The promise and peril of using visual AI to study cities
In their new book, “How AI Sees the City,” the leaders of MIT’s Senseable City Lab examine the technology’s implications for researching urban life.
MIT researchers are mapping extreme weather risks — and building tools to act on them
The Climate Grand Challenges “New World of Weather” project shows how modeling, planning tools, and infrastructure analysis are translating research into real-world resilience.
How architects turned a hulking brick box into MIT’s newest academic hub
A venerable storage facility has become a 21st-century architectural tour de force. Here are the key decisions that transformed the Met Warehouse.
Faculty receive promotions in the School of Architecture and Planning for 2026
The range of faculty disciplines showcases the breadth of research and scholarship across the school.
Walter Torous named executive director of MIT Center for Real Estate
The senior lecturer, already director of the degree program, will now oversee all aspects of the center’s activities and operations.
Met Warehouse opens as the new home of MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning
In a feat of adaptive reuse, a massive, century-old brick storage facility has been turned into a contemporary hub for collaboration and creative work.
How to design a space habitat that supports its residents’ mental health
A new online platform helps engineers look beyond survival mode when designing habitats for extreme living conditions.
Reframing leadership as a design problem
Nicholas de Monchaux reflects on guiding the MIT Department of Architecture through a period of dramatic change for the profession.
Tiny robot boats build floating structures
MIT researchers developed FloatForm, a swarm of small aquatic robots that snap together like ants forming a raft, assembling into reconfigurable structures on the water.
Ana Miljački named head of the Department of Architecture
In this leadership role, Miljački seeks to shepherd a collective commitment to transform the present into a better future.
3 Questions: Beyond data-driven aesthetics
In a new Keller Gallery exhibition, Alexandros Haridis SM ’17, PhD ’22 traces centuries of ideas about aesthetic judgment and explores how design can make complex computational systems visible.
How architecture influences political activity
In Ghana, semi-communal “compound houses” affect how much people vote and participate in political activity, new research shows.
QS ranks MIT the world’s No. 1 university for 2026-27
Ranking at the top for the 15th year in a row, the Institute also places first in 12 subject areas.
Innovative projects explore ways to deal with extreme heat
Low-cost personal cooling and emissions-free air conditioning among ideas studied with MIT’s Climate Project seed funding.
Alejandro Aravena urges School of Architecture and Planning graduates to lead with kindness, honor the truth
“All of us need to feel we are valuable,” says the SA+P Commencement speaker, a Chilean architect and Pritzker Prize winner.