Architecture

MIT's campus all lit upThousands descend on campus for FAST Light, the finale of the Festival of Art + Science + Technology.

Design for the 21st century Minneapolis riverfrontA winning competition entry from Sheila Kennedy and colleagues

Two current students, three alumni win Soros fellowships

Hood appointed first Taylor FellowVisiting professor is an award-winning landscape architect and urban designer

Slipstream public exchangeHöweler + Yoon to design BSA headquarters

Chinese property tycoon encourages entrepreneurshipDuring talk at MIT Sloan, Zhang Xin details how she helped bring 'color to Beijing'

Rotch Library featuring paintings by Koch Institute architect Harry Ellenzweig

Attention: Light Tunnel Ahead!FAST installations transform the campus; new site notes when construction will be taking place.

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MIT Museum acquires archives of Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood ArchitectsDesigners of the 'sixth greatest building in American history'

Springing up FASTArchitectural installations to animate MIT campus as part of MIT150 art, science and technology festival.

A foundation for buildingHow MIT’s first African-American graduate, Robert Taylor, became a prominent architect and brought the MIT philosophy across regional and racial barriers.

Two MIT teams design winning solutions for New OrleansDUSP and architecture graduate students claim top prizes in the Chase Community Development Competition.

In Profile: James WescoatFrom India to California, an MIT landscape architect and geographer has charted a new course in the study of water.

Treasured vaultsA professor sheds light on the immigrant family that crafted many American architectural landmarks.

Two winning proposals for sustainable constructionStudents receive High Commendation from the Holcim Foundation.

Scott, Yoon tapped to direct academic programsWill evaluate and develop master's, bachelor's curricula in the Department of Architecture

The Legacy of Yung Ho ChangArchitecture head steps down after five years

A conversation with Nader TehraniThe new head of the Department of Architecture discusses his post

New design-build class weaves nature into rural Cambodian schoolStudents take part in “Design for a Sustainable Future”

New housemasters for East Campus, The Warehouse

Building a brighter future in Siem Reap, CambodiaStudents in Civil Engineering and Architecture design new classroom structures for the Jay Pritzker Academy in Siem Reap.

Delight in greener daylightA class perspective on façade renovation

Helping out in HaitiA wave of student and faculty efforts in SA+P

Joan Jonas awarded Gyorgy Kepes PrizeOne of many distinctive honors recently

Three from MIT win Gates scholarships

3 Questions: David MacKay on renewable energyScience advisor to the British government talks about Climategate, the Copenhagen conference, and emission-free energy technology

An open, collaborative spaceNew Media Lab building is designed to foster collaboration, sharing, communication and experimentation.

Media Lab Complex formally opens this weekMIT community is invited to a free open house on Friday, followed by a public conference with architect Fumihiko Maki the following day.

Revitalizing the land of plenty with affordable housingStudents in Professor Jan Wampler's class, Architecture Design Studio, spent eight days designing affordable dwellings for farmers in Hawaii