Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) is the architecture school of Columbia University, a

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research university in New York City. It is regarded as an important and highly prestigious architecture school.Architecture Graduate School Rankings
America's Top Architecture Schools 2016, referencing "Design Intelligence" as reported by "Architectural Record." Retrieved 11 March 2016. It is also home to the Masters of Science program in Advanced Architectural Design, Historic Preservation, Real Estate Development, Urban Design, and Urban Planning. Columbia GSAPP Avery Hall Studio

The school's resources include the

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, the United States' largest architectural library and home to some of the first books published on architecture, as well as the origin of the Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals. Recent deans of the school have included architect James Stewart Polshek (1972-1987), Bernard Tschumi (1988-2003), Mark Wigley (2004-2014), Amale Andraos (2014–2021), Weiping Wu (Interim Dean, 2022), and Andrés Jaque (2022-).

History

The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation (GSAPP) has evolved over more than a century. It was transformed from a department within the Columbia School of Mines into a formal School of Architecture by William Robert Ware in 1881—making it one of the first such professional programs in the country. While the number of specialized programs being offered by the school has multiplied over the years, architecture remains the intellectual core of the school.

Rankings

Columbia GSAPP has been ranked #2 among the Top Architecture Graduate Programs five times over the past ten years on ''DesignIntelligence's'' ranking of programs accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board, including the 2020 rankings.

Notable faculty

Current faculty

* Amale Andraos – Founder of WORKac Architects and former Dean (2014–2021) * Barry Bergdoll – Former Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design,

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*Patrice Derrington – Director of GSAPP's Real Estate Development Program * Andrew Dolkart – James Marston Fitch Professor of Historic Preservation. Former Director of the Historic Preservation Program (2008–2016) * Kenneth Frampton – Ware Professor of Architecture Emeritus * Mario Gooden – Interim Director of GSAPP's Master of Architecture Program * Juan Herreros – Founder of Abalos & Herreros *

Steven Holl Steven Holl (born December 9, 1947) is a New York-based American architect and watercolorist. Among his most recognized works are the 2019 REACH expansion of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the 2019 Hunters Point Library in Q ...

– Founder and Principal of Steven Holl Architects * Andrés Jaque – Dean of GSAPP, Director of its Advanced Architectural Design Program, Founder and Principal of Office for Political Innovation * Laura Kurgan – Director of GSAPP's Computational Design Program and Director of the Center for Spatial Research *

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– Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano *

Reinhold Martin Reinhold Martin (born 1964) is an American architectural historian and professor. He currently serves as Professor of Architecture in the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University, where he directed the Te ...

– Former Director of the Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture *

Kate Orff Kate Orff, RLA, FASLA, is the founding principal of SCAPE, a design-driven landscape architecture and urban design studio based in New York. She also is the director the Urban Design Program (MSAUD) at Columbia University's Graduate School of A ...

– Director of GSAPP's Architecture and Urban Design Program, Founder and Principal of SCAPE *

Jorge Otero-Pailos Jorge Otero-Pailos (born 27 October 1971) is an artist, preservation architect, theorist and educator, commonly associated with experimental preservation and the journal Future Anterior. He is best known for his “The Ethics of Dust” ongoing s ...

– Director of GSAPP's Historic Preservation Program *

Richard Plunz Richard Plunz is an American architect, critic, and historian. He is professor emeritus of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University in the City of New York. ...

– Director of Urban Design Lab at the Earth Institute and Former Director of GSAPP's Architecture and Urban Design Program *Alexandra Quantrill * Michael Rock – Founder of 2 x 4, Director of Graphical Arch Studies * Karla Maria Rothstein – Director of Columbia University's DeathLAB; co-founder o
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Hilary Sample Hilary Sample is an American architect, principal, and co-founder of the award-winning architecture firm MOS Architects in New York City. Education Sample received a Master of Architecture with distinction from Princeton University (2003) and a Ba ...

– Founder and Principal of MOS Architects *Felicity Scott – Co-director of GSAPP's Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture Program *

Galia Solomonoff Galia Solomonoff AIA is an Argentinian-born architect and the founding creative director of New York-based architecture and design firm Solomonoff Architecture Studio. Her notable projects include Dia:Beacon; the Defective Brick Project; multiple ...

