Harvard GSD: All News http://www.gsd.harvard.edu Arthur Huang (MArch '04) of Miniwiz Named NYC Venture Fellow http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <p>Arthur Huang (MArch '04), co-founder of Miniwiz SED, has been selected as the first Taiwanese entrepreneur for the New York City Economic Development Corporation&rsquo;s Venture Fellows program.</p> Alumni News 508682 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Viking publishes children's book by Deborah Freedman (MArch '86) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <a href="http://www.deborahfreedman.net/">Deborah Freedman</a><span>&nbsp;(MArch '86) has left the practice of architecture to build worlds in children's picture books.</span><span>&nbsp;</span><em><a href="http://www.deborahfreedman.net/book/bluechicken.html">Blue Chicken</a></em><span>&nbsp;was released by Viking in 2011 to three starred reviews from Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, and School Library Journal, and was on Kirkus's list of "Best Children's Books of 2011".&nbsp;</span> Alumni News 508681 Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Jill Desimini and Jane Hutton speak at University College London http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 508695 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Steven Landau (MArch '86) develops Talking Tactile Campus Model http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <span>Steven Landau (MArch '86) of Touch Graphics, Inc. developed the Talking Tactile Campus Model at Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, MA.&nbsp;</span> Alumni News 508683 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Ben Ledbetter (MArch '84) wins Construction Award for 2011 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <span>A recently completed project by Ben Ledbetter (MArch '84) has won first place in the Connecticut Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors Excellence in Construction Awards for 2011.&nbsp;</span> Alumni News 508684 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Spedstudio to design Aalst Masterplan http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <p>Venice-based Spedstudio, founded by Saverio Panata (MArch '08), has won the competiton for the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spedstudio.com/web/project_detail.php?valo=e_11_27">Aalst masterplan</a>&nbsp;in Belgium. The integrated schematic design for 40 hectares will include 800 dwellings.</p> Alumni News 508685 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Eric Randolph (MArch '86) designing soccer stadium in Sao Paulo http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <p class="p1">Eric Randolph (MArch '86) is designing a new soccer stadium in Sao Paulo, Brasil, for the Corinthians F.C. Randolph is a Sports practice project manager at the Gensler&ndash;<span>Los Angeles</span>&nbsp;office.</p> Alumni News 508686 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Timothy Twomey (MArch '78) elevated to AIA College of Fellows http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <span>The 2012 Jury of Fellows from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has elevated&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.rtkl.com/">RTKL</a><span>&rsquo;s Timothy Twomey, MArch '78, to its prestigious College of Fellows, an honor awarded to members who have made significant contributions to the profession.</span> Alumni News 508687 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Christopher Lee designs BMW Olympic Pavilion http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <p>BMW recently revealed plans for the&nbsp;2012 Olympic Pavilion&nbsp;in London, designed by Serie co-founder and&nbsp;GSD Design Critic in Architecture,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/christopherlee.html">Christopher Lee</a>.&nbsp;</p> Faculty News 508691 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 GSD Faculty and Alumni speak at Yale SOA drawing conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <span>Over the weekend of February 9, Yale School of Architecture hosted the symposium&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/events/symposia/spring2012">"Is Drawing Dead?"</a><span>&nbsp;to question the historic role of drawing in an architectural practice now focused on parametric modeling, computational design, digital design and fabrication, and Building Information Management (BIM).</span> Alumni News 508692 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 "The Garden in the Machine" featured at MoMA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <span>&ldquo;The Garden in the Machine,&rdquo; a collaborative project by an interdisciplinary team led by Jeanne Gang (MArch '93) which includes Roberta M. Feldman, Theaster Gates (Loeb Fellow '11), Greg Lindsay, Kate Orff (MLA '97), and Rafi Segal (Design Critic in Urban Planning and Design), will be on display at&nbsp;</span><a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1230">The Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream</a><span>&nbsp;exhibition to open at the Museum of Modern Art on February 15, 2012. The project proposes a new plan for transforming Cicero, a former factory town outside Chicago, and reimagines the remains of the suburb's industry to transform it into an "arrival city."</span> Alumni News 508679 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Students expand professional experience over J-Term http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss In the inaugural year of off-campus J-Term externships, students expanded their experience in non-profit research, public arts design, and architecture and landscape practice between the fall and spring semesters. Students were paired with alumni for a two-week mentorship to broaden their disciplinary outreach and develop specific skill sets. Alumni News 508680 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Andre Kikoski (MArch '95) receives 2012 AIA Honor Award for The Wright http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508635 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 -0500 Yugon Kim (MArch '04) Completes Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Extension with Renzo Piano Building Workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508636 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Richard Kuhn (MArch '87) wins AIA/NC 2011 Honor Award for Tenley Friendship Library http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss The library received one of only two AIA/NC Honor Awards within the state.