3/2026
Here to Stay: Architecture After Arrival opened March 30, 2026 at the Chicago Architecture Center’s Usher Lambe Gallery, presenting the work of the inaugural Princeton | CAC Fellows.
The Princeton | Chicago Architecture Center Fellowship supports early-career architects in developing independent, public-facing work at the start of their professional practice. The inaugural brief, Re: Settlement, asked architects to propose civic architecture that treats immigrant welcome as permanent infrastructure rather than emergency response.
T.K. Justin Ng proposed River Commons, a civic landmark along the Chicago waterfront. Yotam Oron designed This is not a Shelter, reimagining how Chicago houses its newest residents through collective land ownership. Leslie Ponce-Diaz designed an educational and ecological sanctuary for migrant youth, rooted in her own experience as the child of Mexican immigrants.
03/25
A new essay by Dasha Kuletskaya, a recipient of the Princeton | Places Urban Imagination Prize, has been published in Places Journal
“Solidarities, After Socialism,” by architect and urban scholar Dasha Kuletskaya, tells the story of the struggle for control of public space — and for democracy — in post-Soviet Belarus. Recalling the enormous crowds that protested in the streets of Minsk against the regime of Alexander Lukashenko, Kuletskaya explores the transformative power of “small, daily acts of solidarity, defined in opposition to the state.”
Kuletskaya’s research is published through a collaboration between Places Journal and the Princeton Urban Imagination Center at Princeton University’s School of Architecture. Established in 2020, the Princeton | Places Urban Imagination Prize aims to encourage ambitious long-form public scholarship broadly focused on cities and urban issues.
Born in Minsk, Dasha Kuletskaya is an architect and researcher focusing on the interconnection of architecture and economy in the context of contemporary capitalism.
5/2023
PUIC supported The Floating Cypher, a roundtable discussion organized by the Black Reconstruction Collective during the opening days of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023. Photography courtesy V. Mitch McEwen.
08/08/2022
PUIC Director Marshall Brown was in discussion with Dezeen on sustainability and livability in the 170-kilometer linear megacity proposed by the Saudi Arabian government. Read the article here.
03/31/2021
PUIC congratulates Professor V. Mitch McEwen on her participation in “Reconstructions: Architecture and Blackness in America” at the Museum of Modern Art. Her project R:R is featured in this review from ARTnews.
03/19/2021
PUIC Director Marshall Brown was in conversation about the Power of Description for Manifest Journal of the Americas, sponsored by the Princeton Mellon Initiative. Watch the video here.
11/24/2020
The Princeton | Places Urban Imagination Prize
PUIC, in collaboration with Places Journal, has awarded Dr. Shoshana R. Goldstein the inaugural Urban Imagination Prize to support her scholastic writing proposal, “The Urban Exodus: Mobility Justice for India’s Migrants in the Age of Covid-19,” for publication in Places Journal and for presentation in a public lecture sponsored by PUIC. Read more here.
4/16/2020
Field Notes on Pandemic Teaching #2 :
A narrative survey of educators on the challenges of the massive transition to online teaching. Director Marshall Brown shared his thoughts on online education platforms. More information.
9/19/2019
The multi-disciplinary artist Olivier Tarpaga’s new work “I Guess You Solved the Question” premiered to a sold-out audience during the Chicago Architecture Biennial. Photos of the performance.
4/26/2019
Students Participate in Urban Agent Boot Camp #3: Urban Exploration with Helene Koch. Photos of Urban Agent Boot Camps.
3/25/2019
Recurrent Visions: The Architecture of Marshall Brown Projects opens at Princeton University School of Architecture, North Gallery. On view until May 3rd, this selection of work by architect Marshall Brown reimagines the future by revisiting the legacy of modern architecture.
3/8/2019
Students Participate in Urban Agent Boot Camp #2: Storytelling for Influence with Second City. Photos of Urban Agent Boot Camps.
1/19/2019
PUIC Director Marshall Brown participates in the Urban IQ Test Conference at the University of Toronto. Watch his talk, a case study on rhetorics and metrics of urban intelligence (presentation runs from 1:33-1:48).
11/16/2018
Princeton students studying Architecture and Urban Studies participated in a field trip to the Museum of Modern Art to see the exhibitions “Bodys Isek Kingelez: City Dreams” and “Towards a Concrete Utopia: Architecture in Yugoslavia, 1948-1980.” The Center for Architecture, Urbanism and Infrastructure (PUIC) and the Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism and the Humanities co-sponsored the event, which included a tour by MoMA curator Hillary Reder.
10/24/2018
PUIC Director Marshall Brown participated in the 6th NYC Symposium on Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV). Image: Kaan Ozbay
9/18/2018
PUIC Director Marshall Brown is featured in a new report on Driverless Futures from the SPACE 10 Living Lab in Copenhagen. Download the report here.
9/7/2018
PUIC Director Marshall Brown is featured in a new report on Driverless Futures from the SPACE 10 Living Lab in Copenhagen. Download the report here. 9/7/2018 PUIC Director Marshall Brown participated in a panel discussing the documentary film, Land Grab, at the University of Kentucky, together with John Hantz, owner of Hantz Woodlands in Detroit. The discussion was moderated by Gretchen Milliken, director of advanced planning for Louisville Metro Government. PUIC Director Marshall Brown is featured in a new report on Driverless Futures from the SPACE 10 Living Lab in Copenhagen. Download the report here.
7/6/2018
The PBS Documentary 10 Streets that Changed America includes commentary from PUIC Director Marshall Brown.