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Harvard GSD: Faculty http://www.gsd.harvard.edu Creating Resilient Cities, part 2: studio presentations http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/creating-resilient-cities-part-2-studio-presentations.html Students of the Disaster Field Lab: Creating Resilient Cities proved their mettle Monday, May 13, as they showcased projects with practical implications for intervention and future planning in the communities affected by Superstorm Sandy. Attended by a jury that included Loeb Fellows, GSD faculty, disaster experts and community representatives, they displayed the innovation, creativity, social awareness and problem-solving abilities for which the GSD is famous. Faculty News 536890 Tue, 28 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Jerold Kayden changed her life http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jerold-kayden-changed-her-life.html Nancy Slotnick writes in the Huffington Post blog that <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jerold-kayden.html">Jerold Kayden</a> (professor of urban planning and design) “literally wrote the book on the POPS”—Publicly Owned Private Spaces—and that talking with him saved her business. Read about it in “<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nancy-slotnick/how-pops-changed-my-life_b_3295075.html">How POPS Changed My Life</a>.” Kayden is quoted in another recent Huff Post article “<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/oklahoma-tornado-rebuilding_n_3315029.html">After Oklahoma Tornado, To Rebuild Or Not To Rebuild</a>.” Faculty News 537145 Fri, 24 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Professor Toshiko Mori honored at the A.R.T./New York Spring Benefit http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-toshiko-mori-honored-at-the-a-r-t-new-york-spring.html Professor Toshiko Mori honored with the Kathy and Howard J. Aibel Award at the A.R.T./New York Spring Benefit in New York City. Architecture News 536888 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Allen Sayegh wins Creative City Challenge http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/allen-sayegh-wins-creative-city-challenge.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/allen-sayegh.html">Allen Sayegh's</a> (adjunct associate professor of architectural technology) firm INVIVIA has won the inaugural Creative City Challenge to produce a major public interactive art project in the city of Minneapolis. Architecture News 537016 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Pierre Bélanger awarded PhD cum laude by Wageningen University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/pierre-b-langer-awarded-phd-cum-laude-by-wageningen-university.html Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/pierre-belanger.html">Pierre Bélanger</a> has been honored PhD cum laude by Wageningen University in the Netherlands. Faculty News 535899 Thu, 16 May 2013 10:00:00 -0400 Rahul Mehrotra Architects awarded top prize for Hathigaon project http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rahul-mehrotra-architects-awarded-top-prize-for-hathigaon.html Rahul Mehrotra Architects (RMA) awarded the sustainable architecture gold medal prize for housing project Hathigaon: Housing for Mahouts and their Elephants. Faculty News 535380 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400 Luis Callejas Awarded 2013 Architectural League Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/luis-callejas-awarded-2013-architectural-league-prize.html The Architectural League of New York awards Luis Callejas, GSD Design Critic in Landscape Architecture, the 2013 Architectural League Prize. Faculty News 535642 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:00:00 -0400 GSD faculty and alumni receive 2013 Boston Society of Landscape Architects Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-and-alumni-receive-2013-boston-society-of-landscape.html The Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) has recently announced their 2013 Honor and Merit awards with many Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni and faculty among the winners. Alumni News 535641 Wed, 15 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400 Zaneta Hong awarded 2013-2014 Daniel Urban Kiley Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zaneta-hong-awarded-2013-2014-daniel-urban-kiley-fellowship.html <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;">Zaneta Hong, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, is the recipient of the Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture for the 2013-2014 academic year. Faculty News 535505 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:00 -0400 Creating Resilient Cities: Disaster Field Lab http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/creating-resilient-cities-disaster-field-lab.html Students in <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/joyce-klein-rosenthal.html">Joyce Rosenthal’s</a> (assistant professor of urban planning) option studio Creating Resilient Cities: Disaster Field Lab are examining how New York City’s coastal communities can emerge from the devastation of last fall’s superstorm Sandy stronger and more resilient than before. Faculty News 535510 Tue, 14 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Plan Downtown Malden: core urban planning studio hits the streets http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/plan-downtown-malden-core-urban-planning-studio-hits-the-streets.html On an evening in late April, over 100 community members turned out for a public meeting and presentation by students in the 2nd semester core urban planning studio of Plan Downtown Malden, a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve the city center. The studio, led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ann-forsyth.html">Ann Forsyth</a> (professor of urban planning), <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/daniel-doca.html">Daniel D'Oca</a> (design critic), <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/kathryn-madden.html">Kathryn Madden</a> (design critic in urban planning and design) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/robert-pietrusko.html">Robert Pietrusko</a> (lecturer in landscape architecture and urban planning and design), used Malden’s planning problems as the opportunity to engage advanced level analytical and creative problem-solving and address complex planning concerns. Faculty News 534884 Thu, 09 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Stoss’s Plaza, a flexible space bringing Harvard communities together http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/stoss-s-plaza-a-flexible-space-bringing-harvard-communities.html Stoss Landscape Urbanism, founded by Chris Reed (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) recently unveiled their latest project at Harvard, the Science Center Plaza. Faculty News 534882 Thu, 09 May 2013 09:00:00 -0400 MUP alumni making real world impacts http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mup-alumni-making-real-world-impacts.html Edith Hsu-Chen (MUP ’97), is working to boldly enhance the area surrounding Grand Central Station in Manhattan. Alumni News 534505 Mon, 06 May 2013 19:00:00 -0400 Krzysztof Wodiczko projections featured at Ideas City Festival in NYC http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/krzysztof-wodiczko-projections-featured-at-ideas-city-festival.html Architecture News 534133 Mon, 06 May 2013 17:00:00 -0400 Mohsen Mostafavi Interviewed on Korean Radio Show http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mohsen-mostafavi-interviewed-on-korean-radio-show.html During a recent trip to Korea on behalf of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Dean Mohsen Mostafavi was interviewed by 1013 Main Street, an English-language radio show based in Seoul, Korea. Faculty News 534503 Mon, 06 May 2013 11:30:00 -0400 SO – IL wins UC Davis art museum competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/so-il-wins-uc-davis-art-museum-competition.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) firm <a href="http://so-il.org/">SO – IL</a> has won the UC Davis competition for its new Museum of Art after a year of accolades culminating in the Architectural League of N.Y.'s “Emerging Voices” award. Architecture News 534132 Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Stoss is hot: Chris Reed racks up honors http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/stoss-is-hot-chris-reed-racks-up-honors.html Stoss Landscape Urbanism, the firm co-led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture), has taken a slew of recent honors, including the Syracuse competition for <a href="http://www.movementonmain.com/test/">Movement on Main</a> and two 2013 Boston Society of Landscape Architecture Awards. Architecture News 534135 Fri, 03 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 A City and its Stream: Peter Rowe at the Van Alen Institute http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/a-city-and-its-stream-peter-rowe-at-the-van-alen-institute.html On 5/9 at 6:30 p.m., the Van Alen Institute in N.Y. will present a lecture by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/peter-rowe.html">Peter Rowe</a> (professor of architecture and urban design) and conversation with <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture and MArch ‘96) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinhee-park.html">Jinhee Park</a> (design critic in architecture and MArch '02) as part of the exhibit Deconstruction/Construction: The Cheonggyecheon River Project in Seoul. Alumni News 534002 Thu, 02 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Preston Scott Cohen delivers Walter Gropius lecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/preston-scott-cohen-delivers-walter-gropius-lecture.html Six former chairs of architecture at the Harvard Graduate School of Design gathered on Tuesday to honor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/preston-scott-cohen.html">Preston Scott Cohen</a>, the outgoing chair of the department. Architecture News 533878 Wed, 01 May 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Antoine Picon illuminates return of ornament in contemporary architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/antoine-picon-illuminates-return-of-ornament-in-contemporary.html Antoine Picon’s recent book Ornament: The Politics of Architecture and Subjectivity highlights the return of ornament in contemporary architecture and argues the subjective and political implications of ornament throughout history.   