Poverty is widely perceived as an ailment of the developing world, but its reach extends to rich countries where the recent recession has only exacerbated the problem. The need for…
Read More
Want to make a positive impact on the world through architecture and design? If you’re interested in social impact design and have a degree in Architecture, Urban Planning, Urban Design,…
Our visiting faculty member Reena Tiwari was recently featured by cultural geographer Kevin S. Fox from Connecticut on his hour-long radio program Geographical Imaginations, “brief expeditions into the geographies of…
UN-Habitat, in collaboration with Kenya’s Ministry of Land, Housing & Urban Development: Urban Development Department is calling on students from around the world to participate in a student design competition…
Following the success of their Global Urban Lectures debut in 2014, our partner UN-Habitat has launched its third season of free online lectures by leading experts in the field of…
It’s that time of year again when our students embark on their field trip to experience first-hand the kind of developing contexts they have been analyzing throughout the course and…
This week marks the beginning of our annual socio-spatial workshop in which our students undertake a hands-on, real-world project with a local neighborhood in Barcelona in assessing its social and…
Last week we announced our partnership with RMIT’s Master of Disaster, Design and Development (MoDDD), a new postgraduate degree that enables students to work internationally in the disaster and development…
When we first launched our masters program–Master of International Cooperation Sustainable Emergency Architecture–back in 2010, we were virtually the only postgraduate degree with a specific and joint focus on the…
Students visiting Comuna 8 with representative of the Urban Development Enterprise of the Municipality of Medellín. Photo: Allison Koornneef, 2013. We are proud to present a new article co-authored by…
Recent Comments