– architect of Dia:Beacon museum and founding creative director of Solomonoff Architecture Studio * Bernard Tschumi – designed Alfred Lerner Hall, Columbia's student center, former Dean (1988 to 2003) *

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* Mary McLeod – Co-curator of the exhibition Charlotte Perriand: Interior Equipment, *Mark Wasiuta – Co-director of GSAPP's Critical, Curatorial, and Conceptual Practices in Architecture Program * Mark Wigley – directed the exhibition "Deconstructivist Architecture" at

with Philip Johnson, former Dean (2004–2014) *

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* Weiping Wu – Director of GSAPP's Urban Planning Program and former Interim Dean

Former faculty

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* Stan Allen – Former Dean of Princeton School of Architecture * Tatiana Bilbao *

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* Peter Cook – Member of Archigram * Harvey Wiley Corbett * Mark Cousins – Director of the History/ Theory Department at the AA London * Manuel de Landa (adjunct) *

Neil Denari Neil Denari (b. Fort Worth, Texas September 3, 1957) is an American architect, professor, and author. Based since 1988 in Los Angeles, Denari emerged in New York during the 1980s with a series of theoretical projects and texts based on the col ...

Hernan Diaz Alonso Hernán Díaz Alonso (Buenos Aires, 1969) is an Argentine-American architect. He is Director/Chief Executive Officer of SCI-Arc in Los Angeles, and Founder and Principal of Los Angeles-based design practice HDA-X(formerly Xefirotarch). He is an ...

* James Marston Fitch *

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* Romaldo Giurgola * Percival Goodman * Zaha Hadid *

Malo Huston Malo Hutson is the Dean of the School of Architecture at the University of Virginia. Prior to serving as dean, Hutson was an Associate Professor in Urban Planning at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation with a focus on ...

– Dean of the

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at the University of Virginia (2021–) *

Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin, A.M., L.H.D. (September 18, 1855 – March 21, 1926) was an American architect, born at Istanbul, Turkey as the son of missionary Cyrus Hamlin. He graduated at Amherst in 1875, studied architecture at Boston and Pari ...

* Wallace Harrison *

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* Henry Hornbostel *

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* Gerhard Kallmann * Ada Karmi-Melamede * Michael David Kirchmann – Founder and CEO of GDSNY *

Austin W. Lord Austin Willard Lord FAIA (June 27, 1860 – January 19, 1922) was an American architect and painter. He was a partner in the firm of Lord & Hewlett, best known for their work on the design of the former William A. Clark House on Fifth Ave ...

– Dean from 1912–15 * Greg Lynn * Peter Marcuse * Charles Follen McKim * Michael McKinnell * James Stewart Polshek – former dean of Columbia's architecture school; his projects include the Clinton Presidential Center in Little Rock; the Santa Fe Opera's Crosby Theatre in New Mexico; and 500 Park Avenue near

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in Manhattan * Hani Rashid – Asymptote *

Jaquelin T. Robertson Jaquelin Taylor Robertson, FAIA, F AICP, informally known as "Jaque," (March 20, 1933 – May 9, 2020) was an American architect and urban designer, working at Cooper Robertson. He was a representative of New Urbanism and New Classical Architectu ...

* Philippe Rahm *

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* Robert A.M. Stern – former Dean of Yale School of Architecture; his recent projects include the

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; the

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's Bloomberg Center; and the Harvard Kennedy School's Rubenstein,

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, and Wexner buildings * Raymond Unwin * William Robert Ware – designed numerous Venetian Gothic buildings for Harvard University * Michael Webb – member of Archigram *

Lauretta Vinciarelli Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943 – August 3, 2011) was an artist, architect, and professor of architecture at the collegiate level. Background and education Born in Arbe, Italy, Lauretta Vinciarelli was the daughter of Alberto and Annunciata Cenci ...

Notable alumni

Abraham H. Albertson Abraham Horace Albertson (April 14, 1872 – April 18, 1964) was an American architect who was one of Seattle, Washington's most prominent architects of the first half of the 20th century. He was born in New Jersey and educated at Columbia Univer ...

(1895), notable early 20th century architect in Seattle, Washington * Max Abramovitz (1931) – 1961 Rome Prize; designed Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, the United Nations complex, and the Assembly Hall *

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, artist and architect * Grosvenor Atterbury (1884) – worked for Columbia campus architects

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; designed Forest Hills Gardens *

Richard F. Bach Richard Franz Bach (1888-1968) was an American curator with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. He was known as a supporter of collaboration between museums and the industrial arts. Career Richard F. Bach graduated with an A.B. from Columbia Universit ...

