At Rensselaer’s School of Architecture, we take pride in preparing our students to become future leaders in the profession, global citizens, and environmental stewards. We aspire to cultivate an environment and culture that celebrates the nobility of ideas, fosters theoretical inquiry, champions social responsibility, embraces interdisciplinary collaboration, and acknowledges the enduring impact of innovative design. (Evan Douglis, Dean)

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Post Professional Program in Architecture & Urbanism

Geofutures endeavors to convert crisis into opportunity by harnessing both the pressures of a planet at risk and the promise of emerging environmental technologies to generate a broad spectrum of possible, if not probable, urban and architectural futures for the twenty-first century. CHRIS PERRY, Director.    

Spring 2013 Lecture Series

Lecture Series (Spring 2013). Admission is FREE and will begin at 6pm. Except when noted, all lectures are at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center . 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180. ///  

JIAO-ZHI: TECTONIC INTERWORKINGS AT SHANGHAI’S SOUTH BUND

This catalog celebrates the student work developed during the 2012 joint design studio with CAUP / Tongji University, in Shanghai, and displays 16 students team projects with complementary essays. This 9-weeks intense design studio is the core component of SoA-RPI’s China Program, a biannual one-semester immersive cultural and academic exchange program.   >> “In the […]

Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE, NYC)

Research Center: Center for Architecture Science & Ecology. 86 34th St. Suite D601 Brooklyn, NY 11232 CASE is addressing the need for accelerated innovation of radically new sustainable built environments through the development of next-generation building systems. A multi-institutional and professional office research collaboration, CASE is pushing the boundaries of environmental performance in urban […]

Book Launch

Sunday April 1st, 5:30 pm. BUILDING FUTURES: RE-ENVISIONING THE HYDE AT RENSSELAER. The Hyde Collection: 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801. The Hyde Collection’s board of trustees and David F. Setford, executive director, along with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Dean of the School of Architecture Evan Douglis, cordially invite you to attend the book launch […]

Building Futures: Re-Envisioning The Hyde (EXHIBITION)

Exhibition opens Saturday February 11 to Sunday April 15, 2012 / Book Launch: Sunday, April 1, 2012, time tbd / THE HYDE COLLECTION: 161 Warren Street, Glens Falls, NY 12801.

Dean

Evan Douglis, Professor

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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Troy, NY 12180 – USA

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