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Hillier College of Architecture and Design Alumni Hall Nears Completion

Thursday, November 19th, 2020
Weston Alumni Lecture Hall Chair Campaign As the Renovation Campaign for the Alumni Lecture Hall in Weston nears completion, think about starting your own legacy at NJIT. You can do so by adding your name — or that of your parents, loved ones, or favorite professor — to a chair in this new state-of-...

NJIT Professor Awarded the IEICE Human Communication Award

Wednesday, November 18th, 2020
Taro Narahara, associate professor in the Hillier College of Architecture and Design, has received the 2020 Human Communication Award from the Institute of Electronics, Information, and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Japan for his paper "What is the Key to Attract People in Apartments?: Constructio...

Hillier College Professor Speaks on Social Inclusion at NYC Architecture Biennial

Monday, November 16th, 2020
Maria Hurtado De Mendoza spoke on questions of how social inlcusion can be expressed in physical spaces, at any scale.  Watch the full presentation here.  

Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD) Call for Submissions

Friday, November 13th, 2020
The 2021 SimAUD conference is calling for submissions. The Deadline is November 22, 2020. This event will be of interest to faculty and students in Architecture, Urban Design and Planning, Engineering and Computing.  The 12th annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (Sim...

Goldman Wins a First in the 2020 International Photography Awards

Friday, November 13th, 2020
The International Photography Awards winners were announced Tuesday October 27 and this year to his happy surprise, Prof. Glenn Goldman won first place (professional) in the category "Architecture/Abstract" for the photograph "Have a Ball". This photograph was taken in Barcelona,...

NJIT Undergrads Win Scholarships for Artistic Work Reimagining a Greener Planet

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020
Undergrads Suzanne Hlinka ’21 and Nada Boules ‘21 have been applying the skills in game development and interior design that they’ve picked up at NJIT, and Mother Earth is thanking them for it. This past year, the pair of students began artistic projects promoting a more sustainable planet, and now,...

What is the Architect's Role in Rebuilding After Disaster?

Friday, October 30th, 2020
The Fall 2020 Lecture Series on the theme of 'Responsibility' is hosting Jiakun Liu in conversation with Doreen Heng Liu, Monday November 2nd at 7:30pm, on the topic of the architects role in rebuilding after disaster. You may join the event here. Jiakun Architects was founded by...

NJIT Turns Mobile Medical Care Prototype into Hub for COVID-19 Testing

Wednesday, October 28th, 2020
NJIT has activated a prototype mobile medical care unit as a COVID-19 testing center for students, faculty and staff.  The mobile medical care unit (M2CU), which NJIT developed in partnership with University Hospital in Newark and The Tuchman Foundation and unveiled in July, is made from repurp...

Design Justice: The Language of Anti-Racist Architectural Vernacular

Friday, October 23rd, 2020
“For every injustice in the world there is an architecture, a plan, a design that sustains it.“Bryan C. Lee Jr ‘08 Architecture, as a field of design, is coming to terms with the ways that architects are educated within a canon that places modern western culture and the object, a building, at the ce...

Architecture To Marketing - Susana Holguin-Veras '06 On Finding Your Career Path

Wednesday, October 21st, 2020
Susana Holguin-Veras, Principal at TheoryCo. talks about how she discovered her career path by following her interests, using her strengths, and understanding architecture can be practiced in many ways.