Architecture

Symposium takes on urban infrastructure challengesInaugural symposium of the Center for Advanced Urbanism is part of a series devoted to design issues facing cities worldwide

Creativity within constraintsJ. Meejin Yoon uses sound and light to transform public areas

Cambridge Historical Commission lauds Great Dome renovationRestoration of oculus and Barker Library Reading Room celebrated.

Sneaking a peek at the new SimCityMIT alumnus and lead designer of the digital game visits campus

The new challenges for urban plannersIn MIT talk, Housing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan emphasizes the need for creative urbanism in a time of economic strain.

'From Obsolescence to Sustainability'Exhibit on 'A Century of Architectural Change' runs through August 16 at the Wolk Gallery

Are we purging the poorest?In a new book, MIT urbanist Lawrence Vale examines the downsizing of public housing.

MIT students win twice in White House competitionContest focused on energy efficiency in buildings

A guide to spring exhibits and eventsInformation about exhibits related to MIT's School of Architecture + Planning

Building the new New Orleans, block by blockMIT urbanist’s new book shows how active neighborhood communities helped revitalize the city after Hurricane Katrina.

Exploring the future of making thingsIntroducing the Self-Assembly Lab at SA+P

Designing healthy citiesA joint initiative of SA+P's new Center for Advanced Urbanism and the American Institute of Architects

Building a better big boxMIT architect Alexander D’Hooghe looks to remake suburbs and other neighborhoods with ‘more intelligent’ designs.

Introducing the Center for Advanced UrbanismCreating new models for 21st century cities

Creating tomorrow's home: 'Soft' but resilientMIT-led team’s award-winning housing design unveiled as part of 21st-century model for sustainable urban development

SA+P news digest goes mobileSchool of Architecture + Planning unveils new app for smartphones and digital tablets

Visiting artists enrich life at MITVisiting artists share their work in architecture, planning, visual literacy and filmmaking.

MIT’s Great Dome is rebornThe dome’s ingeniously engineered oculus is reopened, letting natural light flood the rotunda of the Barker Library reading room.

SA+P faculty, alumni make their mark in TEDA collection of TEDTalks videos featuring researchers and innovators with ties to MIT's School of Architecture + Planning.

Embracing change and innovation at DUSPA chat with Eran Ben-Joseph, the new head of MIT's Department of Urban Studies and Planning.

Tweeting the cityIn 2012, the School of Architecture + Planning conducted a series of real-time interactive forums on urban issues.

The right’s resistance to regulationBook details how conservatives have changed the terms of the environmental debate in recent decades.

Objects by architectsOne of Several Recent Exhibits at SA+P’s Keller Gallery

A flow of creativityMIT’s Gediminas Urbonas emerged from the old Soviet Union to produce new art in Cambridge.

A winning vision for the future of urban mobilityYoon and partner awarded grand prize in international competition.

All that is solid melts into air: Tomás Saraceno visits MITCAST visiting artist creates inflatable and airborne biospheres: speculative models for alternate ways of living.

Profile: Roger Lewis (BArch ’64, MArch ’67)Practitioner, professor, journalist, author and cartoonist

Imaginary Beings: Mythologies of the Not YetNeri Oxman at the Centre Pompidou