Stories about studios + projects
New Directions in Teaching
Six faculty members win 2050 Fund grants to pursue exciting new initiatives this fall.
West Side Story
Pakistani native Farhan Mian BArch 14 has made midtown Manhattan his home away from home since starting at RISD in 2009.
Conflict Hits Home in Syria
Syrian-American activist Lina Sergie Attar MArch 01 spoke at RISD on Tuesday, May 6, imploring students not to ignore the devastation taking place in her home country.
Arch drawing curriculum 13
For the 70 first-year graduate and undergraduate students required to take the fall 2012 course Architectural Projection, the first assignment couldn’t have been more straightforward.
Working with American Treasures
Over Veterans Day weekend Abraham Lincoln’s “reading copy” of the Gettysburg Address was added to The Civil War in America, an exhibition on view through January 4, 2014 at the Library of Congress (LOC) in Washington, DC.
RISD Celebrates Leaders in Art and Design
On Saturday, May 31, four leaders in contemporary culture will celebrate with approximately 700 bachelor’s and master’s degree recipients at RISD’s 2014 Commencement ceremony.
Exploring the Future of Education
The first recipients of RISD 2050 Fund grants imagine radical changes in art and design education in response to a rapidly changing world.
High-Tech HAUS Takes Shape
Although summer feels far away, a team of students from RISD, Brown and the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt in Germany is hard at work building a full-scale house in time for this summer’s 2014 Solar Decathlon Europe competition in Versailles, France.
Vásquez to Accept 2014 Alumni Award
At RISD’s Commencement ceremony on May 31, the RISD Alumni Association will present architect and social justice advocate Hildegard Vásquez BArch 94 with its 2014 Alumni Award for Professional Achievement.