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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.

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The Lycée Schorge Secondary School in Koudougou, Burkina Faso

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

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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