The Newark School of Architecture & Interior Design has officially opened, with Pratt as a key higher education partner helping shape the curriculum to prepare local students for careers in architecture, interior design, and the building trades.
School of Architecture Fall 2025 Lecture Series
How are publics shaped?
The shaping of the public sphere is inherently open, created through discourse in time and space. In a time when discourse is challenged, how can we open dialogue and investigate the ephemeral but lasting impact of publics? The lecture series over the 2025-2026 academic year will be open to multiple voices and creation of publics both within and outside our community.
Video Highlights Pratt SoA Exhibitions and Celebrates the School’s Legacy
Learn more about the 70 Years [+] Pratt School of Architecture: An Ongoing Story and Pratt Works: Pratt School of Architecture’s B.Arch and M.Arch Studio Projects exhibitions in this video.
Explore Our Graduate Programs: Upcoming SoA Info Sessions
Learn more about the graduate programs available at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture (SoA) by attending a graduate program info session!
Architecture Students Make Strong Debut at Design Competition
From Pratt Institute News
The Pratt team earned national recognition and the honorable mention award for a project centered on food, culture, and connection in Kansas City.
SoA Dean Quilian Riano Featured In Two NYC Events
On Nov. 21, Riano will join leadership representatives of over a dozen schools of architecture at the annual AIA New York Deans’ Roundtable.
SoA Faculty Xenia Adjoubei Co-Curates Event on Risk in Architectural Practice
Organized through the AIA New York Future of Practice Committee, the event brings together practitioners, architect-developers, design-builders, scholars, and policy voices to address how risk is understood, managed, embraced, or refused across different models of practice.
GCPE Student Receives APA Foundation Diversity Scholarship
Alyse Dees, a first-year UCP student interested in the intersection of architecture and urbanism, is one of 21 recipients of the national scholarship.
School of Architecture Press
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Archinect City Guide: Explore Brooklyn with Quilian Riano, Dean of Pratt School of Architecture
Archinect’s Brooklyn City Guide features Quilian Riano, dean of the School of Architecture, who shares his favorite local spots while highlighting Pratt’s architecture events, sculpture park, and campus spaces as must-visit destinations.
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Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer
Explores how climate change and urban design intensify heat in New York City—especially in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color. The article highlights research by Pratt’s Dr. Yuliya Dzyuban, who studies “heat walks” to measure how infrastructure impacts thermal comfort.
