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Architecture

Photo of Blair Kamin, donning an Amherst sweatshirt.

From Milliken Dorm to the Tribune Tower — Alumni Profile, Blair Kamin ’79

For 28 years as The Chicago Tribune’s architecture critic, Blair Kamin ’79 examined the “forces that shape the built world.” Known on campus as the author of Amherst‘s architecture tour guide, his columns earned him a Pulitzer Prize and once ignited a feud with Donald Trump.
Leo Kamin '25 Nov 10, 2023
Blum’s headshot.

Inside the Walls of Tech and Architecture — Alumni Profile, Andrew Blum ’99.

Architecture and technology writer Andrew Blum ’99 may have started his journalism career writing about cookies, but he now answers questions as big as “where is the internet?”
Sarah Weiner '24 Nov 10, 2023
Lyceum Offers New Classrooms, Offices, Common Spaces

Lyceum Offers New Classrooms, Offices, Common Spaces

The new building, which blends modern construction materials with classic New England architecture, will house the history department and the Center for Humanistic Inquiry.
Dustin Copeland '25 Sep 6, 2023

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