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As the Tulane School of Architecture’s community design center, Small Center brings together creative makers and doers working for a better city. We advance community-driven ideas through collaboration, design education and scrappy problem-solving. We work with a variety of nonprofit organizations and community groups to provide design services to communities who are consistently underserved by our field.
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February 19, 2025
2025 Request For Proposals Is Now Open!
Deadline to Submit is April 1st, 2025!
Are you a non-profit or community organization in need of pro-bono design services to support your mission? Read more -
August 30, 2024
2024 Fall Exhibit Opens September 18!
Join us for the opening reception of "What Matter’s Here.?!"
This immersive exhibit, supported by the National Academies of Science Engineering and Medicine’s Gulf Research Program, centers on material legacies throughout the Gulf Coast, exploring histories of resource extraction and showcasing transformative uses of steel, clay, glass and sand. Read more
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March 12, 2024
Summer Opportunities for Students!
Applications Due Friday, April 5th!
We are excited to share two summer opportunities!
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The Design Futures Leadership Forum and the Small Center Public Interest Design Fellowship.