(1909) – curator of industrial arts at the Metropolitan Museum of Art * Turpin Bannister (M.S. 1928) – was one of the leading American architectural historians of his generation * Donn Barber (post-graduate architectural courses) – architect *

– was an American architect; noted for, among other work, codesigning the Immigration Station at Ellis Island in

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* Temple Hoyne Buell – designed over 300 buildings in Colorado; designed the first ever shopping mall *

Paul Byard Paul Spencer Byard (August 30, 1939 – July 15, 2008) was a lawyer and an architect. He was born in New York to Dever Spencer Byard, a lawyer and Margaret Mather Byard, a teacher of English Literature at Columbia University. Byard graduated fr ...

(M.S.) – a lawyer and an architect * Rosario Candela (B.A. 1915) – was an Italian American architect; achieved renown through his apartment building designs in New York City * Eric Cantor (M.S. 1989) – Congressman from Virginia and United States House Majority Leader *

Minsuk Cho Minsuk Cho ( ko, 조민석; born in Seoul, South Korea, 1966) is a South Korean architect. Early life and education Minsuk Cho was born in Seoul and graduated from the Architectural Engineering Department of Yonsei University (Seoul, Korea) and th ...

– Founder of Mass Studies * Brad Cloepfil – architect, educator *Angela Co (MA, 2005) – 2011 Rome Prize *

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– award-winning architect and designer; a finalist and first runner-up in the World Trade Center Memorial Competition *Lonn Combs (MsAAD, 2001) – 2011 Rome Prize * William Adams Delano (1896) – architect, partner with Chester Holmes Aldrich in the firm of Delano & Aldrich * Andrew Dolkart (M.S. 1977) – authority on the preservation of historically significant architecture *

Harry E. Donnell Harry Ellingwood Donnell (May 2, 1867 – February 25, 1959) was an American Beaux-Arts architect, who designed many commercial and residential structures in New York City and Long Island between 1894 and 1915. Biography Donnell (don-Nell ...

(Ph. B. 1887) – Beaux-Arts architect who designed The Grand Madison * Alden B. Dow (B.A. 1931) – architect; known for his prolific architectural design *

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(M.Arch. 1970) – architect, urban designer, and President of ROMA Design Group *

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(1960) – designed the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin, amongst other work *

Doug Farr Douglas Lynn Farr is an American architect and urban planner. Farr was born in Detroit, Michigan and received his undergraduate degree in architecture from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and his master's from Columbia Graduate School o ...

(M.Arch. 1970) – architect and urban planner * Romaldo (Aldo) Giurgola (M.Arch) – Italian-American-Australian academic architect, professor, and author. * Nabil Gholam (M.S. in Urban Planning 1988) – architect, founder of award-winning architecture firms in Beirut *

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(1912) – co-designer of the original Museum of Modern Art,

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Ferdinand Gottlieb Ferdinand Gottlieb (October 5, 1919 in Berlin, Germany – October 27, 2007, in Dobbs Ferry, New York) was a New York-based architect. He headed his own firm, Ferdinand Gottlieb & Associates, based in Dobbs Ferry (1961–2007). He is perhaps ...

(1953) – designed the original Rizzoli Bookstore * Eric Gugler (1911) – designed the West Wing of the White House *

Frances Halsband Frances Halsband FAIA (born October 30, 1943, in New York City) is an American architect and educator. She is a founder, with Robert Kliment, of Kliment Halsband Architects, a New York City design firm widely recognized for preservation, adaptive ...

(M.S.) – architect who has served on juries for design awards and chaired the 1999 American Institute of Architects Committee on Design *

Michael Hansmeyer Michael Hansmeyer is a post-modern architect who utilizes algorithmic architecture techniques, generative art mentalities, and CAD software to generate complex structures. He is currently based in the CAAD group at ETH's architecture department i ...

(M.S.) – post-modern architect; utilizes algorithmic architecture techniques, generative art mentalities, and CAD software to generate complex structures *

Arthur Loomis Harmon Arthur Loomis Harmon (July 13, 1878 – October 17, 1958) was an American architect. He is most famous as the design partner of the firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon. Biography He was born in Chicago in 1878 and graduated from Columbia University's S ...

(1902) – co-designed

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; most famous as design partner of the firm Shreve, Lamb and Harmon *

James Monroe Hewlett James "Monroe" Hewlett (August 1, 1868 – October 18, 1941) was an American Beaux Arts architect, scenic designer, and muralist. Hewlett was born into an old Long Island family at Rock Hall in Lawrence, New York. He is descended from a ...

