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From Drought to Flood: Solutions for Extreme Climate Events in Monterrey, Mexico
In 2022 and 2023, Monterrey, Mexico’s second largest city, experienced a critical shortage of water…
A New Future for a Colonial Fort in Ghana
The village of Ada Foah sits on the coast of Ghana where the Volta River…
Remembering George Baird, 1939–2023
The architect and scholar George Baird served on the faculty at the Harvard University Graduate…
Design and Time: An Interview with Offshore
The public program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design features speakers in the…
Disguised Density: An Excerpt from “The State of Housing Design 2023”
This essay is an excerpt from The State of Housing Design 2023, a book published…
The Plan for a More Sustainable and Accessible Gund Hall
This fall, teams of workers at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design began the…
How Public Health Methods Can Bolster Socially Conscious Urban Development
Cities today are faced with complex challenges that require careful decisions about the future of…
Architect of the Two-by-Four: Jean-Louis Cohen on Frank Gehry’s Drawings
In 2020, Cahiers d’art published Frank Gehry: Catalogue Raisonné of the Drawings Vol I,…
“A Radical Obvious Idea”: “Carceral Landscapes” Confronts the Role of Design in Mass Incarceration
Melanie Newport delivers her presentation “A Bigger, Better Jail: Jail Overcrowding and the Making of…
Theaster Gates and Karel Miler’s “Actions”: An Excerpt from “Pairs 4”
Pairs 4, edited by Isabel Lewis, Adrea Piazza, and Andrea Sandell Pairs is a student-led journal…
Announcements
Niall Kirkwood Appointed Charles Eliot Professor of Landscape Architecture
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces Niall Kirkwood as…
Malkit Shoshan Appointed 2024 Senior Loeb Scholar
Malkit Shoshan, Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design at…
Harvard GSD Announces 2024 Wheelwright Prize Cycle
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce the 2024 cycle…
Curry J. Hackett MAUD ’24 and Gabriel Jean-Paul Soomar MArch II ’24, MDes ’24 Win the Radcliffe Institute Public Art Competition
Harvard Radcliffe Institute recently announced Curry J. Hackett MAUD ’24 and Gabriel Jean-Paul…
Adam Longenbach Receives 2023 Carter Manny Award Citation of Special Recognition
Adam Longenbach, a doctoral candidate in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning, was…
Martin Bechthold, Holly Samuelson, and Amy Whitesides Receive Project Funding from the Salata Institute Seed Grant Program
The GSD’s Martin Bechthold, Holly Samuelson, and Amy Whitesides are among the grant…
Announcing the Harvard GSD Fall 2023 Public Program
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces its Fall 2023 schedule of public programs…
Welcoming 2023-2024 Pollman Fellow Tosin Fateye
2023-2024 Pollman Fellow Tosin Fateye The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased…
The Black in Design Conference 2023 Receives Graham Foundation Grant
The Black Home, Black in Design Conference 2023, organized by Dora…
Additional Leadership Transitions for the 2023-2024 Academic Year
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces additional leadership changes across academic…