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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,…
School of Architecture
There is one thing that a building design and a practicing architect both need in order to be successful: a strong foundation. For twenty years, Professor Brent Porter has devoted his Saturday afternoons to teaching the Institute’s pre-college “Architectural Design…
City and Regional Planning
“Bus” and “rapid” are not the first words that come to mind when New Yorkers think about getting around the city, particularly in areas of the outer boroughs that are significantly underserved by public transportation—but that may be about…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
