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  • Art and Design alumna Karyn Nakamura’s multimedia artwork featured in WIRED magazine. Read more. 

  • Effective July 1, 2026, the MIT School of Architecture and Planning recognized four faculty members in the Department of Architecture with promotions for their significant contributions to the school. Learn more.

  • An experiment with roots at MIT used A.l. and satellite images to grow a coastline in the Maldives. More projects are planned for Boston and Miami. Learn more.

     


     

  • MIT Architecture Presents Climate Work at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale. Learn more.

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

  • 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.

  • In a review of The Pilgrimage, a show authored by Professor of Architecture Ana Miljački, tensions between history, art, and technology are highlighted. Read more.

  • TRACES, a project by Balsa Crosetto Piazzi (Rocio Crosetto Brizio, Belluschi Fellow) and Giorgis Ortiz (Adriana Giorgis, MArch 2024 and Evan Ortiz, MArch 2025) is a new collective space in Jackson Park, constructed from 10,000 dry-stacked bricks. Now on view at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry as a part of the Chicago Architecture Biennial. 

  • Volcanic Infrastructure Prototype in lava field

    Ongoing research by three architecture faculty aims to yield structures that protect communities from the devastation of volcanic eruptions. Read more. Photo: Marino Thorlacius

    Volcanic Infrastructure Prototype in lava field

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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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out of frame is a student-edited platform supported by MIT Architecture. Born in the midst of the pandemic, in March 2020 by April Gao (MArch 2022) and Ginevra D’Agostino ( MArch 2022), Out of Frame(OOF) is a student-run, shape-shifting publication situated at the porous edge of architectural education. 

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