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Blue marble projected inside wooden trusses

05.11.2025 In Venice, A Convergence of Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Landscapes One in a series of reports on faculty and students invited to exhibit at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia and the European Cultural Centre's Time Space Existence.

Stories

Nitya Patel map

Story | 06.04.2025 Native Plants from Afar

Wood pavilion on grassy slope

Story | 05.29.2025 Spring Architecture Studios Bridge Local and Global, Material and Conceptual

Billboard with four heads behind two framed artworks

Story | 05.29.2025 Exhibition as Conversation

Richard Weller seated in gallery

Story | 05.19.2025 Remembering Richard Weller (1963 – 2025)

Color abstract by Wu Ri Qie Fu

Story | 05.07.2025 Xianghua Liu on Penn-China Connections and the Garden in Chinese Culture

Gerson, Kahler, Pietrusko

Story | 05.07.2025 Gerson, Kahler, and Pietrusko Earn 2025 Perkins Awards

In the Media

In the Media Neri&Hu adds rusty Corten steel facades to former industrial compound Rossana Hu, Miller Professor and chair of architecture, describes the mixed-use creative hub she and her team designed for a site in China's Shandong Province. DEZEEN

In the Media The gardens are coming to life at the future Calder Gardens Practice Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture James Corner explains the mastery of Piet Oudolf, the landscape architect behind the project. The Philadelphia Inquirer

In the Media 5 simple (and cheap) things to make your house use less energy Climate solutions for reducing home energy use can be extremely simple—and sometimes even free, says Dorit Aviv, assistant professor of architecture and director of the Thermal Architecture Lab at Weitzman. NPR

In the Media “Gonzo” Design And Deconstructed Baskets: This Year’s Rome Prize Winners Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Sean Burkholder offers of a preview of his plans for his fellowship at the American Academy of Rome with Karen Lustky. Landscape Architecture Magazine

Announcements

Announcement | 03.05.2025 Case Studies in Design: Open Call to Study Projects Designed in Community

Announcement | 02.07.2025 Daily Pennsylvanian Reporting

Announcement | 11.07.2024 Fritz Steiner’s Service as Weitzman Dean at Penn Is Extended

Announcement | 05.07.2024 Case Studies in Design: Open Call to Study Projects Designed in Community

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