Architecture News 533269 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400 GSD team receives top prize for Retreat in Nature proposal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-selected-as-finalists-in-international-competition.html The Horizon House project created by a team of GSD students is selected to receive top prize in the Retreat in Nature competition and will be built this fall. Architecture News 531481 Fri, 26 Apr 2013 14:00:00 -0400 Jose Ignacio Ábalos Vazquez Appointed Chair of the Department of Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jose-ignacio-balos-vazquez-appointed-chair-of-the-department-of.html The Harvard Graduate School of Design has announced the appointment of Iñaki Ábalos as Chair of the Department of Architecture. Architecture News 533131 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 15:00:00 -0400 Farshid Moussavi’s Folie Montpellieraine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/farshid-moussavi-s-folie-montpellieraine.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/farshid-moussavi.html">Farshid Moussavi’s</a> (professor of architecture) firm FMA has won a competition to design a residential complex at Jardins de la Lironde in Montpellier, France. Architecture News 533134 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Landscape Architecture Frontiers launches with work by GSD faculty and alums http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/landscape-architecture-frontiers-launches-with-work-by-gsd.html The inaugural issue of Landscape Architecture Frontiers, guest edited by Xiaoxan Lu (MLA '12), features an introductory essay by Pierre Bélanger (associate professor of landscape architecture) and writing by Emily Schlickman (MLA '12), Sara Jacobs (MLA '12), and Cathy De Almeida (MLA '11). Chief editor is visiting professor of landscape architecture Kongjian Yu (DDes '95). Alumni News 533137 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 In the aftermath: Jerold Kayden on preserving public space http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/in-the-aftermath.html Jerold Kayden advises a measured response to the Marathon bombings and serves as a voice for preserving the “public-ness” of public space even as public attention is focussed on security. His reflections and those of other Harvard analysts appear in “<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2013/04/how-the-attack-affects-our-lives/">How the attack affects our lives</a>” in the Harvard Gazette. Faculty News 533139 Thu, 25 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Double vision: twin designers profiled in NY Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/double-vision.html Teran & Teman Evans (both MArch ’04), design team and identical twins, exemplify an extreme form of collaboration in their lives and their work. Read the recent <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/greathomesanddestinations/twin-designers-on-making-a-home-together.html?hpw&_r=0">profile</a> in the New York Times. Alumni News 532999 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 John Hong and Jinhee Park at Van Alen Institute 4/25 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-and-jinhee-park-at-van-alen-institute-4-25.html The GSD exhibit “Deconstruction/Construction: The Cheonggyecheon River Project in Seoul” curated by Joan Busquets (professor in practice of urban planning and design) has traveled to the Van Alen Institute. On April 25 at 6:30 p.m. there will be a launch of the book Convergent Flux: Contemporary Architecture and Urbanism in Korea by John Hong (adjunct associate professor and MArch ‘96) and Jinhee Park (design critic in architecture and MArch '02) to accompany the exhibit. Alumni News 533004 Wed, 24 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Gender politics at Pritzker: the Denise Scott Brown petition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gender-politics-at-pritzker-the-denise-scott-brown-petition.html A campaign to press the Pritzker committee to retroactively include Denise Scott Brown in the 1991 prize awarded to her creative partner and husband Robert Venturi continues to pick up steam, thanks to recent attention from the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/18/arts/design/bid-for-pritzker-prize-to-acknowledge-denise-scott-brown.html?pagewanted=all">New York Times</a>, the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/01/women-in-design-call-for-denise-scott-brown-pritzker-prize_n_2991734.html">Huffington Post</a> and the <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=X&q=http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/04/what-about-denise.html&ct=ga&cad=CAcQAhgAIAAoATAAOABA7siyiwVIAVgBYgVlbi1VUw&cd=BVVsi9f9EE0&usg=AFQjCNFFQNYe1YT4TbA9zfbnzMzT3gp88g">New Yorker</a>. The petition was started by Arielle Assouline-Lichten (MArch ’13) and Caroline James (MArch ‘14). Architecture News 532860 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Public Space at the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/public-space-at-the-gsd.html The recent Putting Public Space in its Place conference brought scholars, practitioners, and activists together to discuss and debate public spaces. Faculty News 531482 Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:00:00 -0400 Aggregate Collaborative awarded Connection Grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/aggregate-collaborative-awarded-connection-grant.html The <a href="http://www.we-aggregate.org/">Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative</a>—a group of thirteen architectural historians that includes associate professors <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ed-eigen.html">Ed Eigen</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a>—has received a Connection Grant from Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. The generous funding will allow the group to launch Aggregate Online in fall 2013. Architecture News 530944 Mon, 08 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 John Hong with Seung H-Sang at Archleague http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-with-seung-h-sang-at-archleague.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) will be moderating a talk by Seung H-Sang at the Architectural League of N.Y. on April 10th. Seung is one of the most important Korean architects practicing today and was featured in the GSD-published book <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/projects/convergent-flux-contemporary-architecture-and-urbanism-in-korea.html">Convergent Flux</a>. The <a href="http://archleague.org/2013/04/h-sang-seung/">event</a> is at 7:00 p.m. at Cooper Union. Architecture News 530816 Sun, 07 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 New urban planning connections for gateway cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-urban-planning-connections-for-gateway-cities.html Gateway Cities, a new class this semester, is uniting GSD students with colleagues from the HBS and HLS. Interdisciplinary teams are working on projects partnering with state, local, and community representatives. Faculty News 530170 Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Florian Idenburg: Next Progressive http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/florian-idenburg-next-progressive.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) and partner Jing Liu of SO - IL have been dubbed the Next Progressives by Architect Magazine. Architecture News 529540 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Timothy Hyde speaks in São Paulo http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/timothy-hyde-on-the-value-of-ugliness.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/">Timothy Hyde</a> (associate professor of architecture) was a speaker at the “Architectural Elective Affinities” conference at the <a href="http://www.fau.usp.br/index2.html">Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo of the University of São Paulo</a>. The conference, which examined the correspondences and transferences between architecture, urbanism, and other disciplines, was organized by the European Architectural History Network in conjunction with the FAUUSP. Architecture News 529543 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Susan Fainstein seeks the Just City http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/susan-fainstein-seeks-the-just-city.html <iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/_9cpSWqOFlw?feature=player_embedded" width="400"></iframe> <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/susan-fainstein.html">Susan S. Fainstein</a> (senior research fellow) raised examples from Amsterdam, New York and Singapore to make a case for the “just city” in her recent lecture at the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore. Faculty News 529545 Sat, 30 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Toni Griffin and Mimi Hoang are Urban Influencers http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toni-griffin-and-mimi-hoang-are-urban-influencers.html Find out why at the <a href="http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/">LOEBlog</a>. Alumni News 529288 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Ali M. Malkawi appointed professor of architectural technology http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ali-m-malkawi-appointed-professor-of-architectural-technology.html The Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the appointment of Ali M. Malkawi as Professor of Architectural Technology, effective July 1, 2013. Architecture News 534129 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0400 Ingeborg Rocker at MOMA symposium http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ingeborg-rocker-at-moma-symposium.html Associate professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborg-rocker.html">Ingeborg M. Rocker</a> will be at MOMA Thursday to participate in a day-long event titled “Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light.” Architecture News 529164 Wed, 27 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Revitalizing Mexico City: two GSD studios http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/revitalizing-mexico-city-two-gsd-studios.html Two GSD studios have made Mexico City their laboratory and have taken dramatically different approaches to solving problems and liberating the potential of this thrilling metropolis. Faculty News 527922 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 GSD at the ACSA conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-at-the-acsa-conference.html GSD students and faculty are addressing a spectrum of urgent issues at the ACSA 101 conference: New Constellations / New Ecologies. Alumni News 527925 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Peter Del Tredici to Receive Veitch Memorial Medal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/peter-del-tredici-to-receive-veitch-memorial-medal.