Kendall Square Initiative ready to take next steps
Proposed building designs presented at two community meetings.
Department
Architecture
New memorial a labor of love
Architects and engineers detail their novel design for MIT’s Collier Memorial.
MIT Center for Art, Science and Technology receives $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Combined grants provide eight years of funding, among largest gifts received by the arts at MIT.
Norman B. Leventhal ’38, visionary developer and philanthropist, dies at 97
Corporation member helped create Boston’s urban revival and was a noted contributor to MIT.
Preparing Boston for the "big one"
MIT-SUTD postdoctoral fellow Ornella Iuorio explores structural retrofits to improve earthquake preparedness in Boston’s Back Bay.
Preemptive design saving cities
Miho Mazereeuw, founder of the Urban Risk Lab, has roots in two countries that have dealt with floods, earthquakes, and typhoons.
Vargas honored in Dubai ceremony
MIT Tata Center alumna's innovative work with public space empowers residents of informal settlements.
Stamp honors MIT’s first black graduate
The 38th stamp in the "Black Heritage" series honors architect and educator Robert Robinson Taylor of the Class of 1892.
Smoot lighting to set the mood on Harvard Bridge
An anonymous gift will pay for LED bulbs that will illuminate the bridge every 30 Smoots.
Soft design for a sustainable world
Sheila Kennedy pioneers soft design techniques and materials to meet pressing global challenges in housing and energy.
Sheila Kennedy awarded $100K Berkeley-Rupp Prize
Second major award in two months for the Professor of the Practice in MIT's Department of Architecture
Sheila Kennedy honored for design innovation
Exploring intersections of architecture, digital networks and public space
Otto Piene, leading figure in kinetic and technology-based art, dies at 86
Professor emeritus of visual design directed MIT’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies from 1974 to 1994.
Making change
PhD student Dina El-Zanfaly studies learning through making — with one eye on her native Egypt.