January 22, 2025
Author: Wanda Motley Odom
Billy Fleming, an interdisciplinary scholar of climate justice and the built environment and founding co-director of the Climate and Community Institute, a progressive think-tank focused on climate and political economy, has joined the Tyler community as an Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture.Fleming is renowned for his research on clean energy supply chains, social and abolitionist movements in rural landscapes, land-based practices of carbon management, and the communities transformed by each.
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November 11, 2024
Author: Wanda Motley Odom
Tyler alum Marguerite Anglin's (BSArch '01) path from architecture student to the Public Art Director at Creative Philadelphia, the city’s office for arts and culture, showcases the power of interdisciplinary thinking and the lasting impact of the strong educational foundation that Tyler provides. Anglin's journey into architecture wasn't a straightforward one. Initially interested in fashion design, she was steered toward more technical fields by her parents. At a summer camp for business and engineering, a counselor introduced Anglin to architecture – a discipline that balanced her creative and analytical sides perfectly. Diving into Architecture at Tyler At Tyler, Anglin immersed herself in the architecture program.
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October 18, 2024
Author: Wanda Motley Odom
Professor Byron Wolfe is an accomplished photographer whose work is widely published and exhibited, a Guggenheim Fellow, and the current chair of the Art Department at the Tyler School of Art and Architecture.He is passionate about collaborative research projects that investigate topics that span the visual arts, humanities and natural sciences, and uses photography and other visualization tools to tell stories that reflect upon broader notions of culture and the constructions of landscape, perception and time.
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September 16, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
In the Fall 2024 semester, Tyler faculty members Mariola Alvarez and Pablo Meninato are co-teaching a seminar that explores artistic and architectural developments that have taken place in the largest city in Latin America – São Paulo, Brazil – from the early 20th century through the present day.
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September 3, 2024
Author: Wanda Motley Odom
When international student and Architecture major Beamlak Sahle (BSArch ’25) returns to her home country of Ethiopia after graduation next May, she hopes to revolutionize the way buildings are constructed in the African nation, especially in rural areas.“I would like to solve a lot of design problems when it comes to infrastructure,” said Sahle, adding that she is particularly interested in schools and hospitals. “I would like to introduce a community-oriented design approach and bring back natural building technologies to help improve the living conditions of the people.”
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August 28, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" As young people advance in their education and contemplate their future careers, this question becomes more pressing. For youth from underrepresented minority groups, opting for a career in architecture remains statistically less likely; in the United States, the field remains largely dominated by white men.
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August 9, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
Tyler architecture students designed structures to inspire stalls that will be built at the Southeast Asian Market's permanent site in Philadelphia's FDR Park as part of a two-part elective studio over spring and summer 2024. These courses featured a mix of students in Tyler’s architecture 4+1 program—an accelerated degree track leading to a bachelor of science in architecture and then a master of architecture—and graduate students enrolled in the two- and three-year track master of architecture programs.
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July 18, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
Tyler Professor of Architecture Jeffrey S. Nesbit has published a new book that examines the 20th-century American rocket launch complex at the intersection of architecture, infrastructure, and aerospace history. Ground Control: A Design History of Technical Lands and NASA’s Space Complex (Routledge, 2024) surveys the architectural histories and aesthetic considerations that helped to develop America’s public image of early space exploration.
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May 20, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
Tyler Architecture student Russell Berg (BS Historic Preservation ‘24) has been recognized as a 2023-2024 Livingstone Undergraduate Research Award winner by Temple University Libraries. Berg was one of six students selected for the annual award, which celebrates excellence in undergraduate research projects across various disciplines.
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May 3, 2024
Author: Alina Ladyzhensky
Tyler School of Art and Architecture Associate Professor Pablo Meninato has released a new book titled Urban Labyrinths. Informal Settlements, Architecture, and Social Change in Latin America. Published by Routledge and co-authored with Gregory Marinic, the book explores how contemporary architects, researchers, and other stakeholders have developed innovative urban design tactics that enhance the quality of life in informal settlements built by migrants across Latin America.
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