Achieving energy efficiency with “Local Warming”
MIT researchers develop a system that creates personalized climates around individuals — an alternative to heating entire buildings.
Resonating MIT
Exploring the sounds of campus with visiting artists Scanner, Stephen Vitiello, and Either/Or
J. Meejin Yoon appointed head of the Department of Architecture
Widely honored for her work in architecture, design, and education, Yoon is the first woman in this post
Smart components that assemble themselves
Skylar Tibbits launches the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, where researchers are building materials that can coalesce on their own to form structures.
Urban physics
Franz-Josef Ulm's serendipitous observation leads to research linking physics and urban planning.
MIT unveils plans for permanent memorial to Officer Sean Collier
Planned memorial “translates ‘Collier Strong’ into a physical form of strength and connectedness.”
Adèle Naudé Santos, dean of the School of Architecture and Planning, to step down
Ten-year tenure marked by an invigorated faculty, consolidated space, increased applications; Reif applauds ‘her remarkable eye for talent’
SA+P receives $1 million grant from Mellon Foundation
The grant will help create a Global Architecture History Teaching Collaborative.
3 Questions: Arindam Dutta on MIT and architectural modernism
New book, edited by MIT architectural historian, examines the evolution of modernism during its postwar heyday at the Institute.
3 Questions: Alan Berger on cities and health
New report from MIT’s Center for Advanced Urbanism examines the best ways to help public health in metropolitan areas.
How green is your city? And how do you know?
In a new book, an engineer and an architect lay out a program for urban development based on the cold hard facts about environmental sustainability.