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Newark's 1st Precinct Building Reimagined by Community and Students

Thursday, May 27th, 2021
On behalf of Newark’s Mayor Ras J. Baraka, Junius Williams, the city’s historian and chair of the Museum Advisory Committee (MAC), with a team of students from NJIT, is leading the effort to transform the 1st  Precinct police building, an historic symbol of oppression, into a communit...

Hillier College Research Team on Community Based Design Programs

Tuesday, May 25th, 2021
The recently formed Newark Design Collaborative (NDC) is engaging four students in a research project to study how other schools of architecture across the country have structured their community design engagement initiatives, from issues of scope and mission to practical details like funding and li...

Interior Designers Palacio and des Lauriers Win Awards and Recognition

Monday, April 26th, 2021
Nicole Palacio and Okhyun Des Lauriers were both awarded scholarships for interior design by the Network of Executive Women in Hospitality (NEWH).  Palacio is a 3rd year design student who submitted work she completed in 2nd year with Prof. Goldman. Des Lauriers is also a third year interior d...

Learning and the Design of Equitable Education

Monday, April 26th, 2021
Mark Thaler, M.Arch ‘94, is co-leading Gensler’s Global Education Practice, where they have set out to address the inequities in education and reimagine learning. Using research and the tools of design they are working with educators, administrators, school districts and students to distinguish how ...

Embracing Change, New Directions and New Challenges

Friday, April 23rd, 2021
Not unlike the way interior design plans change as concepts develop and become better; Ida Colón knows that in professional life it is important to embrace change, because that is what brings about development, maturity and opportunity.   Colón was a transfer student from Rutgers whe...

How Creativity, Persistence and Skills Will Get You Just About Anywhere

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
Renee Collins, B.S. Industrial Design ‘18 went to high school at Sussex Tech and obtained her cosmetology license there. When her best friend was admitted to NJIT, Collins came along for the campus tour and thought, “This is pretty nice,” and applied. “I think I had an idea of what Industrial D...

NJIT Professor Becomes Editor in Chief for Society of Architectural Historians Archipedia

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) has named Gabrielle Esperdy, Professor in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, to the role of editor in chief for the Buildings of the United States (BUS) book series and SAH Archipedia. BUS was inspired by the famous Pevsner Guides to Buildin...

The Hillier College of Architecture and Design History Project

Tuesday, March 23rd, 2021
This story was submitted by Maya Gervits. As we approach the 50th anniversary of the New Jersey School of Architecture at the J. Robert and Barbara A. Hillier College of Architecture and Design, working on preserving the narratives of the college’s history seems both timely and necessary. Such a st...

Littman Library Book Talk: Mohamed Elshahed '05 on Cairo Since 1900

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021
Mohamed Elshahed '05 will be speaking about his book Cairo Since 1900 - An Architectural Guide, (AUC Press, 2020), the first substantive survey of modern architecture in Egypt’s capital spanning 226 sites, on Wednesday March 3rd, at noon, Free and open to the public, we hope you can join. ...

Dezeen Magazine Features Industrial Design Professor's CT Scan Images

Monday, February 22nd, 2021
The work of Mathew Schwartz, assistant professor at Hillier College is featured in this article and used for the Dezeen Awards 2021 identity. Dezeen is a global and well recognized design magazine, featuring influential architecture and design from around the world.  ...