Pressing Matters 7

With approximately 310 graduate students, the Graduate Architecture Department is comprised of design studios, exhibition spaces, classrooms, and offices, a facility that includes state-of-the-art laboratories for computing and fabrication and two advanced research labs: the Digital Design Research Lab and the Building Simulation Group. PennDesign has also introduced 3-D printers in the newly renovated studio spaces and a brand new Robotic lab. The Graduate Architecture Department is currently ranked seventh in nationwide ratings of Graduate Architecture Departments. SELLING POINTS: Pressing Matters VII captures the next-generation design and research facilitated by the Department of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania The graduate program in the Department of Architecture is currently ranked seventh in nationwide ratings by DesignIntelligence 300 colour images