(Ph. B. 1890), painted the celestial mural in the

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, father-in-law of inventor Buckminster Fuller * Henry Hornbostel (Ph. B. 1891) – American architect who designed the campus for

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and Emory University * John Ike – architect and partner of Ike Kligerman Barkley architectural firm *

Mitchell Joachim Mitchell Joachim (pronounced /jo-ak-um/; born February 3, 1972) is an architect and urban designer. He is the Co-Founder of Terreform ONE, and an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU. Previously he was the Frank Gehry Chair at University of ...

(M. Arch. 1997) – acknowledged as an innovator in ecological design, architecture, and urban design * Rockwell Kent (1902) – painter * Robert Kohn (1890) – designed

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, the world's largest synagogue * Joseph Kosinski (1999) – directed '' Tron: Legacy''; best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work *

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– a leading figure in contemporary architectural history, theory, and criticism * V. Everit Macy (1893) – industrialist and philanthropist; benefactor to Teachers College, Columbia University *

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(1889) – co-designed Riverside Church in

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– Indian-American social entrepreneur, urban designer, architect and author * Lewis F. Pilcher (1895) – State Architect of New York in the 1910s *

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(B.S. Arch) – architect; included in ''

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'' (2010) as one of Top 100 Architects and Designers in the world * John Russell Pope (1894) – Rome Prize; designed the National Archives and the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC * Antoine Predock (B. Arch.) – architect, Rome Prize (1985); AIA Gold Medal (2006),

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(2007) *

Wallace A. Rayfield Wallace Augustus Rayfield (1874–1941), was an American architect and educator. He was the second formally educated practicing African American architect in the United States. Biography Wallace Augustus Rayfield was born around May 10, 1874 in ...

(B. Arch. 1899) – was the second formally educated practicing African American architect in the United States *

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(1994) – principal, Diller Scofidio + Renfro; among the first architects to win a

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"genius grant" *

Marcus T. Reynolds Marcus Tullius Reynolds (August 20, 1869 – March 18, 1937) was an American architect from the Albany, New York area. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, he was raised by his aunt in Albany after the death of his mother. He attend ...

(1893), architect who designed the

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and The Albany Academy * James Rossant (1928-2009) – architect; best known for his master plan of

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Plan, and UN-sponsored master plan for Dodoma, Tanzania *

Friedrich St. Florian Friedrich St. Florian (born 1932) is an Austrian-United States, American architect. He moved to the United States in 1961, and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1973. Early life and education St. Florian was born Friedrich St. Florian Gartle ...

(M. Arch. 1961) – Austrian–American architect; Rome Prize; National World War II Memorial, Washington, D.C. * Ashley Schafer (1998) – founding editor of PRAXIS journal and curator of the US Pavilion at the 2014 Venice Biennale *

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(1954) – civil engineer and urban planner, Mayor of White Plains (1993–1997) *

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(1960) – founder, principal of Diller Scofidio + Renfro, first architects to win a

"genius grant"; Royal Institute of British Architects * SHoP Architects (each of the six founding partners has a M.Arch. from GSAPP) – 2009 National Design Award for Architecture Design; firm's work in permanent collection, Museum of Modern Art * David Serero (M.S. Arch) –

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architect; Rome Prize *

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(B. Arch. 1914) – advertising executive, instrumental in promoting Radio broadcasting during the 1920s and 30s; prominent philatelist, collector of Confederate postage stamps *

Norma Merrick Sklarek Norma Merrick Sklarek (April 15, 1926 – February 6, 2012) was an American architect. Sklarek was the first African American woman to become a licensed architect in the states of New York (1954) and California (1962). Her notable works include t ...

(M.Arch 1950) – African American architect who accomplished many firsts for black women in architecture *

(M.Arch 1994) – architect, founder of Solomonoff Architecture Studio * Laurinda Hope Spear (M.S. Arch 1975) – architect and landscape architect; Rome Prize; one of the founders of Arquitectonica *

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(B.S. 1900) – architect; particularly known as designer of Roman Catholic schools and churches *

Chauncey Stillman Chauncey Devereux Stillman (November 9, 1907 – January 24, 1989) was a philanthropist, art collector, conservationist, and banking heir. As one biographer noted, "He was one of the richest men of his generation, but he was never idle or i ...

