SoA Co-Presents 2022 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW 2022) Thu 18 Aug

Join us for the 2022 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW) on Thursday, August 18 from 1pm-4pm (EST) followed by a keynote from Nader Tehrani of NADAAA at 5:30pm (EST). Now in its seventh year, ACAW is the paramount venue for exploring innovations in architectural terra cotta. Virtual event is free to attend. AIA credits available.

Announcing the Winner of the 2022 Stewart L. Brown Memorial Scholarship

Congratulations to Ankitha Vasudev, winner of the 2022 Stewart L. Brown Memorial Scholarship, part of the Fourth-Year Design Awards. This award recognizes professional promise in terms of attitudes and scholastic achievement. A jury convened by the Pittsburgh AIA reviews the portfolios and selects the winner. The award amount is $9,000.

PhD-AECM Students Kushagra Varma and Nihar Pathak Win First Place in Scott Institute Energy Research Poster Competition

Congratulations to PhD-AECM students Kushagra Varma and Nihar Pathak for winning first place in the Scott Institute's annual CMU Energy Week Poster Competition for their poster "Towards 4D Visualization of Urban Building Environmental Performance: Analysis of Manhattan’s Residential Energy and Water Use Performance Data." A longstanding tradition of Energy Week, the competition showcases innovative work of CMU’s student and post-doctoral researchers.

HUMANS OF THE SoA: A Paid Photography Workshop Opportunity for Students with Kemuel Benyehudah

Join us in telling the SoA’s stories. Whose work do we see? Whose stories are told? We’re looking for students to join photographer Kemuel Benyehudah in documenting life at the School of Architecture in April and early May 2022. This is an opportunity to practice skills related to community-facing and human-centered design work while gaining familiarity with photographic techniques.

School of Architecture Hosts Graduate Program Admitted Student Open House Thursday 31 March

The SoA invites applicants offered admission to the Graduate Program to attend a virtual Open House on Thursday, 31 March 2022. While the open house programming will be offered on Zoom beginning at 7:00pm ET, we invite you to visit our campus to attend the public lecture and tour the School of Architecture Graduate Program in person.

Carnegie Mellon Team Awarded First Place in CAWP Student Estimating Competition

Congratulations to the team of six MSAECM students on winning First Place in the Constructors Association of Western Pennsylvania (CAWP) 6th Annual CAWP Student Estimating Competition. This is the first time a team from Carnegie Mellon has won the competition in all its years of participation. The team received a $1,500 prize and the opportunity to showcase their skills in front of a jury of seven contractors from across western Pennsylvania.

"Monuments of Everyday Practice: Living Memorials to Gandhi" Symposium is Feb 19-26

“Monuments of Everyday Practice: Living Memorials to Gandhi” is an online week-long joint symposium and design charrette organized by CMU SoA, in association with three schools of Architecture in India. The event considers questions of design ethics and justice as these relate to broad issues of worldmaking, and in particular, to the contested futures of the Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad.

Carter Nelson (B.Arch '17) Awarded 2022 Highlands Travel Fellowship

The School of Architecture is pleased to announce that Carter Nelson (B.Arch '17) has been selected as the winner of the 2022 Delbert Highlands Travel Fellowship for his proposal Dovecotes of Tinos. With this award, Nelson will fully document a selection of dovecotes on the Greek island of Tinos in order to help support their preservation.

Announcing the Spring 2022 CMU School of Architecture Public Programs

The Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture Public Programs announces our spring 2022 series: World Making. How are worlds made, experienced and contested? Join us in this series of lectures, discussions and hands-on workshops to explore notions of the real, fictive and possible. Events are free and open to the public, and eligible for AIA CEUs.