RPI Students Receive Recognition at 2025 ACSA Steel Competition
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) recently announced the recipients of the 2025 Steel Design Student Competition. The competition recognized thirteen exceptional projects, in two categories, that explore a variety of issues related to the use of steel in design and construction. Two teams from RPI were […]
CANCELED: J. Alfonso Quiñones / BAAQ’
Due to unforeseen circumstances, Alfonso Quiñones / BAAQ’ will be unable to present his lecture scheduled for Monday, September 29 at EMPAC. We look forward to welcoming him at a future date. “20 years under the sun” Steven Ehrlich ’69 Lecture Monday, September 29th, 5:00p.m. est EMPAC Theater Rensselaer Architecture continues its fall 2025 lecture series next Monday, […]
Sharon Johnston / Johnston Marklee
“Architecture & the City: Extremes & In-Betweens” Frank Pitts ’75 Lecture Wednesday, September 24th, 5:00p.m. est EMPAC Theater Rensselaer Architecture continues its fall 2025 lecture series this Wednesday, September 24 at 5p.m. est with the lecture “Architecture & the City: Extremes & In-Betweens” by Sharon Johnston of Johnston Marklee. Sharon Johnston, FAIA, and Mark Lee are the founding partners of the architecture firm […]
Søren Pihlmann / pihlmann architects
“Adding Less, Changing More – When Form Features Constraint“ Wednesday, September 10, 5:00p.m. est EMPAC Theater pihlmann architects was founded by Søren Thirup Pihlmann in 2021. Their portfolio ranges from temporary pavilions, over single-family houses to transformations in cultural environments worthy of preservation and cultural institutions. To pihlmann, architecture is defined by the two outermost […]
Fall 2025 Lecture Series
Rensselaer Architecture is pleased to announce its lecture series for fall 2025. All events start 5:00pm at EMPAC Theater, admission is free. Søren Pihlmann / pihlmann architects Adding Less, Changing More – When Form Features Constraint Wednesday, September 10 pihlmann architects was founded by Søren Thirup Pihlmann in 2021. Their portfolio ranges from temporary pavilions, […]
Leandro Piazzi awarded the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers
Leandro Piazzi, Lecturer, of BALSA CROSETTO PIAZZI has been awarded the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects and Designers, along with his partners Juan Manuel Balsa and Rocío Crosetto Brizzio. From The Architecture League NY: Established in 1981, the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers is a biennial juried portfolio competition for early-career […]
Three RPI Students Honored as METROPOLIS Future100
From METROPOLIS: Each year, METROPOLIS sets out to designate the top graduating architecture and interior design students in the United States and Canada through its Future100 program, this year sponsored by Formica, Keilhauer, OFS, and Sherwin-Williams. RPI Students Eric Diaz, Reneah Joanna Fedelicio, and Jiaxin Ruan were included among the honorees this year. Our students […]
Alumni Gathering at Perkins&Will, Boston
June 6, 2025, 6 p.m. est 2023 President of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), Associate Principal, Perkins & Will, Boston, and RPI School of Architecture alumna Emily Grandstaff-Rice ’99 invites all friends and family of the School of Architecture to join Dean Evan Douglis to celebrate our collective journey that began at RPI and […]
Professor Matt Burgermaster wins AIA Tri-State Design Award
RPI School of Architecture Professor Matt Burgermaster and his office MABU received a 2024 Tri-State Design Award from the American Institute of Architects for the project “Twenty Ways Home”. The Tri-State Design Awards is a bi-annual program that recognizes regional design excellence across the states of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. This adaptive reuse […]
Spring 2025 Lecture Series
Rensselaer Architecture is pleased to announce its full lecture series for spring 2025. All events start 5:00pm at EMPAC Theater unless otherwise noted. Admission is free. Wednesday, January 29 Ludwig Godefroy Concordance Wednesday, February 05 Sara Navrady / Mecanoo Architectural Alchemy: Space, Meaning & Connection Wednesday, February 12 James Carpenter Embodied Light in the Public […]