Tyler School of Art & Architecture

For Frankie Napoli, the Philadelphia Flower Show succeeds on every level in promoting the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society’s mission of building community through horticulture. The Flower Show was his initial exposure to horticulture “in a very professional setting,” he said. “To be a part of […]

The history of the Pennsport neighborhood of Philadelphia has been connected to the Delaware River since its inception during Pennsylvania’s colonial era. The first United States Naval Yard started in the 1770s as a private commercial yard located in what is now Pennsport along the Delaware. Over […]

  Tyler Board of Visitors member Laurie Wagman believes in the power of connections that come from exposure to varied experiences. The founder of American Theater Arts for Youth saw this firsthand over the five decades that she and her late husband, businessman Irvin J. Borowsky, built one of the […]

In the summer of 2022, students from the Tyler School of Art and Architecture introduced "The Melody," "The Waggle Run," and the "The Tree House" to Temple Ambler, three sculptures designed for the animal inhabitants of the campus.  Add five more to the growing list. This summer, 28 Tyler School of […]

This summer, 28 Tyler School of Art and Architecture Master of Architecture graduate students, guided by  gained hands-on experience during Special Topics in Site and Context, part of the Tyler Summer Design-Build Institute. The students designed and constructed five sculptures for the animal […]

Landscape Architecture graduating senior Jasmine Henne arrived at her chose profession in what could be considered a roundabout way. “I discovered landscape architecture in high school through a project in English class. There was an essay that we had to write about careers that we were interested […]

In the words of the immortal Dr. Frankenstein, “It’s Alive! Alive!” That’s right, a new corpse flower, Amorphophallus titanum, is set to bloom in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture Greenhouse Education and Research Complex at Temple Ambler in the coming days! The new bloom follows in the […]

Field research is an invaluable tool for researchers across all disciplines at Temple University and well beyond. It provides data in real time in actual environmental conditions. Of course, sometimes those environmental conditions don’t cooperate with the needs of the experiment at hand. “We’ve […]

Months of hard work, dedication and teamwork by the students, faculty and staff in the Tyler School of Art and Architecture's Landscape Architecture and Horticulture programs have been recognized with a stellar showing at the 2023 Philadelphia Flower Show, which continues at the Pennsylvania […]

They dot the landscape throughout the country and well beyond. Old electrical towers. Abandoned power stations. Monuments to changing technology, changing populations, changing needs. Over time, nature will take back those sites, absorbing them once more into the natural environment. That is the […]

In the Tyler School of Art and Architecture Greenhouse Education and Research Complex at Temple Ambler, a bit of horticultural magic is taking place. Benjamin Snyder, Manager of the Tyler School of Art and Architecture Greenhouse Education and Research Complex at Temple Ambler, Temple Horticulture […]

A dedicated group of Tyler School of Art and Architecture Master of Landscape Architecture students and faculty, Park Ranger Law Enforcement Academy cadets, Ambler Arboretum horticulture staff, and Recreation, Outdoor Education and Wellness staff recently came together for the culmination of an […]

What is it that spurs students to pursue careers in landscape architecture today? According to Torey Carter-Conneen, Chief Executive Officer of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), students “continue to be inspired by design.” “As travel has opened up, I have had the opportunity to […]

Tyler School of Art and Architecture student Emely Fernandez has always been a do-it-yourselfer. “My journey to Architecture has been a long one. When I was younger, my parents had just immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic; we didn’t have the money to buy things like Barbie dream […]

For centuries, lavender and other shades of purple have carried significant meaning in the LGBTQ community. However, early references in film and radio often poked fun at men and women who broke gender norms and carried a “streak of lavender.” The “Lavender Menace” feminist collective bravely […]