– American heir, grandson of James Stillman * Arthur Alexander Stoughton (Ph. B. 1888) – partner of Stoughton and Stoughton; founded the architecture department at the University of Manitoba * Max W. Strang (M.Arch 1988) – Miami based architect known for his Regional Modernist design; founding principal of Strang Design and recipient of Medal of Honor from Florida AIA *

Sharon Sutton Sharon Egretta Sutton (born 1941), is an American architect, educator, visual artist, and author. Her work is focused on community-based participatory research and design. She is a professor emerita at the University of Washington. In 1984, she b ...

(M.Arch 1983) – professor, architecture and urban design; first African American woman to become a full professor in accredited architectural degree program *

Alexander Tzannes Alexander "Alec" Tzannes (born December 27, 1950) is an Australian architect and academic. He has taught at a number of Australian universities, including at the University of New South Wales as Dean of the University's Faculty of Built Enviro ...

(M.S. Arch & Urban Design) – Australian architect; founder of high-profile, multi-award-winning architectural practice

Tzannes Associates Alexander "Alec" Tzannes (born December 27, 1950) is an Australian architect and academic. He has taught at a number of Australian universities, including at the University of New South Wales as Dean of the University's Faculty of Built Enviro ...

* Samuel Breck Parkman Trowbridge (1883), partner of Trowbridge & Livingston; designed the

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, American Red Cross National Headquarters, and

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(both founders,

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and Sarah Dunn, graduated in 1994) – 2009 Latrobe Prize from the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows *

Franklin B. Ware Franklin B. Ware (1873–May 3, 1945) was an American architect, best known for serving as the state architect of New York (state), New York from 1907 to 1912. He was born in New York City in 1873, and received a degree in architecture from ...

(B.S. Arch) – American architect best known for serving as the State architect of

(1907–1912) * Whitney Warren (attended 1883–1884), founder of Warren and Wetmore that designed New York City's

* Alexander McMillan Welch (1890), American architect who designed the

Benjamin N. Duke House The Benjamin N. Duke House, also the Duke–Semans Mansion and the Benjamin N. and Sarah Duke House, is a mansion at 1009 Fifth Avenue, at the southeast corner with 82nd Street, on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. It was bui ...

Jan V. White Jan V. White (1928-2014) was an American designer, communication design consultant, and graphic design educator and writer. Czech by birth, he was educated in England at Leighton Park School and held degrees in architecture from Cornell Universit ...

(1952) –

communication design Communication design is a mixed discipline between design and information-development which is concerned with how media communicate with people. A communication design approach is not only concerned with developing the message in addition to the ...

er, educator and writer

Research Centers

Center for Spatial Research

The Spatial Research Center was established in 2015 as a center for urban research that combines design, architecture, urbanism, humanities and data science. It sponsors research and curricular activities built around new technologies of mapping, data visualization, data collection and data analysis.

Center for Urban Real Estate

The Center for Urban Real Estate was founded in 2011 in order to address the challenges of a rapidly urbanizing world and the most complex problems of the real estate industry. From the concerns of inequitable socio-economic outcomes in the urban environment, through the spectacular revitalization of urban centers, such as Lower Manhattan, after the devastation of terrorism, natural disaster, and deteriorating infrastructure, to creating technological systems for optimized investment decisions, the Center serves as a forum for robust discussions and rigorous analysis by real estate professionals and scholars. A major current focus of the Center is the development of advanced applied technology that can be achieved by bridging the gap between the compelling needs of the real estate industry and the advanced research and resources in technology within the extensive Columbia University ecosystem.

Temple Hoyne Buell Center for the Study of American Architecture

The Buell Center was founded in 1982. Its mission is to advance the interdisciplinary study of American architecture, urbanism, and landscape. In recent years, the Center has convened issue-oriented conversations around matters of public concern, such as housing, that are addressed to overlapping constituencies including academics, students, professionals, and members of the general public. The Center's research and programming articulate facts and frameworks that modify key assumptions governing the architectural public sphere—that is, the arena in which informed public analysis and debate about architecture and urbanism takes place. The center is located in

Buell Hall Buell Hall is an academic building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University in New York City. Built in 1885 as Macy Villa, it is the oldest building on Columbia's campus, and the last remaining building at Columbia which dates bac ...

Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting

Columbia Laboratory for Architectural Broadcasting (also known as C-Lab) was founded in 2005 by Jeffrey Inaba. It is an experimental research unit which investigates how cities would evolve and studies urban and architecture issues related to new technologies.

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