Walter Torous tapped as senior lecturer
Top scholar in real estate finance to teach at MIT Center for Real Estate, MIT Sloan School of Management
Department
Urban Studies and Planning
The new challenges for urban planners
In 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.
A guide to spring exhibits and events
Information about exhibits related to MIT's School of Architecture + Planning
China and Japan remain miles apart on uninhabited isles
At MIT event, diplomats and scholars reinforce high stakes, lack of progress on Asian territorial dispute.
Building the new New Orleans, block by block
MIT urbanist’s new book shows how active neighborhood communities helped revitalize the city after Hurricane Katrina.
Designing healthy cities
A joint initiative of SA+P's new Center for Advanced Urbanism and the American Institute of Architects
Building a better big box
MIT architect Alexander D’Hooghe looks to remake suburbs and other neighborhoods with ‘more intelligent’ designs.
SA+P news digest goes mobile
School of Architecture + Planning unveils new app for smartphones and digital tablets
Visiting artists enrich life at MIT
Visiting artists share their work in architecture, planning, visual literacy and filmmaking.
Reducing wasted energy in commercial buildings
Much energy is wasted heating and cooling indoor spaces when no one or almost no one is present. Now, MIT researchers have used their own campus to demonstrate a means of measuring that energy/occupancy mismatch.
SA+P faculty, alumni make their mark in TED
A collection of TEDTalks videos featuring researchers and innovators with ties to MIT's School of Architecture + Planning.