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/peter-del-tredici.html">Peter Del Tredici</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture and senior research scientist at the Arnold Arboretum) will receive the Veitch Memorial Medal of the Royal Horticultural Society in London this spring. The award recognizes his outstanding and extensive work in botany and horticulture over the past forty years. Faculty News 527927 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Zofnass announces Latin America sustainable infrastructure awards with IADB http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-announces-award-and-collaboration.html The <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>, in collaboration with the Inter-American Development Bank, has announced the inauguration of the Infrastructure 360° Awards, the first infrastructure sustainability awards in Latin America and the Caribbean. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andreas-georgoulias.html">Andreas Georgoulias</a> (lecturer in architecture and Zofnass Program research director) will be leading this effort for the GSD side. Architecture News 527929 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Toyo Ito named 2013 Pritzker Laureate http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toyo-ito-named-2013-pritzker-laureate.html The Hyatt Foundation announced that Toyo Ito will be the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The Tokyo-based architect has recently taught studios on post-tsunami reconstruction and temporary housing at the GSD. He is recognized for producing an outstanding body of work that combines conceptual innovation with superbly executed buildings. Architecture News 527933 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Chris Reed is easy on the eyes http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-is-easy-on-the-eyes.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture), celebrated for the exemplary style of his landscape designs, now has another claim to style notoriety: his natty attire. Read “<a href="http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/the-most-stylish-bostonians/LGEe8zqTL9Z6RnfmsnRK1H/gallery.html">The 25 Most Stylish Bostonians of 2013</a>” in the Boston Globe. Faculty News 527031 Thu, 14 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Bechthold and Mulligan in Kyoto http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/bechthold-and-mulligan.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/martin-bechthold.html">Martin Bechthold</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/mark-mulligan.html">Mark Mulligan</a> are headed to the Kyoto International Design Symposium where they’ve been invited to present work highlighting the GSD’s pursuit of interdisciplinary design research and the role of technology as a catalyst to open new avenues for design practice and design research. Architecture News 526773 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 The value of ugliness: Timothy Hyde on the Southbank Centre http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-value-of-ugliness-timothy-hyde-on-the-southbank-centre.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a> (associate professor of architecture) has published his essay <a href="http://www.anycorp.com/anycorp/article/141">“Piles, Puddles, and Other Architectural Irritants”</a> in the current issue of the journal Log. The latest in a long sequence of proposed ideas for the renovation of the Southbank Centre in London has just been presented to the public. Hyde examines this persistent desire to “fix” the brutalist icon in order to speculate on the possible significance of ugliness for a metropolitan audience. Architecture News 526778 Tue, 12 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0400 Grace E. La appointed professor of architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/grace-e-la-appointed-professor-of-architecture.html The Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the appointment of Grace E. La (MArch ‘95) as Professor of Architecture, effective July 1, 2013. Alumni News 534130 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:00:00 -0500 Krzysztof Wodiczko exhibit opens in Prague http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/krzysztof-wodiczko-exhibit-opens-in-prague.html “Out/Inside(rs),” a comprehensive show of the work of <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/krzysztof-wodiczko.html">Krzysztof Wodiczko</a> (professor in residence of art, design and the public domain), opened last week at DOX Centre for Contemporary Art in Prague. The exhibit is the artist’s first in the Czech Republic and includes documentation of his projections on public buildings throughout the world and other installations. Faculty News 525325 Fri, 01 Mar 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD team finalist for 2013 ULI Hines Competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-finalist-for-2013-uli-hines-competition.html The 2013 ULI Gerald D. Hines Student Urban Design Competition announced finalists last week, and again once again a team from Harvard is on the list. James Cody Birkey (MDesS), Robert Daurio (MArch), Maynard Hayden Leon (MArch), Cara Walsh (MLA) and Andrew Wisniewski (MLA), advised by Anita Berrizbeitia (professor of landscape architecture and director of the master in landscape architecture degree programs), created Connec+ Minneapolis, a long term development plan for the Downtown East neighborhood. Architecture News 524940 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Upcoming lecture: Toshiko Mori on Japan’s 2011 Disasters http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/upcoming-lecture-toshiko-mori-on-japan-s-2011-disasters.html On March 11 from 12:30-2:00 pm, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/toshiko-mori.html">Toshiko Mori</a> (professor in the practice of architecture) will join Hirotaka Takeuchi (HBS) and Ichiro Kawachi (HSPH and HMS) for the lecture “Japan’s 2011 Disasters Remembered.” Architecture News 524944 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 ChinaGSD Hosts Professor Peter Rowe http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chinagsd-hosts-professor-peter-rowe.html In a recent presentation titled “Some Snapshots,” Peter Rowe (professor of architecture and urban design and former GSD dean) gave insight into his vast research on the history of urban housing types and developments in China. The lecture was sponsored by the ChinaGSD student group. Architecture News 524946 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Constitutional Modernism: new book by Timothy Hyde http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/constitutional-modernism-new-book-by-timothy-hyde.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a> (associate professor of architecture) has produced a new book, <a href="http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/constitutional-modernism">Constitutional Modernism: Architecture and Civil Society in Cuba, 1933-1959</a>, which examines the complex entanglements between architecture, planning, and law in the Cuban Republic. The announcement is accompanied by a <a href="http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/node/1897">lecture</a> at the Center for Latin American Studies on February 27th and an exhibit of source materials at the Frances Loeb Library. Architecture News 524119 Wed, 20 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Charles Waldheim writes on urban abandonment and the origins of landscape http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/charles-waldheim-writes-on-urban-abandonment-and-the-origins-of.html Charles Waldheim, the John E. Irving Professor and Chair of the Department of Landscape Architecture contributed a chapter “Detroit, Disabitato, and the Origins of Landscape” to an anthology of essays on urban abandonment. Faculty News 523506 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:00:00 -0500 GSD Faculty speaks at [En]Coding Architecture 2013 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-speaks-at-en-coding-architecture-2013.html The architect is no longer an organizer of matter and space, but a designer of systems with multi-layered components and complex relationships. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/sanford-kwinter.html">Sanford Kwinter</a> (co-director MDesS and professor of architectural theory and criticism), <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/panagiotis-michalatos.html">Panagiotis Michalatos</a> (assistant professor of architectural technology) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborg-rocker.html">Ingeborg Rocker</a> (associate professor of architecture) were at Carnegie Mellon University February 8 and 9 to speak about the the profession's new identity and call to arms at [En]Coding Architecture 2013. Architecture News 523121 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Emerging Voices: SO - IL and Mass Design Group http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/emerging-voices-so-il-and-mass-design-group.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) firm SO - IL and Mass Design Group, founded by Michael Murphy (MArch '11) and Alan Ricks (MArch '10), have been named Emerging Voices 2013 by the Architectural League NY. Alumni News 522867 Sun, 10 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 On the Bri(n)ck of discovery: Ingeborg Rocker’s ceramic design seminar http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/on-the-bri-n-ck-of-discovery-ingeborg-rocker-s-ceramic-design.html Ceramic innovations by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborg-rocker.html">Ingeborg M. Rocker’s</a> (associate professor of architecture) seminar “On the Bri(n)ck” are on display at TRANS/hitos 2013 Exhibition of Architecture and Interior Design in Ceramics in Spain. Architecture News 522118 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 What’s the big idea? http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/what-s-the-big-idea.html The final review of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/urban-planning-design/urban-planning/degree-programs/index.html">Master of Urban Planning</a> first semester core studio was all about big visions, as students examined the visions and novel physical interventions of influential urban plans from the western planning canon. Faculty News 522119 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Mapping the ephemeral city: GSD students and faculty at the Kumbh Mela http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mapping-the-ephemeral-city-gsd-students-and-faculty-at-the-kumbh.html The gigantic pop-up city established for the Hindu festival Kumbh Mela is the perfect crucible for interdisciplinary research. This January 8 faculty and 20 students from the GSD and other Harvard schools are traveling to northern India for fieldwork for the project “Mapping Kumbh Mela.” The initiative is co-led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rahul-mehrotra.html">Rahul Mehrotra</a> (chair of the department of urban design and planning) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/diana-eck.html">Diana Eck</a> (affiliated professor to UPD) with the South Asia Initiative, FAS, HBS and SPH. Read "<a href="http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-18/news/37160083_1_kumbh-mela-design-cultural-studies">Mapping the Kumbh Mela</a>" in the Times of India. Architecture News 521742 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Krzysztof Wodiczko nominated for Mies van der Rohe Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/krzysztof-wodiczko-nominated-for-mies-van-der-rohe-prize.