Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Archives

Pratt Shows 2018 Showcases Best Work of Graduating Students

The year’s boldest ideas will be on view this spring at Pratt Shows, Pratt Institute’s curated showcase of work by the 2018 graduating class. Composed of more than 20 events, presentations, and exhibitions, Pratt Shows…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Renowned Architect Thom Mayne’s Educational Mentorship Program Showcased at Pratt

A mentorship program for public school students headed by Pratt Institute’s Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) program Critic at Large Thom Mayne, Pritzker Prize-winning architect and founding principal at the firm Morphosis,…

Architecture

James von Klemperer of Global Architecture Firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Gives Campus Talk on Urban Design

Pratt welcomed James von Klemperer, President and Design Principal of international architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), to the Brooklyn campus on February 26 to speak about his work before an attentive audience in Higgins Hall auditorium. The…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Five Pratt Institute Students and Alumni Named Fulbright Semifinalists

Five students and recent graduates from Pratt Institute have been announced as semifinalists for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for 2018. The highly competitive Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest United States exchange program, offering students and young…

Architecture

College Factual Ranks Pratt Institute Programs among Best in the Nation

College Factual has ranked Pratt Institute the top college in the country in the General Architecture and Design and Applied Arts categories, and fifth for Film, Video, and Photographic Arts, in its 2018 rankings. College Factual is a leading…

City and Regional Planning

Five Pratt Institute Students Selected for the Do School’s Community Mobility Challenge

Five undergraduate and graduate Pratt Institute students have been selected to participate in the Community Mobility Challenge as part of the 2017 Innovate NYC program, which provides students with the opportunity to learn valuable entrepreneurial skills and tackle real-life…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Renowned Architect Thom Mayne Named Graduate Architecture and Urban Design’s First Critic at Large

Thom Mayne, Pritzker Prize-winning architect and founding principal at the interdisciplinary architectural firm Morphosis, has been appointed the first “Critic at Large” in Pratt Institute’s Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) program within the School of Architecture this spring. The…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

David Erdman Appointed Chair of Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

David Erdman has joined Pratt Institute as Chair of Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD). He assumed the position on September 1, 2016, succeeding William MacDonald, who stepped down in July to serve as a full-time professor. Erdman comes to…

City and Regional Planning

Pratt’s Graduate Architecture Program Ranked among Best in Nation in 2016 Student Survey

Pratt Institute is ranked #4 in a list of “2016 Top Architecture Graduate Programs” from education research publisher SR Education Group. Released in July 2016, the “2016 Top Graduate Schools and Programs” rankings present the nation’s top-reviewed graduate schools by…

Architecture

Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Features Mars Transit Habitat Designed by Students

A Mars transit habitat project designed by Pratt architecture and industrial design students was on view at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in Manhattan from July 13–18. The project was the result of a challenge presented by NASA,…