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Architecture

Video: John Davies Serves as Project Architect for the Pratt Townhouses Renovation Project

John Davies, partner at the Hall Partnership Architects, is the project architect for the ongoing renovation of the historic Pratt Townhouses on the Brooklyn campus, which are being transformed into housing for undergraduate students. Phase Four of the project,…

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

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

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…

Architecture

MakerBot Features Architecture Students Who Work on Cutting Edge of Design

MakerBot recently interviewed undergraduate architecture students Andrew Reitz and Leland Jobson for a video piece on how 3D printing helped them realize their ideas in a physical form. The duo, who both work in the Digital Futures Lab in The…

Architecture

Faculty Receive ‘Best New Practice’ Award from American Institute of Architects New York Chapter

The American Institute of Architects New York chapter has honored architecture and design firm form-ula, run by Architecture faculty Richard Sarrach and Ajmal Aqtash, with a 2014 New Practices New York award. New Practices is a competition…

Architecture

Alumnus Young Woo Creates Scholarship Honoring Father

Gift Will Put Undergraduates on Path to Success Young Woo (B. Arch. ’79) has established a reputation as one of the most innovative and enterprising real-estate developers of our time. As founder and principal of Youngwoo & Associates, his projects…

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…

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.