‘Segregation by Design’ seminar to be offered in fall
It has been 48 years since the passage of the Fair Housing Act, yet most American cities — St. Louis included — remain deeply segregated. Next fall, faculty from Washington University in St. Louis and Harris-Stowe State University will present “Segregation by Design,” an interdisciplinary seminar that examines the role of planning and design in fostering and maintaining segregation.
Corcoran presents ‘Reading Time’ at COCA
Heather Corcoran, director of the College and Graduate School of Art in the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, has an exhibition on view through May 21 at COCA. It’s called “Reading Time Across Words and Numbers: Visualization Projects.”
Architecture and the ‘Anti Object’
Kengo Kuma, one of Japan’s most Influential architects and theorists, will discuss his work May 4 for the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts spring Public Lecture Series.
Media Advisory: Washington University Fashion Design Show
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis will present its 87th annual Fashion Design Show April 24 at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park.
‘Carmon Colangelo: Theory of Nothing’ show on view
In “Theory of Nothing,” Carmon Colangelo, dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, presents his eighth solo show with St. Louis’ Bruno David Gallery.
A radical plan to save the delta
An international cohort of designers, engineers, hydrologists, planners and other professionals — along with a handful of Washington University faculty, students and young alumni — have won a global competition charged with developing a 100-year plan for stabilizing the Mississippi River delta. A delta, says the Sam Fox School’s John Hoal, that’s on life support.
From gowns and grotesques to the little black dress
The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will present its 87th annual Fashion Design Show April 24 at the Missouri History Museum. The show will feature dozens of models wearing scores of outfits by more than 20 sophomore, junior and senior fashion design students.
Sam Fox School recognizes distinguished alumni
Denver-based artist, architect, businessman, designer and philanthropist Ralph J. Nagel is among seven alumni to be honored March 31 as part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts annual Awards for Distinction dinner.
Alberti Program wins national architecture honors
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the AIA Office of Diversity and Inclusion have selected the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts’ Alberti Program: Architecture for Young People as the 2016 honoree of the AIA Diversity Recognition Program.
PXSTL: Architecture as urban catalyst
Architect Amanda Williams and artist/educator Andres L. Hernandez have won the 2015–17 iteration of PXSTL, an international design-build commission organized by the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.
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