Pitt optimizes space for Master Plan
By Sophia Mastroianni | For The Pitt News
January 26, 2018
Filed under Campus, Top Stories
Pitt’s unconventional hills, sidewalks and parks are what separate the University’s aesthetic from others, Ayers Saint Gross architecture and planning principal Kevin Petersen said. “We want to address the quality, quantity and management of space,” Petersen said. Ayers Saint Gross and Pi...
Pitt invites input for master plan
By Madeline Gavatorta / Staff Writer
September 28, 2017
Filed under Administration, News, Top Stories
Jim Wehner started his first architectural internship focused on improving Pitt’s campus 25 years ago. Wehner, an architect specializing in institutional facilities and campus design at J-Way Architectural and father of two Pitt students, said this is Pitt’s first actual attempt to renovate ...
That’s brutal: A history of Posvar Hall’s architectural stylings
By Matt Singer / Senior Staff Writer
December 3, 2013
Filed under Archives
When Chitra Sharma first toured Pitt as a prospective student, she saw Wesley W. Posvar Hall on a Pitt Pathfinders tour. At the time, she didn’t think that the building was particularly remarkable — nothing about it stuck out as memorable to her. Now, about two and a half years later, Sharma still fin...