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Architect Francis Kéré to speak April 1

Francis Kéré’s buildings are at once humble and revolutionary — poetic, light-filled structures internationally celebrated for engaging regional craft traditions and indigenous, eco-friendly materials

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Derek Hoeferlin Releases Book on Three Major Watersheds Panel and Workshop at Pulitzer Arts Foundation April 3

Derek Hoeferlin, associate professor and chair of landscape architecture & urban design, released his book “Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture” this month.

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The air that inhabits: 2023 MFA in Visual Art Thesis Exhibition to open April 8

Eleven MFA in Visual Art candidates from Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will show their work at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

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Olivia Baba, BFA '23, and Connor Seger, BFA '23, win Fashion Scholarship Fund honors

Baba is one of four finalists for the $25,000 Chairman’s Prize to be awarded April 3.

The Lycée Schorge Secondary School in Koudougou, Burkina Faso

Satellite view of earth highlighting the Mississippi River

Derek Hoeferlin, associate professor and chair of landscape architecture & urban design, released his book “Way Beyond Bigness: The Need for a Watershed Architecture” this month.

Eleven MFA in Visual Art candidates from Washington University’s Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts will show their work at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

Baba is one of four finalists for the $25,000 Chairman’s Prize to be awarded April 3.

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