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Architectural Digest Article Highlights New Architecture and Design Work by Pratt Faculty Members

Architectural Digest recently featured the Won Dharma Center — a new Buddhist retreat that embodies spiritual and eco-conscious values on a 426-acre site in upstate New York — that was designed by Hanrahan Meyers Architects. Thomas Hanrahan, Dean,…

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.

Graduate Interior Design

Pratt Tabletop Installation Wins One of Two Best in Show Awards at Manhattan Design Event

For the second consecutive year, Pratt Institute's tabletop installation at Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) DINING BY DESIGN was one of two out of 44 installations voted Best in Show by The American Society of Interior Designers. The…

Architecture

Architecture Faculty Member’s Collaboration with Lebbeus Woods Featured on Architectural Record

Christoph a. Kumpusch, adjunct assistant professor of undergraduate architecture, was featured in an Architectural Record story on a new project by visionary architect Lebbeus Woods. Kumpusch collaborated with Woods on Woods' first-ever permanent work, a light pavilion that…

Architecture

Architectural Record Interviews Pratt Professor on Social Practices in Architecture

Architectural Record recently interviewed Deborah Gans, undergraduate architecture professor and founder of Gans Studio, on her work addressing issues of social responsibility and environmental stewardship. Please click here to read the full story, which appeared on the publication's…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

design boom Blog Features Architecture Student Proposals on Revitalization of Post-Industrial Towns

design boom blog recently featured proposals by master's degree candidates from Pratt's Graduate Architecture program that focus on the future of post-industrial towns in Upstate New York. The proposals include a prototype “pioneer district” located in Poughkeepsie that…

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Architectural Record Highlights Architecture Alumnus in Stories on Rebuilding of Haiti

Architectural Record recently highlighted the work of architecture alumnus Herve Sabin, a native of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, who returned to his homeland in March 2010 to help with the rebuilding efforts following a destructive 7.0-magnitude earthquake. He was quoted in…

School of Architecture

ArchDaily Features Post on Exhibitions and Lecture by Professor Theoharis David at Pratt Institute

Architecture website ArchDaily recently posted on Pratt's celebration of renowned architect, alumnus, and longtime Professor of Architecture Theoharis David. David currently has two exhibitions on view at the Institute: (1) drawings and texts from David's architectural experiences in…

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Pratt to Present Two Public Exhibitions on the Work of Renowned Architect Theoharis David

Pratt Institute will celebrate renowned architect, alumnus, and longtime Pratt Architecture Professor Theoharis David, FAIA, with two exhibitions in 2012. Pratt’s School of Architecture will present “Built Ideas: A Life of Teaching, Learning, and Action,” an exhibition of David’s models,…