Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

Amplifying an Unsung Site of Queer History on Staten Island

Photographer Alice Austen did not conform to the expectations for women in 19th-century New York. Hoisting her equipment on her bicycle (she was an early advocate for women’s cycling), she traveled the city to capture its lively neighborhoods and vendors…

City and Regional Planning

Empowering Coastal Communities in a Future of Rising Shorelines

With the world’s sea levels projected to rise due to global warming, much of the New York City coastline could be underwater by 2100. Planning for these changes is essential and in a recent studio, Pratt Institute students…

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

Putting the Community First in Planning for a Brooklyn Neighborhood’s Future

As New York City rebuilds in the aftermath of a long pandemic year, Pratt students are partnering in the local Brooklyn community and beyond to support a better, more equitable future with innovative solutions. In the…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

School of Architecture Advocates for Climate Education with Pavilions & Projects on Governors Island

A “slice” of Harrison Atelier’s Pollinators Pavilion at the Bee Conservancy on Governors Island (photo by Adam Elstein) As New York City rebuilds in the aftermath of a long pandemic year, Pratt students are partnering in…

Architecture

Pratt Names Pioneering Educator and Architect Dr. Harriet Harriss School of Architecture Dean

Originally published 6/7/2019 Pratt Institute has named Dr. Harriet Harriss as the next dean of its School of Architecture.  Dr. Harriss currently leads the Post-Graduate Research Program in Architecture and Interior Design at the Royal College of Art in…

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

Brooklyn Historical Society Opens Ronald Shiffman Collection on the Pratt Center

The diversity of the long Pratt Institute career of Ronald Shiffman, BS Architecture ’61, MS City and Regional Planning ’66, is reflected in the 75 linear feet of material in the new Ronald Shiffman collection on the…

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

Pratt Summer Abroad: Dispatch from Tokyo II

This summer, Pratt students are traveling the world to engage with international cultures and global perspectives in their disciplines. Pratt’s news page is featuring these experiences in a series of dispatches from around the world. Over two weeks…

Architecture

Over Two Decades as Dean, Thomas Hanrahan Enhanced and Transformed the School of Architecture

When he was appointed dean in 1996, Thomas Hanrahan recognized that strengthening the curriculum offerings of Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture (SOARCH) would better prepare its students for successful and responsible careers engaged with the built environment. “During my…

Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment

Center for Planning and the Environment Chair Eve Baron Named to NYC Civic Engagement Commission

Eve Baron, chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment in the Pratt Institute School of Architecture, was appointed by Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams to serve as an inaugural member of New York…

Graduate Architecture and Urban Design

Students Reimagine an Avenue of Confederate Monuments as Inclusive Community Space

Updated November 25, 2019 Across the United States, communities are grappling with how to address controversies surrounding Confederate tributes and memorials on public grounds. For example, the 5.4-mile Monument Avenue in Richmond,…