&nbsp; Alumni News 508637 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Susan Pepple (MCRP '80) Awarded the MaHIMA Champion Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508638 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Felipe Correa to speak at Princeton/UCLA Watershed Workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 508576 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:00:00 -0500 Joan Busquets receives Prix spécial de l’Urbanisme http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 508325 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Charles Waldheim delivers Timothy Egan Lenahan Memorial Lecture at Yale University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 508271 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0500 James Leng (MArch '13) wins first prize in suckerPunch competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Student News 508232 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:00:00 -0500 Eugenio Simonetti (MAUD '08) designs LEED Silver office tower in Santiago, Chile http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508204 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 John Ronan Architects wins AIA National Honor Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508205 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Sarah Graham (MArch '82) holds book signing at Swissnex San Francisco http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508206 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Francisco Rodriguez (MArch '97) and Darwin Marrero (MAUD '09) co-edit book http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508143 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Bernardo Maldonado (MAUD '08) appointed senior project manager for Arboleda Development in San Pedro, Mexico http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508144 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Jessica Bridger (MLA '09) wins Jaap Bakema Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 508184 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Edward Baum (MArch '64) receives American Architecture Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507944 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Princeton Architectural Press releases Reveal: Studio Gang Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507945 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 David Goodman (MArch '01) co-authors An Introduction to Architectural Theory: 1968 to the Present. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507946 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Professor Hashim Sarkis visits members of the Harvard Club of Hong Kong http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507947 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Michael Murphy (MArch '11) Featured in the Boston Globe http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507948 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Ivan Depena (MArch '98) Completes "Reflection" Installation at Miami Government Center http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507949 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Places/Design Observer publishes three essays by David Heymann (MArch '88) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507950 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507943 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:00 -0500 Susannah Drake's dlandstudio among winners of YUL-MTL: Moving Landscape International Ideas Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507899 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 08:00:00 -0500 Jerold Kayden's Zoning the City conference—"Planning NYC's next 50 years" http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507867 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Loeb Fellow Anna Heringer elected as International Fellow by Royal Institute of British Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 507830 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Pierre Belanger receives first prize in Dubendorf Airport design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507822 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Tye Farrow (MAUD ’92) and Farrow Partnership Team selected for South African Ministry of Health Care “Centre of Influence” projects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Jury members from five continents have selected Farrow Partnership&rsquo;s team as the winner in response to an open design brief, which called for a new type of health centre. Alumni News 507811 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Susan Chin (LF '00) appointed Executive Director at the Design Trust for Public Space http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507812 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Ralph Johnson (MArch '73) designs Tinkham Veale University Center at Case Western Reserve University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507814 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Alpa Nawre (MLAUD '11) speaks at European New Towns & Pilot Cities EAST workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507816 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 J. Scott Kilbourn (MArch ’83) joins Perkins Eastman as Principal and COO of international operations http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507817 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 ORO Editions releases Distillations: The Architecture of Margaret McCurry (LF '87) http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507818 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Raveevarn Choksombatchai (MLA '86, MArch '87) profiled in New York Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507823 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 01:00:00 -0500 Philip G. Freelon, LF '90, appointed to Commission of Fine Arts by President Obama http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 507807 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Chen Chen (MLA1 '13) selected for 2012 Rotterdam Architecture Biennial http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Chen Chen (MLA1 '13) has been selected to exhibit her design project&mdash;Willets Point, Delta City&mdash;at the Rotterdam Architecture Biennial 2012.