Architecture
Confidence and Community
A semester-long design studio project, where students were tasked with proposing a community theater, pushed two architecture students out of their comfort zone. What they discovered is their appreciation for community and their place in their future profession.
Applauding Students’ Architecture and Design Work
School of Architecture and Design students are recognized for their academic work at MIT’s Reality Hack and in Metropolis magazine’s Future100.
NOMA Competition: Reimagining Kansas City
Twelve architecture students competed in the 2025 Barbara G. Laurie Student Design Competition sponsored by the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA) to propose a model for housing that prioritizes those vulnerable to racialized disinvestment.
Community Building
Working on the Institute for Public Architecture’s Modeling Community Visions for a Future Without the BQE project, Marcus Wilford (B. Arch. ’16) turned to his alma mater for support.
Intern Insight: Shikha Gandhi
Architecture student Shikha Gandhi’s internship with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection offered everything she hoped for as an aspiring sustainable and community-centered architect.
Intern Insight: It Takes Two
Graduate architecture students Yeisy Batista Perez and Angela Madrigal spent five months interning with the well-known, Manhattan-based architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox.
Edward Guiliano Global Fellows: Culture Across Continents
Under the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship program, seven students traveled the globe, broadening their perspectives and working on transformational research projects.
Empowered to Design
Architecture student Yulissa Luciano received the AIA Bronx Student Empowerment Award, commending her dedication and talent in the field.
Interns Join H2M as Full-Time Employees
Following the successful completion of their summer 2024 internships, three School of Architecture and Design students have accepted full-time positions at H2M architects + engineers.
Student Architects Have Their Future by Design
Architecture students Katrina Deicmane and Madeline Metzler teamed up to work on a design project, earning them an honor from the Society of American Registered Architects.