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Building Bridges at the Seoul Biennale

Two Pratt studios were invited to display their designs for bridges crossing the Han River at the Seoul Biennale for Architecture and Urbanism 2023.

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Ice Box Challenge Puts Architecture Students at Forefront of Climate Action

Pratt students designed and built the first-ever US student-led International Passive House Ice Box Challenge.

A photograph of Quilian Riano from his chest up. He is looking at the camera, smiling slightly. He's wearing a black jacket over a black shirt that is buttoned up to the top button. Behind him is a blurry skyline of the city.

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Pratt Institute Names Quilian Riano Dean of the School of Architecture

The urban designer and academic has served as interim dean since August 2022 and assumes the new role on May 8, 2023.

Incoming Academic Director of the Undergraduate Architecture Pratt Rome Program Federica Vannucchi with Richard Piccolo, the outgoing academic director, in the Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome

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Federica Vannucchi Named Academic Director of Pratt Rome Program

Architectural historian Federica Vannucchi has been named the new academic director of the Pratt Rome Program. The long-standing program is one of the oldest American foreign studies programs in Italy and is administered by the School of Architecture’s Undergraduate…

View of the Municipal Building in Manhattan

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Shaping a Positive Future for NYC

From the increasingly dramatic impacts of climate change to the high cost of housing, New York City faces myriad challenges in the years ahead as it emerges from the heavy toll of the COVID-19 pandemic. Across the city in…

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Reporting on Care in Architecture

In a new fellowship to support young voices in architecture, three Pratt Institute students wrote about issues in design that are important to them for the Architect’s Newspaper. New Voices in Architectural Journalism is a partnership between Pratt’s School…

Construction Management

Audrey Schultz Named Chair of Construction Management, Facilities Management, and Real Estate Practice

Audrey Schultz has been named chair of Construction Management, Facilities Management, and Real Estate Practice in Pratt’s School of Architecture. A tenured professor in the department, she has over 30 years in the field and has concentrated on the whole…

Inside the “Pop Up/Drop Off” Design Pavilion installation in Times Square for NYCxDESIGN

Graduate Industrial Design

Inflatable from Waste in Times Square

The 10th year of NYCxDesign, an annual festival showcasing design across New York City, was held from May 10 to 20. It included several events featuring the creativity of the Pratt community. Amid the bustle of crowds and costumed characters,…

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Pratt Shows 2022 Is Fully Underway with In-Person Events, Exhibitions & More

Excitement is building across campus as Pratt Shows, the annual series of public presentations and exhibitions of work by Pratt’s graduating class, gathers momentum this spring. Featuring the best work from the Schools of Architecture, Art, Design, Information, and…

The Alice Austen House Museum on Staten Island (courtesy Vicki Weiner)

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

Amplifying an Unsung Site of Queer History on Staten Island

The GCPE students visiting the Alice Austen House Museum (courtesy Vicki Weiner) Students in the Historic Preservation/Urban Placemaking Joint Advanced Studio worked closely with AAHM to propose ideas to help it become a stronger community anchor.