<br /> Student News 507800 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Loeb Fellow Andres Lepik is new director of TU Munich Architecture Museum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 507761 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Martha Schwartz inducted into College of Fellows of the American Society of Landscape Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/marthaschwartz.html">Martha Schwartz</a>, Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, was nominated by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects in the Works Category. Faculty News 507757 Sat, 03 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Mariana Ibanez, Cameron Wu, shortlisted for MoMA/PS1 Young Architects Program http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507717 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Kimberly Garza, MLA '11, Andrew ten Brink, MLA '10, win Capitol Mall design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507719 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 The Labor of Production: Marina Abramović Speaks on Performance Art at the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Research News 507708 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 12:00:00 -0500 DesignIntelligence names Charles Waldheim among most admired design educators in U.S. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507700 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Joan Busquets receives 2011 Erasmus Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507703 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Michael Van Valkenburgh, 2011 ASLA Design Medal Recipient http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507696 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Jinhee Park, MArch '02, named Top Architect in Marie Claire Women on Top Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507629 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Nina Chase (MLA ’12) and Anna Cawrse (MLA ’12) winners of the Institute for Urban Design’s ideas competition, “By the City/For the City” http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Student News 507583 Fri, 11 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Assistant Professor Felipe Correa featured in revista Arquine of Mexico http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507540 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Chris Reed's CityDeck earns Top Honor Award from Waterfront Center http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507544 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Preston Scott Cohen's Herta and Paul Amir Building opens at Tel Aviv Museum of Art http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Cohen's 195,000-square-foot museum addition expresses a faith in the latest technology. And like much traditional Mediterranean architecture, it hides an intriguing core within a cool, white exterior. Faculty News 507536 Wed, 09 Nov 2011 09:00:00 -0500 GSD Platform series releases fourth edition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507508 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0400 Charles Waldheim delivers keynote lecture for Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture Annual Meeting in Nanjing, China http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507505 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Design Dispatches: Meshing Past, Present, and Future http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <span class="firstwords">When Peter Christensen,</span> GSAS &rsquo;14, set out to create an exhibit representing the first 75 years of the Graduate School of Design (GSD), he hit an immediate snag: how should he portray an institution that prides itself on being very much &ldquo;in the present&rdquo; without shortchanging the school&rsquo;s rich history? Alumni News 507491 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0400 New Geographies (Vols 3 and 4) to be launched at Van Alen Books http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Geographies/174974207374#!/"><em>New Geographies</em></a> 3 and 4 will be launched at <a href="http://www.vanalen.org/projects/events/BrownBagReadingSeriesAtVanAlenBooks">Van Alen Books</a> in New York on November 12, 2011. Research News 507494 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0400 GSD Alumni Mitchell Joachim and Maria Aiolova win Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Mitchell Joachim MAUD '02 and Maria Aiolova MAUD '02 were among the winners of the Victor J. Papanek Social Design Award sponsored by The Museum of Arts and Design in New York, the Victor J. Papanek Foundation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, and the Austrian Cultural Forum New York. Alumni News 507419 Mon, 31 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 GSD students bring expertise to Japan tsunami victims http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Several students at the Harvard Graduate School of Design spent two months in northeastern Japan over the summer, bringing their expertise to bear on a region still reeling from an earthquake and tsunami earlier this year. Before heading overseas, they researched participatory design and other concepts. Research News 507403 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Construction of Tinkham Veale University Center at CWRU to begin next spring; designed by Ralph Johnson, MArch '73 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 507406 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Michael Hooper critiques growing anti-participation sentiment in Next American City http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Amidst a rising chorus of anti-participation rhetoric, Assistant Professor Michael Hooper extolls the benefits of civic engagement in urban planning.<br /> Faculty News 507447 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Peter Del Tredici's search for the wild gingko http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507394 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Professor Jerold Kayden's Op-Ed on Occupy Wall Street and Privately Owned Public Spaces http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507383 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:00:00 -0400 Associate Professor Pierre Bélanger selected to jury of YUL-MTL: Moving Landscapes International Ideas Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507139 Wed, 19 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Jorge Silvetti's firm among winning teams in Rio de Janeiro Olympic Port Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507116 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori's Center of Excellence shortlisted for 2011 WAF Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507120 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Professor Farshid Moussavi's FMA wins competition to design Paris residential complex http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507052 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Professor Jerold Kayden on occupying Wall Street at the public-private frontier http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss In future years, people will remember 2011 as the year in which physical public space reclaimed its