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The University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design is the design school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private research university in Philadelphia. It offers degrees in architecture, landscape architecture, city and regional planning, historic preservation, and fine arts, as well as several dual degrees with other graduate schools at the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly known as PennDesign, it was renamed in 2019 after Stuart Weitzman donated an undisclosed sum.[1]
Former name | Graduate School of Fine Arts |
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Motto | Leges sine moribus vanae |
Motto in English | Laws without morals are in vain |
Type | Private design school |
Established | 1868 |
Parent institution | University of Pennsylvania |
President | Amy Gutmann |
Dean | Frederick Steiner |
Academic staff | 140 |
Students | 723 |
Location | , , United States 39°57′08″N 75°11′33″W / 39.95212°N 75.19260°W |
Campus | Urban |
Website | www |
Notable alumni
edit- Julian Abele
- William J. Bain
- Gautam Bhatia (architect)
- Natvar Bhavsar
- Eugenie L. Birch
- Frank L. Bodine
- Eduardo Catalano
- James Corner
- Paul Davidoff
- Frank Miles Day
- Joseph Esherick
- Sheldon Fox
- Marco Frascari
- Bruce Graham
- Charles Gwathmey
- Henry C. Hibbs
- Eric J. Hill
- John Hoke III
- Leicester Bodine Holland
- Louis Kahn
- Stephen Kieran
- A. Eugene Kohn
- William Harold Lee
- Richard Longstreth
- Qingyun Ma
- Louis Magaziner
- Ryota Matsumoto
- Peter McCleary
- Milton Bennett Medary Jr.
- Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg
- Jayson Musson
- Barton Myers
- John Nolen
- Rai Okamoto
- I. M. Pei
- Lionel Pries
- Leslie Richards
- Jenny Sabin
- Adèle Naudé Santos
- Jacolby Satterwhite
- Denise Scott Brown
- Wael Shawky
- Pushkar Sohoni
- James Timberlake
- Anne Tyng
- David A. Wallace
- William Ward Watkin
- Georgina Pope Yeatman
- Lin Huiyin
Gallery
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Fisher Fine Arts Library, designed by Philadelphia architect Frank Furness, houses architecture studios on the 3rd and 4th floors.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ho, Gordon (October 2, 2019). "'We were completely blindsided': PennDesign students frustrated by the school's renaming". The Daily Pennsylvanian.