Erica Cochran Hameen, PhD and Bill Bates, FAIA, together with alumni Ernest Bellamy and Chase Kea and nine UDream Alumni, will participate in SAY IT LOUD Pennsylvania, Representation Matters: Changing the Face of Architecture. The exhibit will run through the month of November and showcases the work of minority architects and designers. The opening reception is Friday 01 November from 6:00-10:00pm at GBBN Architects.
Daniel Cardoso Llach curates Vers un imaginaire numérique exhibition in Montreal
Daniel Cardoso Llach is the lead curator of Vers un imaginaire numérique, a new exhibition examining the nexus of architecture, design, and computation in North America. The show will take place in the Centre de design de l’UQAM in Montreal in the fall of 2021, supported by a prestigious $50,000 CAD Connections Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
EcoDistricts Research Forum is Sun 03 Nov
NOW. wats:ON? Festival 2019 is November 7-9
November 7-9, the 2019 wats:ON? Festival invites us to explore art as activism. NOW. takes on the spirit of activism, with artists and work tapping into the zeitgeist of our current climate to redirect culture. The artists use light, music, sound, architecture, art, spoken word, and performance to evoke deep social and political questions.
Sarah Rafson to Present at Transformations : Action on Equity at the University of Melbourne in Australia on Fri 15 Nov
Community Forge Playscape Wins ULI Pittsburgh’s 2019 Placemaking Award for Community Place
The “Acupuncture for Community Forge” playscape won ULI Pittsburgh’s 2019 Placemaking Award in the category of Community Places at the 7th Annual Placemaking Awards for Excellence ceremony on Friday 18 October. In Spring 2019, the Urban Collaboratory Studio led by Professor Gruber worked with Community Forge, a citizen-led initiative that is transforming a former vacant school in Wilkinsburg into a community center.
Architect Luis Vidal to Speak at Fall Lecture Series Mon 28 Oct
Architect Luis Vidal joins the 2019 Fall Lecture Series on Monday 28 October at 5:00pm for his talk “Zoom Perspectives.” Vidal established luis vidal + architects in 2004 and specializes in airport design. He has completed over 30 such designs, and is currently working on the design of the New Terminal at Pittsburgh International Airport in association with Gensler and HDR.
SoA Faculty to Present at 10th Anniversary of the EcoDistricts Summit in Pittsburgh Nov 4-5
SoA faculty Stefan Gruber, Christine Mondor, and Ray Gastil to participate in the 10th Anniversary of the EcoDistricts Summit in Pittsburgh Nov 4-5, 2019. The summit brings together community and urban leaders to reimagine cities from the neighborhood up and co-design the neighborhoods of the future.
Fall Lecture Series Welcomes Landscape Architect Kathryn Gustafson Mon 21 Oct
Landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson joins the 2019 Fall Lecture Series on Monday 21 October at 5:00pm for her talk “Designing in Paris, Valencia, Hong Kong & Hazelwood.” Gustafson is founding principal of Gustafson Guthrie Nichol (GGN) in Seattle and Gustafson Porter+Bowman (GP+B) in London. Her recent projects include the landscape design of the National Museum of African American History and Culture in DC and the public plaza of Hazelwood Green in Pittsburgh.
Announcing the SoA's Fall Mid-Semester Reviews Schedule Oct 14-23
Vivian Loftness Appointed to Two National Boards for 2020
University Professor Vivian Loftness, the Paul Mellon Chair in the School of Architecture, has been appointed to two national boards for 2020. She was named to the American Institute of Architects National Board by AIA 2020 President Jane Frederick, and to the International Living Futures Institute (ILFI) Board by CEO Amanda Sturgeon.
Don Carter to Speak in Germany this Month about Latest Book “Remaking Post-Industrial Cities: Lessons from North America and Europe”
Don Carter to be Featured in WQED House-Flipping Special
Douglas Cooper to Speak on Latest Book at Pittsburgh Arts & Lectures Event on Thu 21 Nov
Kalla Co-Professors Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz García to Lecture on Mon 07 Oct
Ann Kalla Co-Professors in Architecture Nathalie Frankowski and Cruz García present their talk, “In Post-Novis all the Students are the teacher,” which discusses a decade of alternative projects as historical reflex in a time of pressing global challenges. A variety of examples are summoned to question historical narratives from positions of power while searching for kynical, emancipating, and critical forms of architecture.