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Black and white event poster for the Pratt Institute School of Architecture Spring 2025 event. The design features an abstract composition of linear patterns. Event details are included in the text, as described in the accompanying article.

School of Architecture Spring 2025 Lecture Series

In honor of our 70th Anniversary, we’re thrilled to celebrate this milestone with a remarkable lineup of events. Join us for inspiring lectures by Mabel O. Wilson, Walter Hood, and Toshiko Mori, an exhibition highlighting the outstanding work of our Bachelor of Architecture and Master of Architecture students, and much more.

Reflecting on the Past, Designing the Future

From Pratt Institute News

The School of Architecture has been shaping the built environment for more than 70 years.
Architectural illustration featuring a futuristic, cloud-shaped structure superimposed over a vintage map of New York City with a celestial grid overlay.

SoA Faculty Karen Bausman and Student Researchers Debut Combinatorics and NYC Future Perfect

Karen Bausman, School of Architecture Adjunct Professor – CCE and d.r.a. member, and her ARCH 563A Research -Topics student research team, debuted Combinatorics and NYC Future Perfect, a series of first-edition prints in Higgins Hall North.
Poster for the Michael Holland Award featuring the award title and design elements related to the event.

Spring 2025 Michael Hollander Drawing Excellence Award

Michael Hollander was a member of Pratt Institute Undergraduate Architecture faculty for over forty years. This annual award honors that legacy and celebrates the drawings of future generations to come.
Black-and-white logo for the Center for Architecture, featuring the words “CENTER” and “FOR” in bold uppercase letters, with “ARCHITECTURE” placed below and spanning the width between them. The design uses strong, condensed typography to emphasize structure and clarity.

UA Students Awarded Center for Architecture Scholarships

Two Undergraduate Architecture students have been named as recipients of scholarships from the Center for Architecture.
A group of thirteen people, including students and an older man in a cowboy hat, pose together on the porch of a stucco building. Some sit on green benches while others kneel or sit on the porch steps, smiling in the sun. Everyone appears casually dressed in work clothes, suggesting they have been participating in a hands-on outdoor project or workshop.

Restoring Historic Homes in New Mexico

From Pratt Institute News

Historic Preservation students learned how to repair historic adobe buildings in Mesilla, New Mexico.
A person walks past a light, open-air structure made of brick and a white metal frame, surrounded by a dry, sandy landscape. Small trees, shrubs, and patches of grass grow near the building under a cloudy sky.

SoA Faculty Laura Salazar-Altobelli Wins 2025 Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers

School of Architecture faculty member Laura Salazar-Altobelli’s firm, salazarsequeromedina is among the winners of Plot, the 44th cycle of the biennial Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers.

School of Architecture Press

  • How Annabelle Selldorf Became the Architect of Our Moment

    Pratt alumna Annabelle Selldorf, renowned for her thoughtful and understated approach to architecture, is currently leading the renovation and expansion of the Frick Collection, blending modern design with historical elements to create spaces that seamlessly harmonize with their surroundings.

  • Equitable Economic Development through Creative Placemaking

    Constructed in 1907 and abandoned in 1930, the now-vacant Westchester Avenue station in the Bronx was designed by the noted architect of the Woolworth Building, Cass Gilbert. Once a vibrant neighborhood hub, the vacant station has long been a source of community concern and fascination. Protective walls hide the station, virtually invisible in the vast intersection of Westchester Avenue and Sheridan Boulevard and within the socio-economically distressed area of the South Bronx known as the “Toxic Triangle,” created by the intersection of three major expressways.

  • The buildings of the future won’t just be for humans—they’ll be for insects, too

    The article discusses the concept of multispecies architecture, focusing on the work of architect and faculty member Ariane Harrison and her firm Harrison Atelier, particularly their collaboration with the Bee Conservancy to create habitat spaces for bees within architectural structures. 

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