• Join us on Thursday, November 21 for the 30th Pietro Belluschi Lecture, with architect Solano Benítez. Learn more.

  • Created by artist and Senior Researcher at MIT Marisa Morán Jahn in collaboration with Associate Professor of Architecture and Urbanism Rafi Segal, HOOPcycle is a mobile art installation that recenters basketball’s history and brings its Mesoamerican roots to the forefront. Learn more. 

    Photo by Merawi Gerimai, 2024

  • Associate professor of architecture Brandon Clifford scrutinizes ancient stone structures, searching for ideas that can revitalize our building practices. Read more. Photo: Jodi Hilton

  • MIT Architecture welcomes Rocio Crosetto Brizzio as the Pietro Belluschi Fellow. Named in honor of Dean Belluschi, this fellowship supports early-career architects and designers who are advancing emerging research agendas. Read more.

  • Highlighting two new books from Nasser Rabbat, MIT Professor of Aga Khan, Professor and Director of the Aga Khan program for Islamic Architecture at MIT. Read more.

  • Assistant Professor Caroline Murphy has won the Alan Reinerman Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript for her dissertation, “Waters and Welfare: Rivers, Infrastructure, and the Territorial Imagination in Grand Ducal Tuscany, 1549-1609”. Read more.

    Photo of Caroline Murphy award work for unpublished manuscript.
  • Photo of MIT faculty with Tuskegee University students and faculty visiting MIT in January 2022.

    MIT faculty with Tuskegee University students and faculty visiting MIT in January 2022. Left to right: Larry Sass, Nicholas de Monchaux, Dwight Sankey, Victoria Sanders, Jordan Houser, Adeleke Ambali, Kwesi Daniels, Kiana Wilcher, Chanse Huff, Journi Goodman, and Mendel Yehudah. Photo: Svafa Grönfeldt/School of Architecture and Planning. Read more.

  • Photo of Nida Sinnokrot

    ACT’s Nida Sinnokrot awarded 2023 Soros Arts Fellowship. Award is given to artists to pursue impact-driven projects focused on confronting the threat of climate change. Read more.

  • Demi Fang, SMBT '20/PhD candidate, takes a photograph of Okage Yokocho, a shopping district with Edo-period architectural styles near the famous Ise Shrine in Mie prefecture.

    Demi Fang, SMBT '20/PhD candidate, takes a photograph of Okage Yokocho, a shopping district with Edo-period architectural styles near the famous Ise Shrine in Mie prefecture. Photo: Dylan Iwakuni. Read more.

  • Explore recent work from MIT Architecture's Strategy and Equity Committee. Photo credit: Xuan Luo

  • Photo of full-scale reconstruction of the Cybersyn Operations Room

    3 MIT Architecture students and alumni collaborate with Chilean partners for an exhibition marking 50 years since the Allende presidency. Photo courtesy of Centro Cultural La Moneda. Read more.

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November 21
The 30th Pietro Belluschi Lecture: Solano Benitez
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Exhibition: WORK-IN-PROGRESS
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December 5
The Ahmad Tehrani Symposium: Martha Schwartz
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Learn more about our Applicant Mentorship Program

The Department of Architecture's Applicant Mentorship Program pairs prospective applicants from underrepresented populations with current students who can offer guidance and answer questions throughout the application process. Deadlines for participation are coming up. Learn more and apply!

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