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/krzysztof-wodiczko.html">Krzysztof Wodiczko’s</a> (professor in residence in art, design, and the public domain) Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery in Nantes, a project designed with Julian Bonder, was recently nominated for the 2013 European Union Mies van der Rohe Prize. Faculty News 521342 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 The mapped terrain: GSD exhibit travels to Places journal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-mapped-terrain-gsd-exhibit-travels-to-places-journal.html “Cartographic Grounds: Projecting the Landscape Imaginary” lives on in Places with an essay by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jill-desimini.html">Jill Desimini</a> (assistant professor of landscape architecture). The exhibit, which ran through December 19 at the GSD, looks back at the historical roots of mapmaking and forward to anticipate the potential of new technologies. The images now in the <a href="http://places.designobserver.com/feature/cartographic-grounds-exhibition/37632/">Places gallery</a> are descriptive, ingenious and beautiful. Faculty News 520338 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Chris Reed and Eric Höweler join the Movement on Main http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-and-eric-h-weler-join-the-movement-on-main.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/eric-howeler.html">Eric Höweler</a> (assistant professor of architecture) are making news again. Reed’s firm <a href="http://www.stoss.net/news/22/detroit-future-city-released/">Stoss Landscape Urbanism</a> with partners <a href="http://hyarchitecture.com/">Höweler + Yoon</a> were just short-listed for the Movement on Main design competition in Syracuse, NY. Architecture News 519848 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Ann Forsyth strives for balance http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ann-forsyth-strives-for-balance.html In a profile in Harvard Magazine, professor of urban planning <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ann-forsyth.html">Ann Forsyth</a> talks about why she’s taken up biking and why, in order to improve cities, she feels it’s necessary to look to the suburbs. Read the “<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2013/01/ann-forsyth">Harvard Portrait</a>.” Faculty News 519850 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Fondation Le Corbusier’s new president: Antoine Picon http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/fondation-le-corbusier-s-new-president-antoine-picon.html Earlier this month, <a style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.4666em;" href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/antoine-picon.html">Antoine Picon</a> (professor of the history of architecture and technology) assumed the post of president of the Fondation Le Corbusier. Architecture News 519727 Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 GSD faculty and Loeb Fellows pitch in for Detroit http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-and-loeb-fellows-pitch-in-for-detroit.html Loeb fellows and GSD faculty are applying their talents to the challenges of revitalizing Detroit in the Detroit Works Project. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/toni-griffin.html">Toni Griffin</a> (LF 1998 and adjunct associate professor of urban planning) led the Detroit Works’ technical team and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/danpitera.html">Dan Pitera</a> (LF 2005 and associate professor of architecture), director of Detroit Collaborative Design Center, oversaw community outreach. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) firm <a href="http://www.stoss.net/news/22/detroit-future-city-released/">Stoss Landscape Urbanism</a> contributed to landscape, ecology and open space planning. Read "<a href="http://blogs.gsd.harvard.edu/loeb-fellows/?p=3371&preview=true">Stepping Up for the Future of Detroit</a>" in the LOEBlog. Architecture News 519603 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 (Re)Mapping Health with a grant from the President’s January Innovation Fund http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/re-mapping-health-with-a-grant-from-the-president-s-january.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/courses/details.cgi?term=201230&course=INT-00037-00">“(Re)Mapping Health</a>,” a new interdisciplinary initiative of the GSD and the School of Public Health was launched last week with support from the President's January Innovation Fund. Architecture News 519479 Mon, 14 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Robert Pietrusko: the changing art world http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/robert-pietrusko-the-changing-art-world.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/robert-pietrusko.html">Robert Pietrusko’s</a> (lecturer in landscape architecture and urban planning and design) work is being shown in a group exhibition at the Akademie Der Kunste in Berlin, Feb. 1 through March 24. Faculty News 518151 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Jerold Kayden the disrupter http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jerold-kayden-the-disrupter.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jerold-kayden.html">Jerold Kayden</a> (professor of urban planning and design) is happy to shake things up, especially if the result is more livable and accessible cities. He is on Next City’s <a href="http://nextcity.org/daily/entry/disruption-index-jerold-kayden">2012 Disruption Index</a>, a list of “77 people, places and ideas that have changed cities this year.” Faculty News 518155 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 ArchRecord Editor’s Picks for 2012 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/archrecord-editor-s-picks-for-2012.html Architectural Record’s “Editor’s Picks: Best Architecture of 2012” is studded with GSD stars. Here’s the list of their projects that “defined the year in design.” Alumni News 518163 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 01:00:00 -0500 Andreas Georgoulias presents in Dubai http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/andreas-georgoulias-presents-in-dubai.html <a href="http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/faculty/georgoulias-andreas">Andreas Georgoulias</a> (lecturer in architecture and research director of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/" target="_blank">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>) kicked off the holiday season with a research presentation at the 3rd International Architectural Conservation Conference in Dubai earlier this month. Architecture News 517428 Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:00:00 -0500 John Hong and Jinhee Park in the Design Vanguard http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-and-jinhee-park-in-the-design-vanguard.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinhee-park.html">Jinhee Park</a> (design critic in architecture and MArch ’02) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (adjunct associate professor and MArch ‘96) are in the Architectural Record “2012 Design Vanguard.” The honor comes right on the heels of a <span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;">Chicago Athenaeum<span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;"> <span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;">American Architecture Award for their <span style="font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-style: normal; line-height: 21.98666763305664px; background-color: #f4f4f4;">White Block Gallery. Alumni News 516696 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Harvard Magazine on the Community Innovation Lab http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/harvard-magazine-reports-on-the-community-innovation-lab.html In the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academics/courses/ses-05468-fall-2012.html">Community Innovation Lab</a>, guided by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/michael-hooper.html">Michael Hooper</a> (assistant professor of urban planning) and Susan Crawford( visiting Stanton professor of the First Amendment), GSD and HKS students teamed up with three community groups in Boston and the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics to make “big ideas” a reality in the Dudley and Upham’s Corner neighborhoods. Faculty News 516697 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Farshid Moussavi a finalist for Moscow Museum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/farshid-moussavi-a-finalist-for-moscow-museum.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/farshid-moussavi.html">Farshid Moussavi</a> (professor of architecture) is a finalist for the competition to design a new science museum and educational center in Moscow. Architecture News 516327 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Preparing for the storm: Jerold Kayden at HSPH forum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/preparing-for-the-storm-jerold-kayden-at-hsph-forum.html <iframe frameborder="0" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/o9aboYBZyic?feature=player_embedded" width="400"></iframe> Jerold Kayden (professor of urban planning and design) joined colleagues from FEMA, MGH, the Harvard Center for the Environment and FAS for a HSPH forum and webcast called “<a href="http://theforum.sph.harvard.edu/events/big-weather-and-coastal-cities">Big Weather and Coastal Cities: Resilience in the Face of Disaster,”</a>  moderated by Huffington Post senior writer Tom Zeller Jr. Read about the forum in “<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/12/lessons-for-the-next-sandy/">Lessons for the next Sandy</a>” in the Harvard Gazette. Faculty News 516329 Mon, 17 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Florian Idenburg competes for UC Davis art museum http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/florian-idenburg-competes-for-uc-davis-art-museum.