The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 23, 2024

Chris Pratt, labeled “the worst Chris” of the many Hollywood actors he shares a name with, has seemingly made a couple of enemies in the niche architecture community. Pratt, alongside wife The post Chris Pratt demolishes Craig Ellwood’s Zimmerman home for new mansion appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The Pratt Institute School of Architecture has shared its public lecture series details as part of our Get Lectured look at the different events taking place on campus this Spring term. The semester continues with the previous term’s theme of "cohabitations."

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Archinect

JULY 31, 2023

The Pratt Center for Community Development has appointed Alexa Kasdan as its new executive director, effective September 1, 2023. Kasdan will bring to the role “two decades of experience in participatory research and policy advocacy to the role, along with the ability to leverage strong partnerships within the philanthropic community.”

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MARCH 15, 2023

Our Archinect Get Lectured series continues today with a look at the remaining events taking place this spring at the Pratt School of Architecture.

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Archinect

JANUARY 13, 2022

The Pratt Institute has named Stephen Slaughter as their new chair of undergraduate architecture. Slaughter, who is currently a visiting associate professor at Pratt’s Graduate Architecture and Urban Design Program, will assume the role on July 1st 2022.

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APRIL 18, 2024

Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles Though Pratt already has a few detractors online, with a portion of the internet dubbing him "the worst Chris," news of the demolition has soured people even further—but it’s not just preservation activists sharing their anger on social media. It seems that L.A.’s It marked one of his earliest projects.

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Archinect

OCTOBER 4, 2022

The program is also a vehicle by which Pratt raises funds for the student body, of which the institution says 80 percent receive some form of financial aid. Past winners of the now 23-year-old award include architects David Adjaye , David Rockwell , and the late Helmut Jahn.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Today, the Pratt Institute has announced the launch of a new cluster hire initiative aimed at recruiting diverse faculty to each of the five degree-granting schools on its Brooklyn, New York campus.

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Archinect

JULY 26, 2022

Pratt Institute Provost Donna Heiland has announced the departure of Harriet Harriss as the School of Architecture's dean in an email sent to the Pratt community. Harriss was the second female dean to lead the school after Frances Halsband, who served from 1991–94.

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APRIL 26, 2024

Pratt Institute Image courtesy Pratt Institute The Public Space Challenges Symposium & Workshop takes place from April 25–27 in Higgins Hall. Pratt Institute's History of Art and Design program will showcase the thesis presentations of graduating students on April 26.

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JUNE 4, 2023

Myrtle Hall, named for the busy neighborhood street on which it fronts, offered the Pratt Institute a unique opportunity to create an architectural connection between campus and community. To reconcile these two distinct contexts, think!

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute School of Design has just announced the winner and honorable mention honorees of its third annual Material Lab Prize celebrating student-designers whose work "revolves around material exploration and considers waste streams as a springboard for new design thinking."

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Archinect

JANUARY 6, 2022

In an effort to represent the toll plastic waste has on the environment, a group of undergraduate architecture students from the Pratt Institute have constructed a series of inflatable structures that put into physical form the research they say simultaneously demonstrates the potential for its reduction and reuse as a building material.

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The Architect's Newsletter

MAY 8, 2023

Pratt Institute has named Quilian Riano dean of the School of Architecture. After Harriet Harriss stepped down following a three-year tenure, the school assumed a national search to name a The post Pratt names Quilian Riano dean of the School of Architecture appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The Pratt Institute and Clemson University have each launched fellowships within their design and architecture schools focused on students from underserved or underrepresented communities.

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Bustler

APRIL 24, 2024

Event Date: Apr 26, 2024 - May 31, 2024; Event City: Brooklyn, NY, US This event showcases the thesis presentations of graduating students from Pratt Institute's History of Art and Design program. link] Read the full post on Bustler

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Bustler

APRIL 24, 2024

Event Date: Apr 27, 2024; Event City: Brooklyn, NY, US The event is a key highlight for Pratt Institute's School of Architecture, showcasing top undergraduate thesis projects. It serves as a public exhibition where students present innovative architectural designs and concepts.

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Bustler

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

Pratt Institute has announced architect Edward Mazria , artist Kay WalkingStick, and industrial designer Kenneth Cobonpue as the honorees at this year’s Legends 2023 benefit, which aims to raise money for scholarships that prioritize DEI initiatives and equal access to education.

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The Architect's Newsletter

JUNE 27, 2023

The Pratt Institute School of Architecture has announced the winner of its inaugural William “Bill” Menking Travel Award. Bhavini Kapur, a graduate student in the school’s Graduate Center for Planning The post Pratt announces winner of inaugural William “Bill” Menking Travel Award appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Archeyes

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Completed in 1951, the Eric & Pat Pratt House is a shining example of Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural creativity. The post The Eric & Pat Pratt House: Usonian Design by Frank Lloyd Wright appeared first on ArchEyes. Located in the esteemed Galesburg Country Homes community—also affectionately called “The.

