Sam Fox School launches Design Openings in Covenant Blu Grand Center neighborhood
The Sam Fox School has announced the launch of Design Openings. Created in collaboration with the Kranzberg Arts Center and the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, this multiyear initiative invites interdisciplinary St. Louis design teams to animate public life in the Covenant Blu Grand Center neighborhood.
Frank Lloyd Wright
2nd Revised Edition
A comprehensive monograph on Frank Lloyd Wright, one of the great masters of modern architecture. This comprehensive monograph on the renowned twentieth-century architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, explores both his major architectural designs and many of his minor projects in detail. Robert McCarter analyses Wright’s work chronologically, exploring each building’s spatial experience, material and tectonic character, […]
Witt named inaugural Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis has named Andrew Witt the inaugural Kavita and Krishna Bharat Professor, a role that focuses on the intersection of artificial intelligence with art, architecture and design, effective Jan. 1. The professorship includes a joint appointment at the McKelvey School of Engineering.
Sam Fox School faculty installation featured at 2025 Exhibit Columbus
“Inside Out,” an exhibition by Sam Fox School faculty Chandler Ahrens, Constance Vale and Kelley Van Dyck Murphy, is featured in the 2025 Exhibit Columbus “Yes And” exhibition in Indiana.
Sam Fox School fall Public Lecture Series begins Sept. 10
Architecture critic and theorist Aaron Betsky, conceptual artist Mark Dion and prominent collector Komal Shah will discuss their work this fall for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis.
Career Catalysts: WashU architecture and design interns leave their mark in St. Louis
Career Catalysts is a series about WashU interns, by WashU interns. In this installment, meet architecture student Bedgid Aurelie Laguerre, who worked at Christner Architects as a CityStudioSTL Fellow. There, she learned that good communication and good design go hand in hand.
Designing a better tomorrow
For landscape architect and urban designer Brendan Wittstruck, architecture is a life of service.
A place to MELT
WashU connections abound at a restorative retreat in Playa El Coco, Nicaragua.
Big small towns
In Rebuilding the American Town, the Sam Fox School’s Patty Heyda helps redefine our understanding of the smaller cities that make up the urban landscape.
WashU architecture in Venice
Six projects created by Sam Fox School faculty, students and alumni are featured in the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale and associated exhibitions.
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