The ‘Great Rent Wars’ of New York
Historian Robert Fogelson’s new book uncovers the origins of rent control in a World War I-era fight between tenants and landlords for control of New York real estate.
Department
Architecture
SA+P students sweep visual arts awards
Honors for work that incorporates both old and new technologies
Real estate forum features talk on value of design
MIT places second in this year's CASE competition
Helping build cities through anchor institutions
Leveraging nonprofit resources to improve local economies
ACT professor among recipients of the Aga Khan Award
Art, Culture and Technology Assistant Professor Azra Akšamija is one of the recipients of the 2013 Aga Khan Award for Architecture.
MITx course aims to start worldwide conversation about global architecture
4.605x A Global History of Architecture offers fresh perspective on the principles and forces at play in the discipline.
Yoon honored for advancing MIT education
J. Meejin Yoon receives 2013 Irwin Sizer Award for the Most Significant Improvement to MIT Education
Teaching urban development in the global South
A five-year program to strengthen university teaching materials
Switching stances
MIT graduate student Alexis Sablone balances an athletic career and coursework in architecture.
Symposium takes on urban infrastructure challenges
Inaugural symposium of the Center for Advanced Urbanism is part of a series devoted to design issues facing cities worldwide