School of Architecture Archives

Pratt Shows 2016 to Celebrate Best Work of Graduating Students

Pratt Institute will display graduating students’ best work in a series of year-end events and exhibitions this spring. Pratt Shows 2016 will allow the general public an exciting opportunity to view the outstanding work of Pratt’s talented students. Pratt Shows…

Architecture

Video: Students Explore New Physical Structures and Technologies in Undergraduate Morphology

Believed to be the first programs of their kind anywhere, the Minor in Morphology and Concentration in Morphology at Pratt leverage the long history of morphology study at the Institute dating from the early 1970s. Morphology is the study…

School of Architecture

SuperTall Buildings Transform New York City’s Skyline, Bringing Challenges and Benefits

For this “Faculty Insight” column, John Shapiro, chair, Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, School of Architecture, comments on the recent landscape shift in Manhattan, where an increasing number of buildings now stand taller than 800 feet. Many have…

School of Architecture

Changes in US-Cuba Relations Inspire New Pratt Academic Initiatives and Travel to Cuba

Recent changes in United States policy toward Cuba are opening up new potential for educational exchange and travel between the two countries. Pratt Institute is offering new opportunities for Pratt students, faculty, and alumni to visit Cuba to explore its…

Architecture

Professor Haresh Lalvani Creates Permanent Artwork for New York City Subway Station

Pratt Institute alumnus and architecture professor Haresh Lalvani has created a series of 24 permanent art panels entitled MORPHING88 for the newly renovated 88th Street subway station on the A line in Queens, New York. Lalvani was one of five…

Architecture

DesignIntelligence Survey Ranks Pratt Design Programs among Best in Nation

Pratt Institute’s interior design, industrial design, and architecture programs are ranked among the best in the country, according to America’s Best Architecture and Design Schools 2016, the newest edition of the annual survey of industry professionals coordinated by DesignIntelligence (DI),…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Pratt Students Partner with Local Business Improvement Group to Build Sidewalk Pavilion

Students from Pratt’s graduate and undergraduate architecture programs have recently devoted their time and skills to a neighborhood project located a few blocks away from Pratt’s Brooklyn campus. Working as volunteers with the Pratt Student International Design Efforts…

Architecture

NASA Project Collaboration Inspires Students to Create Habitat for Travel to Mars

In a challenge presented by NASA, Pratt students are being inspired to address design concerns related to space travel. For an interdisciplinary studio class led by Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture Michael Morris and Adjunct Associate Professor of Industrial Design…

Architecture

Three Years after Superstorm Sandy, How Has New York City Prepared for the Next Storm?

Deborah Gans, professor, School of Architecture, and principal architect of GANSstudio who has been an advocate of coastal resiliency projects and serves on New York City’s Build It Back program, comments on lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy and where our…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

The Frick Collection Abandons Controversial Expansion Plans

In this first News page “Faculty Insight” column, Lisa M. Ackerman, executive vice president, World Monuments Fund, and visiting professor, School of Architecture, provides context surrounding The Frick Collection’s recent decision not to pursue its expansion plans in light of…