School of Architecture Archives

How Are Architecture Students Working to Make Densification Livable in Rapidly Growing Cities?

According to the United Nations, by 2050 urban areas are anticipated to hold 68 percent of Earth's population. As density is increasingly proposed as a solution to climate change, land use limitations, and other issues facing…

City and Regional Planning

Educating for the Future: Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment Chair Eve Baron

Exploring new models for education is one of the pillars of President Frances Bronet’s inauguration and an important area of discussion in academia. We live during a time of dramatic change, where the landscape is quickly shifting. How is…

Graduate Communications Design

New and Noteworthy: 2018 Faculty Books Roundup

With the end of the semester approaching and a new year around the corner, what better than a book list to prepare for the contemplative winter days ahead? Read on for highlights of recently published…

Architecture

We Contain Multitudes: The 2018 Alumni Achievement Award Winners on Empathy at Work

With humanity, compassion, and courage, Pratt alumni are changing culture, altering the landscape of the world for the benefit of others. Patients can access more effective care, communities that have experienced injustice grow stronger, and citizens find means to…

School of Architecture

From Pollution to Climate Change: Pratt Blue Week 2018 Addresses Global Water-Related Issues

Water is at the center of some of today’s most challenging global and local issues, whether it’s waste and pollution or rising seas and climate change. Pratt Institute’s fourth annual Blue Week brought together its largest audience of campus-wide…

School of Architecture

Acclaimed Exhibition on Campus Highlights Creative Process of Celebrated Artist Robert Irwin

A rare exhibition featuring architectural drawings and models by celebrated artist Robert Irwin has come to Pratt’s School of Architecture this fall, where it is attracting a wide range of visitors. When Robert Irwin: Site…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Educating for the Future: Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Chair David Erdman

Exploring new models for education is one of the pillars of President Frances Bronet’s inauguration and an important area of discussion in academia. We live during a time of dramatic change, where the landscape is quickly shifting. How is…

School of Architecture

Venice Architecture Biennale 2018, FREESPACE: Pratt Participates in Symposium on Public Space

David Burney, founder and head of Pratt’s Urban Placemaking and Management (UPM) program; John Bezemes, MS UPM ’18, and Kristin Brown, MS UPM ’19, gave presentations at a symposium entitled “Past Present and Future of Public Space. Knowledge sharing…

Architecture

DesignIntelligence Survey ranks Pratt Architecture and Interior Design Programs Among Best in Nation

Pratt Institute’s interior design and architecture programs are ranked among the best in the country, according to America’s Top-Ranked Architecture & Design Schools survey from DesignIntelligence (DI), a monthly architecture and design journal. The rankings are based on the perspective of…

School of Architecture

Pratt Welcomes New Administrators and Faculty Members to Campus

More than 20 new administrators and full-time faculty members have joined the Pratt community in time for the 2018-19 academic year. Representing a wide variety of disciplines and backgrounds, they share a commitment to excellence…