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 Spring 2026 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.
Join the SoA’s Alumni Reception at the 2026 AIA Conference
The SoA and Alumni Engagement invite everyone in the SoA community attending the 2026 AIA Conference to a reception with alumni, faculty, and administrators, and a celebration of 2026 AIA National President Illya Azaroff (MArch ’97).
Read Menking Award Winner Izzy Lane’s Zine on Urban Farming in Montreal
Lane (M.S. Urban and Community Planning ’26) traveled to Montreal to research urban agricultural production and identify what New Yorkers can learn from our neighbors to the north about sustainable urban farming.
Housing Innovation Studio Brings Pratt Students to Miami
From Pratt Institute News
A new four-year collaboration between Undergraduate Architecture programs at Pratt Institute and the University of Miami focuses on reimagining the future of housing in two coastal cities facing rapid change.
SoA Faculty Wins Dissertation Award from the Society of Architectural Historians
Shivani Shedde's dissertation weaves together a history of conferences over three decades, moving between India, Singapore, Tanzania, Algeria, Lebanon, Guinea-Bissau, and Mozambique to trace the connections and disjuncts between people, institutions, and geographies.
SoA Faculty Carisima Koenig Shares Trauma-Informed Design Strategies with the University at Buffalo
In her remarks, Koenig, who teaches in the Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design department, explored how trauma-informed design principles can guide the renovation of an existing academic building into a more supportive and inclusive environment.
SoA Faculty Selected for UIA 2026 World Congress of Architects
Titled “Collserola Resilience Thinking Walkshop: The Paths of Water,” Rafael de Balanzó Joue's research proposes a new way of understanding the relationship between Barcelona and the Collserola mountain range.
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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.