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/florian-idenburg.html">Florian Idenburg’s</a> (adjunct associate professor of architecture) firm <a href="http://so-il.org/">SO-Il</a> is part of a partnership selected to compete for the creation of the new Shrem Museum of Art at U.C. Davis. Architecture News 515844 Thu, 13 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Imagining Mumbai’s future: GSD team wins APA-MA award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/imagining-mumbai-s-future-gsd-team-wins-apa-ma-award.html A team of Harvard students has won the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association 2012 Student Project Award.  James Cody Birkey (MDesS ’13) and Jaemin Ha (MAUD ’12) collaborated with Mukul Bafana (HBS) and Laura Bishop (HLS) on the Mumbai Port Redevelopment project. Alumni News 514810 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Elemental and incremental: Alejandro Aravena's urban approach http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/elemental-and-incremental-alejandro-aravena-s-urban-approach.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jorge-silvetti.html">Jorge Silvetti</a> (professor of architecture) presented the keynote speech at a celebration to launch the Elemental/Incremental Housing and Participatory Design Manual, in Santiago, Chile, on November 26. The book by architect Alejandro Aravena (design critic ‘00-04) and engineer Andrew Iacobelli details 12 years of extraordinary success engaging local communities in a novel program of social housing for the most disenfranchised sectors of the population. Alumni News 514540 Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Timothy Hyde to be MacDowell Colony Fellow http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/timothy-hyde-to-be-macdowell-colony-fellow.html Associate professor of architecture <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/timothy-hyde.html">Timothy Hyde</a> will be a residential fellow at the MacDowell Colony, where he will work on his current book project examining the persistence of accusations of ugliness in aesthetic debates in Great Britain. Architecture News 513960 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Rotterdam studio invites the world in http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rotterdam-gsd-studio-invites-the-world-in.html “Reconsidering Architecture,” the Rotterdam-based studio led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/remment-koolhaas.html">Rem Koolhaas</a> (professor in practice of architecture and urban design) and Stephan Trüby (lecturer in architecture) approaches architecture from 40 thousand feet and ground level simultaneously. Recently faculty and students invited the Rotterdam public in for an exhibition and evening of debate about their research at the Dependance at the Schieblock. Read Jaakko van ‘t Spijker's account of the event in <a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/61783663/harvard-in-rotterdam-harvard-gsd-amo-presentation-in-the-rotterdam-dependence">Archinect</a>. Architecture News 513962 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 New book by Antoine Picon traces architectural adventure of one postwar French town http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-book-by-antoine-picon.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/antoine-picon.html">Antoine Picon’s</a> new book De la ville nouvelle à la vie durable: Marne-la Vallée offers a comprehensive look at the largest French postwar new town begun in the 1960s and still growing today. Architecture News 514069 Thu, 29 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Max Rohm on Urban Interrelations http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/max-rohm-on-urban-interrelations.html Max Rohm (MArch/MLA ‘01 and visiting design critic in 2005) and Flavio Janches just published a new book, Urban Interrelations, proposing enhancing integration of informal settlements into the urban mainstream through community participation in the development of public spaces and facilities. Alumni News 513958 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Planning programs event features Fainstein on “The Just City” http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/planning-programs-event-features-fainstein-on-the-just-city.html On November 17, the GSD <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/urban-planning-design/index.html"></a>hosted the annual fall get together of the four accredited planning programs in Massachusetts, featuring a lecture by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/susan-fainstein.html">Susan Fainstein</a> (senior research fellow), “The Argument for Just Outcomes.” Faculty News 513720 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Danish Kurani wins Boston Foundation for Architecture grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/danish-kurani-wins-boston-foundation-for-architecture-grant.html The Boston Foundation for Architecture recently announced the 2012 grantees, which include Danish Kurani (MAUD '13) and the Classroom Co-Creators Project. The project involves a participatory design process with Blackstone Elementary School in South Boston to engage students and teachers in the creation of their learning environment.  Architecture News 513198 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Recent releases from the GSD http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/recent-releases-from-the-gsd.html This fall, the GSD collaborated with Lars Müller Publishers to release three new publications. Faculty News 512960 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 From Analog to Digital: Redesigning Gund for the 21st century http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/from-analog-to-digital.html For 40 years Gund Hall has reigned as an architectural icon of the 20th century: great bones, proudly displayed. But changes in contemporary architectural practice and education, along with the need for increased energy efficiency have argued for updating. The GSD is rising to the challenge. Alumni News 513065 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Dean Mostafavi: instigating the design future http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dean-mostafavi-instigating-the-design-future.html Dean Mohsen Mostafavi has published 5 books in the past two years. In his writing as well as his leadership of the GSD, he is tireless in fostering engagement: between mentors and students, people in communities, the design professions with each other, and the GSD with the world. He’ll sleep later. Read Spencer Bailey’s interview with the dean for <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/images/content/5/4/549040/surface-mag-interview-mm.pdf">Surface</a>. Architecture News 513084 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Hanif Kara shares Stirling Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hanif-kara-shares-stirling-award.html The 2012 RIBA Stirling prize went to a dark horse this year: the Sainsbury Lab designed by Stanton Williams. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/hanif-kara.html">Hanif Kara’s</a> (lecturer in creative engineering) structural and civil engineering firm <a href="http://www.akt-uk.com/">AKT II </a>shared the accolades. Architecture News 512736 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Kryszyztof Wodiczko gives voice to veterans http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kryszyztof-wodiczko-gives-voice-to-veterans.html <a style="font-size: 15.199999809265137px; font-family: ff-din-web-1, ff-din-web-2, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif; font-style: normal;" href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/krzysztof-wodiczko.html">Krzysztof Wodiczko</a> (professor in residence of art, design and the public domain) has animated the statue of Abraham Lincoln in NYC with the stories of contemporary veterans for “Abraham Lincoln: War Veteran Projection.” The <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324894104578105151602946238.html">Wall Street Journal</a> has the story. Faculty News 512274 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Belinda Tato and Jose Luis Vallejo to design Reggio School http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/belinda-tato-and-jose-luis-vallejo-to-design-reggio-school.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/belinda-tato.html">Belinda Tato</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jose-luis-vallejo.html">Jose Luis Vallejo</a> (design critics in urban planning and design and founding members of Ecosistema Urbano of Madrid) just won a competition for the construction of the Reggio Children Foundation’s new experimental education center in Italy. Architecture News 511849 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Architecture’s shelf life: Teman and Teran Evans’ design seminar http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/architecture-s-shelf-life-teman-and-teran-evans-design-seminar.html Twin GSD alums <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/teman-evans.html">Teman</a> and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/teran-evans.html">Teran</a> Evans (MArch ’04 and lecturers in architecture) aren’t worried when the New York Times proclaims the architect is obsolete. They have parlayed their celebrated design skills into a firm that offers brand consulting, architectural design and jewelry design, and they are currently jolting the thinking of GSD students through their Paper or Plastic seminar.  As Teman puts it, “We’re three-dimensional problem-solvers, and we can solve problems at the big scale of buildings and also small problems that fit in your hand.” Read more in “<a href="http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2012/11/architects-in-supermarkets/">Architects in supermarkets</a>” in the Harvard Gazette. Alumni News 511851 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Chris Reed’s plaza: designed for campus life http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-s-plaza-designed-for-campus-life.html Chris Reed (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) has envisioned the transformation of a heavily used but uninviting space at Harvard – the Science Center plaza – into a new social hub and destination. It’s a fitting task for Reed and his firm Stoss Landscape Urbanism, whose hybridized approach rooted in infrastructure, functionality and ecology was recognized with a prestigious 2012 Smithsonian / Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award. Read "<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/11/community-space-at-harvards-crossroads#article-images">A 'Common Space' at Harvard’s Crossroads</a>" in the current issue of Harvard Magazine. Faculty News 511314 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Chris Reed on building resilient cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/chris-reed-on-building-resilient-cities.html Chris Reed (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) just returned from Asia, where he was a keynote speaker at the 2012 Forum on Resilient Cities, hosted by Kongjian Yu (design critic in landscape architecture and DDesS 95) at the Peking University College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Beijing. DDes/PhD News 511102 Fri, 02 Nov 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Felipe Correa traces a Line in the Andes http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/felipe-correa-traces-a-line-in-the-andes.