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Architecture

Architecture Omi Inaugurates 2014 Season with Works from Pratt Professors

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

Pratt Center Report Makes the Case for Bus Rapid Transit in New York City

“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…

Architecture

Video: Joseph Mizzi’s 14+ Foundation Works to Build Schools and Orphanages in Africa

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…

Architecture

The New York Times Features Three Pratt Students in National Showcase of College Creativity

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…

Architecture

Pratt Design Programs Ranked Among the Top in the Nation

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…

Architecture

Architectural Digest Names Pratt Among Top U.S. Colleges with the Best Architecture

Architectural Digest named Pratt Institute among the top 10 colleges nationwide with the best architecture, making it the only campus in New York City and the only specialty college of art, design, and architecture to make the list. Others…

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

The New York Times Quotes Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Chair

John Shapiro, chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, was quoted in a September 17 New York Times article on the city's redevelopment plans for a vacant area in New York's Lower East Side long…

Architecture

The New York Times Highlights the Work of Pratt Architecture Professors and Student

The New York Times recently highlighted the work of two Pratt architecture professors and a current student in three separate articles. Pratt Undergraduate Architecture Professor Haresh Lalvani was featured in The Times's “Science Times” section for his…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Planning Professor Ron Shiffman Receives Two Prestigious National Honors

Ron Shiffman, professor, Pratt Institute Graduate School of Architecture, and founder, Pratt Center for Community Development, was recently recognized with two national honors: the Rockefeller Foundation's 2012 Jane Jacobs Medal for Lifetime Leadership and the American Planning Association's 2013…

Construction Management

Construction and Facilities Management Chair Quoted in Story on Building Collapses

Harriet Markis, Chair, Construction and Facilities Management, was quoted in a recent DNAinfo article on building collapses in the Harlem neighborhood of New York City. She offered advice for avoiding future construction disasters.