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Archinect

JUNE 9, 2023

An architectural team composed of Kuehn Malvezzi , Pelletier de Fontenay, and Jodoin Lamarre Pratte architects has been awarded the Grand Prix d’excellence en architecture from the Ordre des architectes du Québec for their Metamorphosis of the Montreal Insectarium. Main façade and Pollinator. Entrance Hall.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Teaching Positions Images courtesy of Joelle Danant, Pratt SCPS. This week, we highlight 22 open positions from schools looking to find the right candidate to join their faculty.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Promotion: Pratt Institute 's Fashion New Media course enables students to produce a market-ready design portfolio and build their professional network, according to the New York-based design school. Pratt Institute is based in New York. Image by instructor at Pratt Institute, Paul Sunday. Image courtesy of Pratt Institute. "We

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Bustler

MAY 3, 2023

Event Date: May 11, 2023 - May 17, 2023; Event City: Brooklyn, NY, US Pratt Shows: Design is the Institute’s exhibition showcasing design work by exceptional graduating students from the School of Design, School of Architecture, and School of Art. The opening is also open all members of the Pratt community.

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The Architect's Newsletter

APRIL 4, 2024

Architects reworks Pratt House at Vassar College into a multifaith spiritual center appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper. Vassar College has changed dramatically since it was established in 1861. The prestigious liberal arts school, originally built for the progeny of aristocrats, now touts one of the most diverse The post L.E.FT

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The Architect's Newsletter

JULY 25, 2022

Pratt Institute Provost Donna Heiland has shared news that Harriet Harriss, dean of the Pratt School of Architecture (SoA), will transition out of that role—one she has held since 2019— [.]. The post Harriet Harriss to transition out of deanship role at Pratt School of Architecture appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 13, 2024

Join us on Saturday, March 23rd at Pratt Institute in Higgins Hall Auditorium at 2pm for a panel discussion, exhibition of student work, and film screenings in support of the Kharkiv School of Architecture ( you can find ways to donate and support KhSA here ). Read more »

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a digital experience that lets users explore historical architecture and a project that aims to reestablish connections that were lost due to Covid-19 feature in Dezeen's latest school show by Pratt Institute of Design. Pratt Insitute of Design. Institution: Pratt Insitute of Design. Course: Interior Design.

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Deezen

JULY 26, 2022

The Pratt Institute School of Architecture in New York has announced that British architect and academic Harriet Harriss will not be continuing as dean after three years in the post. Harriss' departure was revealed by the Pratt Institute 's provost Donna Heiland in an email sent to the institute's community.

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Deezen

MAY 13, 2022

Promotion: Pratt Institute has announced the 2022 edition of Pratt Shows: Design, its annual exhibition of work by seniors and postgraduates that explores "the future of design throughout New York City ," which will run from 11 to 18 May. Pratt Institute's show explores "bold work and big creative ideas". 15 May and 17 May.

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Bustler

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute has named Phyllis Lambert , Arem Duplessis, and Mickalene Thomas as its three next Legends honorees in recognition of their work’s ability to resonate with the pillars of “creativity, innovation, and leadership” that have guided the school’s educational mission since first being founded in 1887.

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The Architect's Newsletter

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Today, over one-tenth of the global population The post <em>Adaptation(s)</em> at The Pratt House on Governor’s Island, co-curated by SO – IL’s Jing Liu, is a laboratory of future urban living appeared first on The Architect’s Newspaper.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Architect Stephen Slaughter was recently named as the chair of undergraduate architecture at the Pratt Institute. At the Pratt Institute School of Architecture , he aims to continue his work pushing for diversity, equity and inclusion [DEI], which has been a core element of his time in academia, he said. "My

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Bustler

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Brooklyn’s Pratt Institute School of Design has just announced the winner and honorable mention honorees of its third annual Material Lab Prize celebrating student-designers whose work "revolves around material exploration and considers waste streams as a springboard for new design thinking."

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designboom

MAY 25, 2022

The post pop up/drop off: inflatable architecture by pratt students is a quilt of recycled plastic appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. the inflatable architecture translates the harmful waste of the anthropocene into a plastic recycling collection point.

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Archinect

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Pratt Institute Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE) Open House Date: October 19, 2023 | 3pm – 5pm EST Details: RSVP HERE to learn more about Pratt’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment and its 4 graduate degree programs.

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DECEMBER 20, 2023

Pratt Institute School of Architecture Higgins Hall at Pratt Institute houses School of Arc. To be reviewed for both admission and scholarship consideration, applications must be completed and all required documents must be submitted by the priority deadline."

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