As our 2016-17 academic year comes to a close, we are excited to welcome our new group of students for the 2017-18 term! Here’s what we have in store for…
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“Earthquakes don’t kill people, buildings do.” It’s become the go-to adage among post-disaster reconstruction experts who cite poor construction as the man-made cause of fatalities in the event of such…
We are proud to announce that our master program’s codirector, Carmen Mendoza Arroyo, has been invited to participate in the XX Architecture and Urbanism Biennial of Chile for her socio-spatial…
The city of Barcelona is promoting the Barcelona’s 2017 Architecture Week which features our International Cooperation Sustainable Emergency Architecture master program, including the following events: CONFERENCE AND SEMINAR: “BIO-PHILOSOPHY AND…
Like every year, our course comes to an end with the presentation of our students’ final theses. Join us May 25-26th when our students will defend their final thesis before…
On May 23-24, UIC School of Architecture will host Towards Urban Resilience, an international workshop that will gather young researchers, master’s and PhD students, and guest speakers from the field…
Former student Dana Barqawi asks this question in a recent article in which she advocates for planning cities rather than camps, as a much-needed long-term approach to housing refugees. It’s…
Join us on campus next Thursday for an open lecture with Enric Roig and Jose Luis Zatarain of FPSC, who will be talking about the Palestinian people’s access to human…
The World Bank has just released its 2017 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals, containing over 150 maps and data visualizations that chart the progress societies are making towards the 17…
A new short film featured at Citylab captures the striking scenes of skyscrapers encroaching on farmers amid China’s rapid urbanization. This is what urban sprawl looks like in many south…