The School of Architecture invites all fifth-year Bachelor of Architecture students graduating this spring to apply for the John Knox Shear Memorial Traveling Award. Applications are due at 11:59pm EST on Monday, 13 May 2019.
Alumnus David Bott blends Architecture and Engineering to bring Beauty and Structure to Light
Human-Machine Virtuosity Final Show is Wed 01 May @ 5:30pm
Metropolis Magazine Recap of ACSA Conference Features Work of SoA Faculty
inter•punct Call for Submissions: Pedagogy Zines
inter•punct is putting together a project discussing emergent and often radical issues latent in the educational environment that the organization feels are far too absent from current discourse. Following the footsteps of pamphlet architecture, clip-stamp-fold, and 'a few zines,’ the group is curating a collection of zines, and they invite you to be a part of this process.
Alumna Carolina Tamayo (B.Arch ’17) Wins 2019 John Stewardson Memorial Fellowship in Architecture
The SoA congratulates alumna Carolina Tamayo (B.Arch ‘17), winner of the 2019 John Stewardson Memorial Fellowship in Architecture, and Elizabeth Levy (B.Arch ‘19), a top ten finalist. The Stewardson Fellowship is the oldest and most prestigious award for architecture students and graduates in Pennsylvania.
Announcing the Winners of the 2019 SoA Design Awards
Dana Cupkova to Deliver Keynote at Penn State’s Stuckeman School Thu 18 Apr
Charles Klee of Payette Joins SoA as Adjunct Professor
New Interdisciplinary Course to be Offered this Fall Semester in Collaboration with wats:ON Festival
CMU will offer a new interdisciplinary course this upcoming fall semester in collaboration with the wats:ON Festival. wats:ON 2019: NOW. takes on the spirit of Activism, with artists and work tapping into the zeitgeist of our current climate to redirect culture. Students will work directly with festival artists towards the production of original work to premiere at the November festival.
Martin Aurand Awarded Distinguished Service Award from Association of Architecture School Librarians
Principal Architecture Librarian & Archivist Martin Aurand was recently awarded the Distinguished Service Award for distinction in the profession from the Association of Architecture School Librarians (AASL) for outstanding and sustained service to the profession through active participation, advocacy, and leadership.
CMU Women Featured in AIA Pittsburgh List of Emerging Leaders and Advocates in Pittsburgh Architecture
The SoA is proud to share that seven of the ten women featured in AIA Pittsburgh’s Emerging Leaders and Advocates in Pittsburgh Architecture are affiliated with the school. Congratulations to this next generation of emerging women designers who are already changing the face of Pittsburgh’s design scene.
BA Student Hamza Qureshi to be Student Speaker at 2019 CMU Commencement
SoA Students Construct Official Entryway for CMU Spring Carnival
2019 Guide to School of Architecture Events During Spring Carnival & Reunion Weekend
UDBS to Present as Finalist at Department of Energy 2019 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge
The Urban Design Build Studio (UDBS) will present as a finalist at the Department of Energy’s 2019 Solar Decathlon Design Challenge on Saturday 13 April at 4:30pm EDT in a livestreamed event. The studio is presenting the urban infill housing prototypes RE_CON 01 and RE_CON 02 developed by students that will be constructed in East Liberty.
MetaThesis SoA Thesis Exhibition at Miller ICA April 18-24, 2019
CMU School of Architecture Fifth-Years and MUD students to showcase work of Thesis, the final year studio where architectural ideas are developed to operate critically within the discipline. The SoA welcomes visiting critic María Arquero de Alarcón, Associate Professor, Taubman College, University of Michigan for the event.
Mine Ozkar Lectures on “Matters of Shape Representation: A Computational Approach to Architectural Heritage” for Computational Design Lecture Series Wed 17 Apr @ 5:30pm
Daniel Cardoso Llach Speaks at Harvard GSD on History of Digital Architecture
Associate Professor of Architecture Daniel Cardoso Llach participated in the symposium “Other Histories of the Digital” at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design this past week. He discussed aspects of digital labor in architecture based on his ongoing research on the history and contemporary practices of computer-aided design and building information modeling.