lofty status in the public sphere thanks to the audacious actions of engaged individuals. <br /> Faculty News 507049 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 12:00:00 -0400 Zofnass Program and Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure establish partnership to support sustainable infrastructure http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 507051 Sat, 15 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Charles Waldheim, Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture, talks about the invention of GIS http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Since its origins in the 1960s, GIS has enabled designers, planners, developers, public agencies, and communities to make better decisions about the shape of urbanization and its impact. GIS improves design and planning by using geographically referenced data on subjects ranging from the economy to ecology and beyond. Faculty News 507095 Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:00:00 -0400 South America Project Symposium and Network Launch at GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <p>&ldquo;The South America Project (SAP): Hinterland Urbanisms&rdquo; symposium took place at Harvard&rsquo;s GSD on October 7<sup>th</sup> and 8<sup>th</sup>. The event marked the launch of an applied research and design network that examines the space of design within recent resource Extraction and continental Integration policies in South America.</p> Faculty News 507017 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Theaster Gates (LF '11) Solo Exhibit at MOCA, LA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 507013 Tue, 11 Oct 2011 02:00:00 -0400 SURFACE DEEP Reford Gardens, Grand Metis, Quebec, Canada http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Surface Deep is a new garden recently installed within the entry sequence for the visitors to the Reford Gardens' Metis International Garden Festival in Quebec, Canada. Supported by the Department of Landscape Architecture, the project's design was led by Harvard Graduate School of Design lecturers <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/leireasensiovilloria.html">Leire Asensio Villoria</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/davidmah.html">David Syn Chee Mah</a> and developed and fabricated in collaboration with students from the Landscape Architecture and Architecture programs at the Harvard GSD. Faculty News 507008 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Firm of Professor Jorge Silvetti Wins KLIFD Competition to Design Kuala Lumpur International Financial District http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Machado and Silvetti Associates, firm of <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jorgesilvetti.html">Jorge Silvetti</a>, Nelson Robinson, Jr. Professor of Architecture, with its international partner, Akitek Jururancang (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd. (AJM) has recently been awarded the commission as master planners for the Kuala Lumpur International Financial District (KLIFD). Alumni News 507012 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Jeanne Gang, MArch ’93, Winner of MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award, Talks about Intellectual Intensity and Breadth at GSD and in Her Work http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss For Jeanne Gang, who was just awarded one of the twenty-two $500,000 no-strings-attached MacArthur Fellowships, her time as a student and (last semester) as a studio critic at the GSD has meant primarily an experience of intellectual intensity and broadening. Alumni News 506992 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 11:00:00 -0400 ASLA 2011 Student Awards honor GSD students, recent grads http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506948 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:00:00 -0400 Jerold Kayden, Amanda Burden to Co-Chair Zoning the City Conference in NYC http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506928 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 GSD faculty, alumni, among ASLA Professional Awards recipients http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506917 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Students Tomas Folch and Daniel Ibanez shortlisted in international landscape competition to design park in Chile http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Student News 506899 Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 The NCPC, with Loeb Fellows Marcel Acosta and Christine Saum, receives 2011 ASLA Honor Award for Analysis and Planning. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 506923 Wed, 28 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori's House in Ghent featured in Architectural Review http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 506892 Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Michael Van Valkenburgh's Penn Park offers new open space for the Penn community http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 506880 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Susan Fainstein, Professor of Urban Planning, to receive Paul Davidoff Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 506884 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Jeanne Gang, MArch '93 among 2011 MacArthur Fellows http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506876 Sat, 24 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Loeb Fellows Theaster Gates ('11) and Kennedy Smith ('06) to be Featured Speakers at Cityworks (X)Po 2011 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 506925 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 GSD Alum questions Professor Chris Reed on "Landscape Optimism" http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506838 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Loeb Fellow Janet Echelman on cover of Sculpture Magazine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 506926 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 Loeb Fellow '99 Susan Chin Appointed to Head Design Trust http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 506929 Tue, 20 Sep 2011 09:00:00 -0400 GSD alum Aron Chang, MArch '09, questions the future of the single-family suburban house http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506816 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0400 First Look: Rem Koolhaas’ Architecture for Architects at Cornell University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 506541 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 New Geographies journal receives Graham Foundation grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506534 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:00:00 -0400 Pierre Belanger selected as finalist for Dubendorf Airport Design Competition, Zurich, Switzerland http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 506518 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:00:00 -0400 Architecture in India, by Rahul Mehrotra, released in Mumbai http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 506508 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:00 -0400 Somatic Collaborative, design practice of Assistant Professor Felipe Correa and Anthony Acciavatti (MARCH II ’09), unveils a proposal for Plaza República in Quito, Ecuador http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Faculty News 506515 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:00 -0400 GSD Alumni Maja Paklar '09 and Ting Li '08 Win AIA Competition for Architect Barbie® Dream House™ http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506504 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:00:00 -0400 Harvard Design Magazine, Architectures of Latin America now available http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Alumni News 506488 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0400 Fall 2011 Studio Presentations & Lottery Information http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss <p>The Fall 2011 Studio Lottery will be held <strong>Tuesday, August 30th</strong>. Lottery guidelines and instructions are located at: <a href="http://internal.gsd.harvard.edu/studiolottery/">http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/studiolottery/</a></p> Student News 505633 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Firm of Boris Dramov (LF '80) designs MLK National Memorial http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship News 505564 Sun, 28 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD Coordinates Conference on a Sustainable Future for the Exumas http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss The Ministry of The Environment of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas in conjunction with the Bahamas National Trust and the Harvard Graduate School of Design held a one-day conference in Nassau, The Bahamas, on Friday, July 8, 2011.<br /> Faculty News 505561 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Doug Meffert (LF '08) leads research center in hydrokinetic power http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Loeb Fellowship alumnus Doug Meffert is on a mission to&nbsp;end the southeastern United States' reliance on fossil-fuel energy from the Gulf of Mexico.<br /> Loeb Fellowship News 505563 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 New publication by Rahul Mehrotra released in Mumbai http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss &nbsp; Faculty News 505473 Wed, 03 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Peter Del Tredici joins call for reassessment of non-native species in science journal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Peter Del Tredici, Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, joins call for reassessment of non-native species in <em>Nature</em> science journal Faculty News 505450 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD students win first prize in Arizona Challenge http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Student News 505575 Mon, 06 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Schools of the future: Design teams present fresh concepts for daily learning http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss What will the K-12 education sector look like in 20 years? Recently, a group of Harvard students tried to answer that question by designing schools of the future. Academic News 500304 Wed, 01 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD Students Win Federal Home Loan Bank's 2011 Affordable Housing Development Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Student News 500301 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD to Study Persian Gulf http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Researchers at the Harvard Graduate School of Design recently launched a cross-disciplinary study of the Persian Gulf region to aid future sustainable urbanism in the area when various economies shed their dependence on gas and oil revenue. Faculty News 500302 Wed, 04 May 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Former Loeb Fellow Cathleen McGuigan Named Editor in Chief of Architectural Record http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss McGraw-Hill Construction announced that Cathleen McGuigan, longtime Newsweek architecture critic and arts editor, has been named editor in chief of Architectural Record. Alumni News 500299 Mon, 02 May 2011 13:00:00 -0400 Art of the 'Divine': Exhibit highlights modern echoes of Dante's medieval realms http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Recently, Dante’s realms found new life in "The Divine Comedy," a three-part exhibit at Harvard through May 17, a joint project by the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the Harvard Art Museums. 500297 Thu, 14 Apr 2011 13:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori, Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture, designs “Color Moves: Art and Fashion by Sonia Delaunay,” exhibition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss The exhibition opens at the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum March 18, 2011. Faculty News 500295 Fri, 18 Mar 2011 11:00:00 -0400 Thomas Schroepfer presents results of Dense+Green Studio; opens exhibition at the Singapore Institute of Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Associate Professor of Architecture Thomas Schroepfer was invited to present the results of his Fall 2010 Dense+Green Architecture Option Studio, in conjunction with their exhibition, at the Singapore Institute of Architects last month. Faculty News 500298 Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0500 Eve Blau, Adjunct Professor of Architectural History, visits Azerbaijan with students of Baku http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Eve Blau's research seminar "Oil City" analyzed the development of Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, in the context of the shifting geopolitics of the region. Faculty News 500296 Tue, 01 Mar 2011 13:00:00 -0500 GSD Students Awarded First Prize in "Network Reset: Rethinking the Chicago Emerald Necklace" Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/all-news/news-feed.rss Network Reset is an international design competition sponsored by the Chicago Architectural Club and MAS Studio. A GSD student team won first prize for their entry, "Chicago Constellation." Student News 500300 Sat, 05 Feb 2011 13:00:00 -0500