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Meet Minerva Parker Nichols, the groundbreaking, totally badass female architect you’ve never heard of

Alumna Molly Lester of the Weitzman School of Design and a curatorial team at the Architectural Archives are honoring architect Minerva Parker Nichols with an exhibition.

A real art project at Quinta Brunson’s former school in West Philly mirrors the ‘Abbott Elementary’ Mural Arts episode

Thanks to the Netter Center for Community Partnerships, Shira Walinsky of the Weitzman School of Design designed and created a mural at West Philly’s Andrew Hamilton Elementary with help from volunteers and Penn students.

A damaged area in Mosul. Image: Gina Haney

A new role for NATO in conflict zones

One year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, PIK Professor Lynn Meskell calls on the alliance to take a more expansive view of cultural property protection.

A night in the life of the night mayor

Michael Fichman of the Weitzman School of Design is noted for suggesting the implementation of a dedicated office of nightlife in Philadelphia while part of a task force to sustain the city’s creative economy.

Almost Studio’s heart-shaped topiary mini-maze blooms in Times Square for Valentine’s Day

Almost Studio, co-founded by Dorian Booth and Anthony Gagliardi of the Weitzman School of Design, has installed an interactive maze-like hedge row configuration opposite Times Square’s Red Steps in New York City.

A sculptural foam installation demonstrates the promise of a new technology-focused degree at Penn

Graduate students in a new robotics and fabrication program at the Weitzman School of Design, under the guidance of Andrew Saunders, have installed a large-scale sculptural wall in the atrium of the Middletown, Pennsylvania, Free Library.

June Lin, Jessica Lin, and Jason Cornelison preparing a model building at the Weitzman School.

The brief: Affordable housing that’s both contextual and funky

Undergraduate architecture students and community members strike a balance for a proposed development in historic Germantown.

Fifty years of “Learning from Las Vegas”

A profile examines the architectural novel “Learning from Las Vegas” co-written by Denise Scott Brown, formerly of the Weitzman School of Design.

Laia Mogas-Soldevila leans over a railing to smell a hanging display at the ICA.

Clearing the air with biomaterials

Senseable Biomaterials for Healthier Habitats, a project led by assistant professor of architecture Laia Mogas-Soldevila, contributed a lattice installation made from architectural biomaterials to the ICA, acting as an antimicrobial air purifier.

The housing struggle

On an episode of “Us and Them,” Claudia Aiken of the Weitzman School of Design and Taylor Kessinger of the School of Arts & Sciences discuss their research and advocacy for housing development in Philadelphia.

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