conference – “Smart Cities: Transforming Cities for a New Era” in Pittsburgh on March 6. Carter will deliver the keynote, titled “Smart Cities: A Global Perspective.”

CMU SoA is Host University for ACSA Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh March 28-30

Associate Professor Jeremy Ficca is co-chair of this year’s ACSA Annual Meeting taking place in Pittsburgh March 28-30, 2019. The event, titled Black Box: Articulating Architecture’s Core in the Post-Digital Era, will be hosted in conjunction with the SoA Spring Lecture Series and CRIT Live: AIAS Research Symposia.

BA Student Emily deGrandpre Presents App at Global Grad Show in Dubai

Emily deGrandpre (BA ’19) and School of Design alumni Joseph Kim and Tina Park developed the app Amica to help the partners of recently internationally relocated workers to connect with people and experiences in their new community. Emily traveled to the Global Grad Show in Dubai this past November to present the project on behalf of the team.