- Apply Now
- BFA Admissions
- About Moore
- BFA Programs
- Post-Baccalaureate
- Graduate Programs
- Continuing Education
- Youth Programs
- Career Focus at Moore
- Student Life
- Alumnae
- Give to Moore
- For...
Brilliant Simplicity
On February 12, 2011 the MFA Program in Interior Design hosted a design challenge to its MFA students. Three teams were formed to provide design solutions to La Primavera, a coffee shop in Center City Philadelphia. After visiting the site, Graduate Program Manager Margaret Leahy presented the challenge. The teams broke out to work, research, and then came back together for final presentations at 4pm the same day.
For Immediate Release
January 3, 2011
(Philadelphia, PA) Moore College of Art & Design is pleased to announce the appointment of Margaret Leahy as Graduate Program Manager in Interior Design at Moore College of Art & Design. Margaret served eleven years as the BFA Chair of Interior Design before returning to teaching full-time in fall 2009. Margaret's passion about socially responsible design along with her outstanding leadership will further strengthen the graduate programs and help it build a stronger future as it goes forward.
Educated at Duke University and Pratt Institute, from which she received an MS in environmental design, Margaret…
The Interior Design Graduate Program at Moore College of Art & Design will sponsor a day-long symposium on the concepts and practicalities of cohousing in the United States. Charles Durrett, architect and author of the seminal text on cohousing, will deliver the keynote presentation. Several shorter presentations by leaders in the field will follow, each of which will briefly cover specific components and aspects of cohousing communities. The afternoon will consist of two sessions of workshops expanding upon the morning presentations.
Cohousing communities can best be described as neighborhoods created with the future residents to best represent their needs, wants and…