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/felipe-correa.html">Felipe Correa’s</a> (director of the Urban Design Degree Program) new publication, A Line in the Andes, examines the transformative role of the first underground metro line currently under construction in Quito, Ecuador. It sets the stage for well-informed design deliberations regarding the urban future Quito deserves. Faculty News 510857 Tue, 23 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Eric Höweler’s new American Dream http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eric-h-weler-s-new-american-dream.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/eric-howeler.html">Eric Höweler</a> (assistant professor of architecture) and his firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture took top prize in the <a title="" href="http://mooove.com/audi-urban-future-initiative/en/award/award-2012/jury.html" target="_blank">Audi Urban Future Award 2012</a> for “Shareway 2030, a reimagining of the Boston to Washington metropolitan region. Architecture News 510841 Mon, 22 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Moussavi’s MOCA welcomes change http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/moussavi-s-moca-welcomes-change.html How can a solid structure evoke change and the passage of time? That’s the challenge Farshid Moussavi (professor in practice in architecture) met in designing the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. Architecture News 510821 Wed, 17 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD's Design Robotics Group hosts workshop at 2012 RobArch Conference in Vienna http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-s-design-robotics-group-hosts-workshop-at-2012-robarch.html <h2><a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/#/people/martin-bechthold.html">Martin Bechthold</a>, Professor of Architectural Technology and founder of the GSD's <a href="http://research.gsd.harvard.edu/drg/">Design Robotics Group</a> (DRG), and Nathan King (DDes candidate in Technology) will host a robot workshop at Rob|Arch 2012 in Graz.</h2> Architecture News 510814 Tue, 16 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Hilderbrand and Beardsley at the Philip Johnson Glass House http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/hilderbrand-and-beardsley-at-the-philip-johnson-glass-house.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/gary-hilderbrand.html">Gary Hilderbrand</a> (adjunct professor of landscape architecture, and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-beardsley.html">John Beardsley</a> (adjunct professor of landscape architecture and director of garden and landscape studies at Dumbarton Oaks) shared the stage in an evening of discussion at the Philip Johnson Glass House on September 20. Their dialogue focused on issues of "Procession" in Johnson's work at his New Canaan estate and other projects, and more broadly throughout modernist and traditional works. Faculty News 510800 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Silvia Benedito and Alexander Häusler commissioned to develop Stadt Park-Donau http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/silvia-benedito-and-alexander-h-usler-commissioned-to-develop.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/silvia-benedito.html">Silvia Benedito</a> (assistant in landscape architecture) and Alexander Häusler (MArch II '04) have been commissioned to develop “Stadt Park-Donau,” an urban park along the Donau River in Ingolstadt, Germany. The design team for the plan included Erik Anderson (MLA ’13), Michael Luegering (MLA ’13) and Carolyn Deuschle (MLA ’14). Alumni News 510792 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Eve Blau and Rafael Moneo jurors for M+ design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eve-blau-and-rafael-moneo-jurors-for-m-design-competition.html Eve Blau (adjunct professor of urban planning and design) and Rafael Moneo (Josep Lluis Sert professor of architecture) are among the distinguished jurors for the design competition for M+, Hong Kong's future museum for visual culture. Architectural firms wishing to compete must submit an <a href="http://www.wkcda.hk/en/architectural_competition/mplus/EOI_for_design_or_design_consultant/index.html">Expression of Interest</a> by October 15. Architecture News 510637 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Landscape architecture faculty receive ASLA professional awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/landscape-architecture-faculty-receive-asla-professional-awards.html A number of Landscape Architecture faculty have been recognized by the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). Faculty News 510607 Wed, 26 Sep 2012 02:30:00 -0400 Memorial as activism: recent and upcoming work by Krzysztof Wodiczko http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/memorial-as-activism-the-work-of-krzysztof-wodiczko-and-julian.html Krzysztof Wodiczko creates memorials that evade closure on painful history. This fall his work is giving voice to forgotten, hidden and marginalized members of society in numerous venues in the U.S. and Europe. Faculty News 510568 Mon, 24 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Timothy Hyde's Aggregate group wins Graham Foundation grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/the-power-of-the-aggregate.html The <a href="http://www.we-aggregate.org/">Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative</a>, of which Timothy Hyde (associate professor of architecture) is a founding member, has received a 2012 Graham Foundation grant in support of its digital research and publication initiatives. Architecture News 510563 Mon, 17 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 President Obama appoints Alex Krieger to Commission of Fine Arts http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/president-obama-appoints-alex-krieger-to-the-commission-of-fine.html President Barack Obama announced his intent to appoint <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/alex-krieger.html">Alex Krieger</a>, Professor in Practice in Urban Design, to the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. Faculty News 510552 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD students win Bocconi Urban Campus competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-students-win-bocconi-competition.html A team led by GSD students Stefano Andreani (MDesS '13) and Federico de Molfetta (MDesS '13) has won the Bocconi Urban Campus international competition with the “Bocconi Yard” project. Architecture News 510528 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Andreas Georgoulias on Infrastructure Sustainability and Design http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/andreas-georgoulias-on-infrastructure-sustainability-and-design.html Renewable Energy Magazine caught up with <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andreas-georgoulias.html">Andreas Georgoulias</a>, research director for the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/index.html">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>, to dig into the challenge he's undertaken: to offer guidelines for infrastructure sustainability and design for the 21st Century. <a href="http://www.renewableenergymagazine.com/article/at-harvard-information-is-the-infrastructure-facility">Read the interview</a>. Faculty News 510497 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Michael Hooper publishes research on forced eviction and involuntary resettlement http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-hooper-publishes-research-on-forced-eviction-and.html Michael Hooper, assistant professor of urban planning, recently published the results of a study of forced eviction and resettlement in Tanzania.  Faculty News 510502 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Mapping Mumbai's toilets http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/mapping-mumbai-s-toilets-tonight-at-5-pm.html Join Rahul Mehrotra (chair of the department of urban planning and design), Richard Cash (senior lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health) and James Potter and Jennifer Weaver (master’s candidates at SPH) for a lively discussion of their work at the intersection of design and public health in Mumbai.  TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 5:00 PM <div>K262, CGIS KNAFEL, 1730 CAMBRIDGE STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138</div> Faculty News 510469 Tue, 04 Sep 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Wang Shu’s architecture of change in China http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/wang-shu-s-architecture-of-change-in-china.html Wang Shu starts his day reading 17th C poetry and writing Chinese calligraphy. The first Chinese architect to win the Pritzker prize spent the last couple of years at the GSD and is showing China the way to bring the traditional in harmony with the modern. Architecture News 510245 Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology concentration puts focus on sustainable cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/urbanism-landscape-ecology-concentration-puts-focus-on.html Imagine if cities were planned taking into account water use, alternative energy sources, waste streams, biodiversity, and green space. That’s just what students are challenged to do in the <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/08/making-green-a-primary-color">Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology</a> research concentration at the GSD. Faculty News 510232 Tue, 14 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Andreas Georgoulias envisions a new Athens Hellinikon http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/andreas-georgoulias-envisions-a-new-athens-hellinikon.html Andreas Georgoulias, research director for the Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure, examines the redevelopment plans for the former Athens Hellinikon Airport in the July 21, 2012 issue of Imerisia. Architecture News 510172 Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Stephen Ervin awarded Esri Lifetime Achievement Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/stephen-ervin-awarded-esri-lifetime-achievement-award.html Stephen Ervin, assistant dean of information technology, was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Esri International User Conference in San Diego, California in July. Ervin was recognized as a “visionary of geospatial sciences” for his active involvement in the development of the theoretical foundations of geodesign. Faculty News 509770 Tue, 31 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Retooling Gabon http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/retooling-gabon.html Gabon, a tiny country with enormous challenges and opportunities, turned to Ben Aranda’s studio when reimagining the future of its capital city. Their solutions for navigating the park-city boundary just might help position Libreville as a model for the 21st Century. Architecture News 509552 Wed, 18 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD faculty honored at White House for National Design Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-faculty-honored-at-white-house-for-national-design-awards.html The GSD was well represented among the winners of the National Design Awards at a ceremony hosted by First Lady Michelle Obama and the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/mack-scogin.html">Mack Scogin</a> (Kajima professor in practice of architecture) and his wife and partner Merrill Elam won the award for architecture. