Painting Series

Academic Work

Ex Libris All

Library for a Commons Future

In a backdrop of privatization and state apathy, how can the organizational and architectural model of the library leverage its institutional history to the nurturing of a commons institution?

Carnegie Mellon Master of Urban Design Thesis (2019)

Glitch

Solidarity and the Right to Solitude

Today’s lack of disconnect blurs the lines between physical and virtual, public and private, and individual and collective. Within these dichotomous networks lies the potential to reframe reality as a stage for self-actualization.

Penn State Bachelor of Architecture Thesis (2017)

Permeating the Identity Frontier

Astronomy and the Other

Inventing frontiers involves the construction of the outline of "the other," separating our definable, visible bodies and the unknowable, unimaginable fabric of the wild sky.

Stewardson Competition Finalist (2017)

Farm as Fiction

Revealing Complexity of Field-to-Fork

Exposing the soil and inviting visitors through a day of harvesting and food preparation provides a tangible representation of the complexity of food production.

Studio Design Excellence Award Recipient (2016)

About

I’m an urban designer based in Pittsburgh.

Project Manager at Urban Design Associates

Master of Urban Design, Carnegie Mellon University, 2019

Bachelor of Architecture, Penn State University, 2017

Affiliations

American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Institute for Classical Architecture and Art (ICAA)

Contact

lefkowitz.rebecca@gmail.com

Recognition

2023 Recipient of Christopher H. Browne Fellowship through the ICAA

2018 Recipient of Gindroz Travel Prize

2017 Recipient of College of Arts & Architecture Creative Achievement medal

2017 State Finalist of Stewardson Competition

2016 Recipient of Studio Design Excellence Award at Penn State Stuckeman School

2015 Hajjar Competition First Prize

2014 National Concrete Masonry Association Competition First Prize