Events

LECTURE: Dan Etheridge

lecture series

Monday, March 30, 2026 | 5:15pm - 7pm CT

Invited lecture "Climate Disaster and Reconstruction in Australia: the Living Lab Northern Rivers mode," featuring Dan Etheridge, Engagement Director, Living Lab Northern Rivers. This lecture is part of the 2025-26 Lecture Series and Public Programs, themed "Common Good."

Sponsored by the Albert and Tina Small Center for Collaborative Design.

Graduate Open House

STUDENT EVENTs

Thursday, April 2, 2026 | 2:30pm CT
Friday, April 3, 2026 | 8:15am CT

This is the premier event for admitted students in all graduate programs to explore all that the Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment has to offer!

Reimagining Generative Design

symposium & Exhibition

Opening Reception | Friday, April 3, 2026
Symposium | Saturday, April 4, 2026
Exhibition | Friday, April 3 to Monday, April 20, 2026

Amid ongoing fascination with the novelty and technical capabilities of contemporary artificial
intelligence (AI) systems, Reimagining Generative Design challenges the notion that AI constitutes a new beginning in architecture without a past.

Give Green 2026

Annual giving day

April 7-8, 2026

Show your support for the School of Architecture and Built Environment during Tulane's annual giving day: Give Green. The school Dean’s Advisory Council (DAC) challenges alumni, supporters, and friends to make a gift during Give Green. All contributions will be matched by the DAC dollar for dollar, up to $32,000. The school's specific Give Green page will be "live" on April 7, 2026.

“Water Paradoxes” Atacama Desert Project Symposium

SYMPOSIUM

Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 9:30am - 3:40pm CT

Through provocative discussions and cross-disciplinary exchange, the symposium seeks to rethink how we understand and respond to the intertwined challenges of global warming, water scarcity, and desertification. Registration is open.

Sponsored by the Center on Climate Change and Urbanism and the Saul A. Mintz Global Research Studios at Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment.

2026 Design Showcase + Runway Show

Public Events

Thursday, April 30, 2026 | 6:00pm - 9:00pm CT

The annual Design Showcase + Runway Show is back for its 4th year, featuring studio work from 8 Design courses and over 100 students. Celebrate the creative growth and academic success of our students over food, drinks, and music! This event is free and open to all.

Diploma Ceremony

Commencement 2026

Friday, May 15, 2026 | 1:00pm CT

The Tulane School of Architecture and Built Environment will hold its diploma ceremony in the Avron B. Fogelman Arena in the Devlin Fieldhouse on Tulane's Uptown Campus. A reception for graduation students, families, and friends will follow. Full Tulane Commencement information can be found at commencement.tulane.edu.

Lecture Series and Public Programs

Public Events

Fall 2025 - Spring 2026

This lecture series and programming – in parallel with the school's next issue of The ReView: The Common Good book to be launched January 2026 – explores the values around what Michael Sandel defines as “practical wisdom” and “civic virtue,” about building long-term relationships, about a sense of agency, shared responsibility and ownership, and about a strategic and holistic vision that embraces all the disciplines of the built environment. A built environment that is alive and meaningful only when it works for the common good.