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (adjunct associate professor of landscape architecture) and his firm, Stoss Landscape Urbanism, won in the landscape architecture category. Alumni News 509524 Tue, 17 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD team wins ASLA National Award for Collaboration http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-wins-asla-national-award-for-collaboration.html Michael Albert (Master in Landscape Architecture), Victor Perez Amado (Master in Architecture), and Anna Cawrse,  (Master of Landscape Architecture) have been chosen to receive an American Society of Landscape Architects National Honor Award in Student Collaboration for their project “<a href="http://www.udcompetition.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Team-1482.pdf">Bayou Commons</a>,” a master land use plan for downtown Houston. Architecture News 509431 Thu, 12 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Christopher Lee’s winning design for Singapore courts complex http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/christopher-lee-s-winning-design-for-singapore-courts-complex.html The Singapore Subordinate Courts have announced the winning design for a new courts complex after an open competition process that started in September last year.  The design, by Christopher Lee of London-based Serie Architects, in collaboration with local Singaporean firm Multiply Architects, includes two new towers and the renovation of the existing Octagon courts building. Faculty News 509358 Fri, 06 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Rahul Mehrotra and RMA Architects win Open Innovation Challenge http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rahul-mehrotra-and-rma-architects-win-open-innovation-challenge.html How does one ensure sammaan, or diginity, when designing toilet facilities for the slums of India? UPD Chair Rahul Mehrotra’s answer made him the Open Innovation Challenge winner. Faculty News 509336 Mon, 02 Jul 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD Hosts United Nations Expert Meeting on Gender and Urbanization http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-hosts-united-nations-expert-meeting-on-gender-and.html On June 11-12, the GSD was home to a United Nations Expert Group Meeting (EGM) entitled “Women’s Economic Empowerment: A Critical Element for Prosperous Cities.” The global gathering, hosted by Assistant Professor of Urban Planning Michael Hooper, brought together key urban policymakers and the leadership of grassroots women’s organizations to forge a policy platform for addressing women’s economic empowerment in cities. Faculty News 509128 Fri, 22 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Felipe Correa and the South America Project featured in PLOT Magazine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/felipe-correa-and-the-south-america-project-featured-in-plot.html The theory section of the Buenos Aires-based <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.revistaplot.com/contenidos-plot7/">PLOT magazine</a> featured the <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.sap-network.org/">South America Project </a>(SAP) in its most recent issue. The magazine presents an overview of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/the-south-america-project-hinterland-urbanisms-symposium.html">SAP conference</a> held at the GSD last October, and highlights the work in progress of the research network.  Faculty News 509140 Wed, 20 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Glass canopy by Preston Scott Cohen lauded in New York Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/glass-canopy-by-preston-scott-cohen-lauded-in-new-york-times.html New York Times dubs Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy in lower Manhattan, "one of the best new works of architecture in New York." <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/05/arts/design/architectural-canopy-shines-in-battery-park-city.html?pagewanted=all">Read the article</a>. Architecture News 509088 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Reed/Hilderbrand Recipient of 2012 BSLA Design Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/reed-hildebrand-recipient-of-2012-bsla-design-awards.html Reed/Hilderbrand, the firm of Professor of Landscape Architecture Gary Hilderbrand, is the recipient of three 2012 Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) design awards. Faculty News 509071 Wed, 06 Jun 2012 16:00:00 -0400 Rahul Mehrotra interviewed in New York Times http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rahul-mehrotra-interviewed-in-new-york-times.html In a recent interview with India Ink, a New York Times blog, Professor Rahul Mehrotra discusses the rise of “parasitic” gated communities in India’s cities, and the need for planning experts in its smaller towns. <a class="target-blank" href="http://india.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/17/a-conversation-with-urban-planner-rahul-mehrotra">Read the full interview</a>. Faculty News 509062 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Rafael Moneo awarded Principe de Asturias prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rafael-moneo-awarded-principe-de-asturias-prize.html Professor of Architecture Rafael Moneo has been awarded Spain's prestigious Principe de Asturias prize for his "serene and meticulously tidy architecture." The prize is given to an individual or institution whose work "constitutes a significant contribution to mankind's culture heritage." <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.bustler.net/index.php/article/rafael_moneo_honored_with_2012_prince_of_asturias_award_for_the_arts/">Read more</a>. Faculty News 509064 Fri, 01 Jun 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Gareth Doherty (DDes '10) receives funding from the DRCLAS Brazil Studies Program http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gareth-doherty-receives-funding-from-the-drclas-brazil-studies.html Gareth Doherty, Lecturer in Landscape and Urban Planning and Design, has been awarded Coolidge First-step Funds for Harvard-Brazil Faculty Engagement from the <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.drclas.harvard.edu/brazil/">David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies</a> for research on urban ecology and color in Brazil.        Alumni News 509065 Wed, 30 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Interview with Carl Steinitz featured in ArcWatch http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/interview-with-carl-steinitz-featured-in-arcwatch.html ArcWatch features a conversation with Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning Carl Steinitz about his forthcoming book Framework for Geodesign. <a class="target-blank" href="http://www.esri.com/news/arcwatch/0412/a-conversation-with-carl-steinitz.html">Read the full interview</a>. Faculty News 509063 Mon, 28 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Zofnass Program develops new tool for measuring environmental impact http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-program-develops-new-tool-for-measuring-a-project-s.html A diverse project team of Harvard experts led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/spiro-pollalis.html">Spiro Pollalis</a>, GSD professor and director of the Zofnass Program, and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andreas-georgoulias.html">Andreas Georgoulias</a>, GSD Lecturer and Zofnass Research Director, has released a tool for evaluating infrastructure projects of all types and sizes based on environmental, economic, and community benefits. <a href="/content/structured-data/blog_post_list/of all types and sizes based on environmental, economic, and community benefits.">Read the full article in the Harvard Gazette</a>. Faculty News 509056 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Mack Scogin and Chris Reed awarded Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/faculty-awarded-cooper-hewitt-national-design-awards.html Cooper-Hewitt Director Bill Moggridge announced the winners of the 2012 National Design Awards. Among the recipients are GSD faculty Mack Scogin and Chris Reed.  Faculty News 509037 Mon, 07 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Rosetta Elkin Awarded 2012- 2013 Daniel Urban Kiley Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rosetta-elkin-awarded-2012-2013-daniel-urban-kiley-fellowship.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rosetta-elkin.html">Rosetta Elkin</a>, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, is the recipient of the Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture for the 2012-2013 academic year. The Fellowship is awarded competitively on an annual basis, and is intended to recognize and foster emerging design educators whose work embodies the potentials for landscape as a medium of design in the public realm. A jury comprised of leading figures from the Harvard GSD faculty including the incumbent Kiley Fellow took part in the selection process. The Daniel Urban Kiley Fellowship builds upon the GSD’s history of pedagogic innovation as well as the Department of Landscape Architecture’s century of leadership in landscape education. Faculty News 509036 Thu, 03 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Michael Hooper writes on slum dweller mobilization in Environment and Urbanization http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-hooper-writes-on-slum-dweller-mobilization-in.