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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.
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Larry Sass, Professor and Chair of Computation Group, has been awarded the ACADIA 2024 Teaching Award of Excellence. Read more.
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Associate professor of architecture Brandon Clifford scrutinizes ancient stone structures, searching for ideas that can revitalize our building practices. Read more. Photo: Jodi Hilton
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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.
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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.
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Assistant Professor Caroline Murphy has won the Alan Reinerman Prize for Best Unpublished Manuscript for her dissertation, “Waters and Welfare: Rivers, Infrastructure, and the Territorial Imagination in Grand Ducal Tuscany, 1549-1609”.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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Explore recent work from MIT Architecture's Strategy and Equity Committee. Photo credit: Xuan Luo
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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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Learn more about our Applicant Mentorship Program. Photo credit: Daisy Zhang.
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!
Fall 2024 public program
Nicholas de Monchaux
Department HeadAzra Akšamija
Professor; ACT DirectorLawrence Sass
Professor, Chair of Computation GroupMiho Mazereeuw
Associate Professor, Associate Head for Strategy and EquityTimothy Hyde
Professor, Associate Department HeadNasser Rabbat
Professor and Director of the MIT Aga Khan ProgramChristoph Reinhart
Professor; Director, Building Technology ProgramSkylar Tibbits
Associate Professor, Director of Undergraduate Programs, Assistant Director for Education at the Morningside Academy for DesignWilliam O'Brien Jr.
Associate Professor and M.Arch Program DirectorAna Miljacki
Professor, Director: SMArchS Programs and SMArchS AD ProgramJackie Dufault
Administrative OfficerSheila Kennedy
ProfessorBrandon Clifford
Associate ProfessorSheila Theodore
Assistant to the HeadTaariq Alasa
Area AssistantJackie Dufault
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