http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/architecture.html Architecture headlines from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology News Office. en-us http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/www/mitlogo-rss.jpg http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/topic/architecture.html 88 31 Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/awards-arch-tt0603.html Awards given in MIT Architecture for the academic year 2008-2009. Wed, 3 Jun 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/awards-arch-tt0603.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/oxman-tt0506.html Media Lab student Neri Oxman creates art and structural designs that draw from the way nature works. That approach has already earned several of her works a place in the permenant collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Wed, 6 May 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/oxman-tt0506.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/uli-students-0407.html A School of Architecture and Planning team's plan to redevelop a 75-acre parcel of land within the city of Denver has won the Urban Land Institute's seventh annual Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition. Tue, 7 Apr 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/uli-students-0407.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/transportation-story-tt0304.html Transportation@MIT is a new faculty-led initiative that will draw on the strengths of three of the Institute's schools to address one of civilization's most pressing challenges: the environmental impact of the world's every-increasing demand for transportation. Wed, 4 Mar 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/transportation-story-tt0304.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/greening-buildings-0223.html Environmental imperatives are spurring a renewed interest in sustainable architecture, and MIT is increasingly applying its own architectural and engineering expertise, making it an emerging leader in green campus buildings. Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2009/greening-buildings-0223.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/santos-award-1208.html Adèle Naudé Santos, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, is being honored with the 2009 Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education, given by the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Mon, 8 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/santos-award-1208.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/w1-1028.html Construction on the W1 residence hall will be paused as a precautionary measure amid general economic uncertainty. Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/w1-1028.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/sponge-book-1007.html Ever since its opening in 2002, Simmons Hall -- or more affectionately, the "sponge" -- has been one of MIT's most unique buildings. Now it is the focus of a book documenting a student competition on the use of space within the building. Tue, 7 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2008/sponge-book-1007.html http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2000/village-0607.html A group of MIT student architects has designed a "microvillage," a 50-unit housing complex and job center. Wed, 7 Jun 2000 00:00:00 EST http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2000/village-0607.html