Topic
Architecture
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Featured video: David Adjaye's appreciation of the MIT Chapel
World-renowned architect and recent McDermott Award winner describes MIT's Eero Saarinen masterpiece.
December 19, 2016 -
School of Architecture and Planning receives $1.5 million grant from Mellon Foundation
Grant continues support for the Global Architectural History Teaching Collaborative.
November 30, 2016 -
3Q: Dennis Frenchman on the rise of innovation districts in Cambridge and beyond
MIT professor explains how “productive neighborhoods” can remake cities.
November 28, 2016 -
Tackling Chinese urban development
Samuel Tak Lee Graduate Fellow Zixiao Yin plans to serve communities back home in Inner Mongolia.
November 4, 2016 -
New faculty, promotions, and leadership roles in the School of Architecture and Planning
Four join the SA+P faculty, while seven are recognized for work in art, architecture, and urbanism.
October 28, 2016 -
Taking the life-cycle perspective: Report addresses critical issues in building practices
October 28, 2016 -
MIT to help Dubai launch a new undergraduate institution focused on design
School of Architecture and Planning will develop curriculum, courses for Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation.
October 24, 2016 -
3Q: Leon Glicksman and John Lienhard on how to teach the unteachable
MIT professors take on problem formulation in thermal science: It can be taught, and their new book describes how.
October 21, 2016 -
With new model, buildings may “sense” internal damage
System predicts how MIT’s tallest structure responds to vibrations, may help monitor stress over time.
October 18, 2016 -
Entrepreneurship by design
New DesignX accelerator speeds innovation at the School of Architecture and Planning.
October 17, 2016 -
Tata Center Symposium seeks collaboration for a better world
October 4, 2016 -
DesignIntelligence ranks MIT graduate architecture program among top in nation
MIT architecture jumps to No. 2 spot in annual survey.
September 22, 2016 -
Blueprints for renewal
Professor of urban design and public policy Brent Ryan believes good architecture can help revive cities.
September 19, 2016 -
From Russia to MIT
A new collaboration is bringing Russian culture to the Institute.
September 14, 2016 -
QS ranks MIT the world’s top university for 2016-17
Ranked No. 1 for the fifth straight year, the Institute also places first in 12 of 42 disciplines.
September 5, 2016 -
John Fernández: Growing grassroots for sustainability on campus and abroad
Environmental Solutions Initiative’s new director discusses sustainable development, student engagement, and making Baker House his home.
August 2, 2016 -
Designing climate-friendly concrete, from the nanoscale up
New understanding of concrete’s properties could increase lifetime of the building material, decrease emissions.
July 21, 2016 -
“Beijing Studio” celebrates 30 years
MIT–Tsinghua collaboration grapples with urban issues in China.
July 14, 2016 -
DUSP, CRE, and STL Lab award $1.1 million in second round of faculty research funding
Nine grants awarded to MIT faculty and researchers.
July 11, 2016 -
Art and science merge in a disaster readiness haven
Innovative off-grid PREPHubs structures house basic services needed in the aftermath of a disaster.
July 7, 2016