GSAPP hosts the 2021 Open House for Prospective Students in an online format beginning on October 18, 2021. The Dean, Faculty, students, and alumni offer a range of virtual resources that allow you to learn more about the School and its academic programs through live webinars and online presentations.

Each academic program has a rich offering of virtual resources allowing students to learn more about the faculty and student body; observe live courses and lectures; and explore studio reports, student work, and more.

Additional Admissions Info and Q&A Sessions are scheduled throughout November and December.

Please register below for your program(s) of interest to receive detailed schedules and meeting links:

Monday, October 18

• 10:00AM: Dean’s Welcome and Virtual Tour with Dean Amale Andraos

• 11:00AM: Master of Architecture register

• 11:00AM: MSRED Lunchbox Lecture: Lecture by Michael Kimmelman, NYT

• 12:00PM: M.S. Advanced Architectural Design register

• 12:30PM: M.S. Real Estate Development register

• 1:00PM: M.S. Architecture and Urban Design register

• 2:00PM: M.S. Computational Design Practices register

• 3:00PM: Introduction to the Avery Library

• 4:00PM: M.S. Critical, Curatorial and Conceptual Practices register

• 6:30PM: Lecture by MAIO with Anna Puigjaner, Associate Professor of Professional Practice and Coordinator of the Core I Studios of the M.Arch program more info
  
  
  
  Tuesday, October 19

• 9:00AM: MSAUD Lecture: Practices of Community Engagement

• 1:15PM: LIPS Lecture by Willow Lung-Amam more info

• 7:00PM: M.S. Urban Planning register
  
  
  Thursday, October 21

• 1:00PM: Preservation Lecture: Carlos Mínguez Carrasco ‘12 MSCCCP more info

• 4:00PM: Student Financial Services Info Session register

• 6:00PM: Student Organization Session
  
  
  Friday, October 22

• 4:00PM: Admissions Info and Q&A Session register
  
  
  Thursday, October 28

• 9:00AM: M.S. Historic Preservation register
  
  
  

Columbia GSAPP collaborated with Untapped New York – co-founded by Alumni Board Member Michelle Young (‘12 M.S.UP) – to create a mini-series of podcast episodes designed to explore the architectural and historic highlights of the University and related New York City neighborhoods.

In the first episode, they discuss five spots including Columbia’s Alma Mater sculpture, the Guastavino Dome at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Church’s Labyrinth, Ulysses S. Grant’s Tomb, and the meeting of 125th and 129th Streets.

In the second installment, Michelle Young and Justin Rivers explore neighborhoods in Upper Manhattan where many of GSAPP’s students choose to live. They head from Morningside Heights to Harlem, Hamilton Heights, Washington Heights, and Inwood. Along the way, they point out culinary and cultural highlights of each neighborhood, including NYC’s largest slice at Koronet Pizza in Morningside Heights, Harlem’s Apollo Theater, the Audubon Mural Project in Hamilton Heights, and the many parks and views of Washington Heights. We also hear from Columbia affiliated residents of Harlem and Washington Heights who tell us about why they love their neighborhoods.