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Architect and Adjunct Associate Architecture Professor James Garrison has designed an Urban Post Disaster Housing prototype, a purpose-built alternative to current post disaster housing options. The prototype, commissioned by the New York City Office of Emergency Management (OEM), currently stands…
Signe Nielsen, professor of landscape architecture, urban design, and environmental planning in Pratt’s School of Architecture, played a vital role in leading the third phase of New York City’s High Line park to completion. As President of the New York…
Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture and Places Journal will present a symposium, “City by Numbers: Big Data and the Urban Future,” followed by an exhibition of work by Pratt artists, to examine the concept of Big Data and its relation…
Pratt alumni, faculty, and trustees are featured in the Museum of Arts and Design's (MAD) inaugural NYC Makers: The MAD Biennial exhibition, which showcases work of 100 makers from across New York City's five boroughs. The exhibition will be on…
The 2014 World Cup “Brazuca” soccer ball has been touted as being the most advanced ever made after the company spent two years designing it with fewer panels of a single shape across the ball’s surface. Such “single-panel” design makes…
Architecture Omi—a 60-acre site in upstate New York which houses art installations such as pavilions, earthworks, landscape interventions, and constructed environments—is exhibiting work by two Pratt faculty, Professor of Architecture Haresh Lalvani (M.S. Architecture ’72) and Undergraduate Architecture Visiting Associate Professor…
City and Regional Planning
“Bus” and “rapid” are not the first words that come to mind when New Yorkers think about getting around the city, particularly in areas of the outer boroughs that are significantly underserved by public transportation—but that may be about…
Can creativity be taught? The New York Times recently examined this question through a slideshow of student projects—featuring three pieces from Pratt Institute—that highlight creative problem-solving skills Students from institutions across the country were invited to submit projects…
Joseph Mizzi has worked in the New York City construction industry for more than 20 years. Today, he is president of Sciame Construction, where he has been responsible for overseeing acclaimed projects including the Morgan Library & Museum and…
Pratt Institute’s interior design, industrial design, and architecture programs are ranked among the best in the country according to a recently released annual survey of industry professionals coordinated by monthly architecture and design journal, DesignIntelligence (DI). “Rankings play…
