Tag Archives: Architecture

Yale student initiative analyzes prejudices in arch. schools

August 11, 2020

Students and alumni from the Yale School of Architecture (YSoA) have created the Visibility Project, an initiative to analyze the “deeply entrenched prejudices and biases that exist within architectural institutions,” beginning with their own.

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Proposed act will thwart Trump order mandating classical architecture on all federal buildings

July 21, 2020

A new proposed legislation, the ‘Democracy in Design Act,’ if passed, will override the draft executive order released last year by President Donald Trump mandating classical architecture as the preferred design style for all federal courthouses and other federal properties.

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Annual NCARB report shows growth in the architecture profession

July 21, 2020

The National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NARB) has released its annual report, demonstrating the health, resilience, and future of the architecture profession. According to the 2020 NCARB by the Numbers report, the number of U.S. architects continued to rise in 2019, suggesting the profession heading into 2020 was healthy and growing.

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Architects Angela Brooks and Lawrence Scarpa win climate design fellowship

July 16, 2020

Angela Brooks, FAIA, LEED AP, ENV SP, and Lawrence Scarpa, both from Brooks + Scarpa are the newest members of the Civita Institute’s Partners in Design Climate Action Fellowship.

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Princeton arch school dean Monica Ponce de Leon honored by Carnegie Corp.

July 8, 2020

Venezuelan-born Monica Ponce de Leon, dean of the School of Architecture at Princeton University, has been honored as a ‘Great Immigrant’ by the Carnegie Corporation of New York for her contributions to American society. Ponce de Leon is among 38 naturalized U.S. citizens from 35 countries of origin who will be celebrated.

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