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/michael-hooper.html">Michael Hooper</a>, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, and his colleague Leonard Ortolano at Stanford have published results from their research on slum dweller mobilization in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Their recent paper, in the journal <a href="http://eau.sagepub.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/content/24/1/99.abstract">Environment and Urbanization</a>, examines factors motivating slum dweller participation in physically and politically risky social movement activities. The research looked at grassroots mobilization around a large-scale eviction in the city's Kurasini ward. The study's results suggest that the dynamics of participatory decision making are more complex than usually assumed by planners, policymakers and community organizers alike.  Faculty News 509010 Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Governing by Design: Architecture, Economy, and Politics in the Twentieth Century, a new book by Timothy Hyde and the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/governing-by-design-architecture-economy-and-politics-in-the.html <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Governing-Design-Architecture-Twentieth-Environment/dp/0822961784/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1335278027&sr=8-1">Governing by Design:</a> <a href="http://www.upress.pitt.edu/BookDetails.aspx?bookId=36276">Architecture, Economy, and Politics in Twentieth Century</a>, a new book by Associate Professor Timothy Hyde and the Aggregate Architectural History Collaborative, is an innovative collection of essays on the relation between architecture and political, economic, social, and biological forms of governance. “Governing by Design offers a unique perspective on twentieth-century architectural history, disputing the primacy placed on individuals in the design and planning process and instead looking to the larger influences of politics, culture, economics, and globalization to uncover the roots of how our built environment evolves.” Faculty News 509001 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Rising Tide: Asia Lifts the World conference featured in Singapore Center for Liveable Cities http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rising-tide-asia-lifts-the-world-conference-featured-in.html The April 14 "Rising Tide: Asia Lifts the World" conference organized by the GSD and Harvard Business School was featured in the Singapore Center for Liveable Cities <a href="http://gsi.g2m.sg/emails/CLC/issue16.html">newsletter</a>. The annual Asia Business Conference conference examined Singapore as a global city and an economic model. While other economies have been struggling with crises in recent years, Asia has emerged as a pivotal force in the global economy. Today, Asian consumers and companies shape the direction of international markets, business and law. Faculty News 508996 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Preston Scott Cohen featured in "From Nothing, Something" film http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/preston-scott-cohen-featured-in-from-nothing-something-film.html Preston Scott Cohen represents the practice of architecture in the documentary film, <a href="http://fromnothingsomething.com/">From Nothing, Something</a>, about the creative process. Directed by Tim Cawley, "From Nothing, Something profiles creative thinkers across a variety of disciplines and finds common methods, habits, mindsets and neuroses that help bring breakthrough ideas into being." The film will be shown at the <a href="http://iffboston.festivalgenius.com/2012/films/fromnothingsomething_timcawley_iffboston2012">Independent Film Festival of Boston</a> on Sunday, April 29th at 5:30, <a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-22/movies/31366503_1_filmmakers-medical-marijuana-documentary/2">among others</a>. Faculty News 508997 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Farshid Moussavi delivers keynote at AJ Women in Architecture Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/farshid-moussavi-delivers-keynote-at-aj-women-in-architecture.html Professor in Practice <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/farshid-moussavi.html">Farshid Moussavi</a> delivered the <a href="http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/women-in-practice/">keynote address</a> at the inaugural Architects' Journal Women in Architecture Awards on April 20 in London. Moussavi is the founder and principal of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA), an international practice based in London currently working on the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, USA and a Quran Museum in Tehran, Iran. Moussavi was co-founder and co-principal of the award-winning Foreign Office Architects (FOA), known for projects such as the Yokohama International Ferry Terminal in Japan.  Faculty News 508981 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Work of Rahul Mehrotra featured in Harvard Magazine http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/work-of-rahul-mehrotra-featured-in-harvard-magazine.html An <a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/2012/05/designs-for-a-new-india">extended feature</a> in Harvard Magazine on Professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rahul-mehrotra.html">Rahul Mehrotra</a> (MArch '87) describes his work in Hyderabad, between the historic town that developed from the 14th century hilltop fort built by Hindu rulers, and HITEC City (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy) with towering office buildings and high-rise apartment towers. Mehrotra's Mumbai-based firm, <a href="http://www.rmaarchitects.com/home/index.php">RMA</a>, endeavors to "soften thresholds" between these different sectors of society, building for a new India while conserving its past. The article by Elizabeth Gudrais traces the firm's evolution, Mehrotra's design methodology, and the context of Hyderabad. Faculty News 508982 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 GSD Appoints Three Faculty Members in the History of Landscape Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-appoints-three-faculty-members-in-the-history-of-landscape.html Three significant appointments have been made in the history of landscape architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.  Dr. Sonja Duempelmann appointed Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Dr. Edward Eigen appointed Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Dr. John Dixon Hunt appointed Visiting Professor of Landscape Architecture Faculty News 508979 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:15:00 -0400 MoMA Exhibition to feature two faculty competition projects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/moma-exhibition-to-feature-two-faculty-competition-projects.html The <a href="http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/yap/newyork.html">Young Architects Program</a> is an annual collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative design research and promotes emerging talent. Five finalists for the PS1 courtyard design will be featured in an exhibition at MoMA this summer, including <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/news/mariana-ibanez-cameron-wu-shortlisted-for-moma-ps1-young.html">two entries</a> by GSD faculty.  Faculty News 508970 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Jinhee Park and John Hong of SsD win quadruple AIA Awards http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jinhee-park-and-john-hong-of-ssd-win-quadruple-aia-awards.html SsD, the firm led by <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinhee-park.html">Jinhee Park</a> (Design Critic in Architecture) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-hong.html">John Hong</a> (Adjunct Associate Professor) won four AIA awards for recent work: The White Block Gallery, featured in <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20120125/dialogue-in-light">Metropolis Magazine</a>, won both a regional AIA New England Design Award as well as an Honor Award for Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). <a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/residential/8-towers/">8 Towers</a>, part of the Ordos 100 project, and<a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/urbanism/island-of-water/">Island of Water</a>, a landscape urbanism project in Incheon, Korea both won BSA Unbuilt Architecture Awards with the latter project taking the highest Honor Award in that category. Alumni News 508958 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 GSD's first Distinguished Executive in Residence for the REAI will be Gerald D. Hines http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-s-first-distinguished-executive-in-residence-for-the-reai.html Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) has announced that its first Distinguished Executive in Residence for the Real Estate Academic Initiative (REAI) will be Gerald D. Hines, the internationally renowned real estate developer. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/events/hines-and-robert-a-m-stern.html">Two conversations</a> will be held on Wednesday, April 18 at the GSD: Creative Collaboration:  An Overview of the Hines and Robert A.M. Stern Architects Project Portfolio at 1:00 p.m. and Evolution of an Investment Builder: How a House Renovation in 1956 Lead to the Creation of a Global Firm at 6:00 p.m. Faculty News 508954 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 GSD team to participate at the Bocconi University “Urban Campus” international competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-team-to-compete-at-urban-campus-competition.html A GSD team has been invited by the Politecnico di Milano to participate at the Bocconi University “Urban Campus” International Competition. Led by Professor Joan Busquets and  Professor Hashim Sarkis, the design team includes Stefano Andreani (MDesS ’13), Federico de Molfetta (MDesS ’13), and Xing Xiong (MArch II ’12) and will compete with nine international teams. Faculty News 508955 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Anita Berrizbeitia to participate in SAH 2012 Conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/berrizbeitia-participating-in-sah-2012-conference.html Faculty News 508945 Mon, 16 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Forthcoming book by Krzysztof Wodiczko: The Abolition of War http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/forthcoming-book-by-krzysztof-wodiczko-the-abolition-of-war.html This month, Black Dog Publishing, London will publish a new book by Krzysztof Wodiczko titled The Abolition of War, an insight into the working practice of Wodiczko and the political and social concepts infused in his work. With an extended essay by Wodiczko as the starting point for discussions on war and war-related history and memory, texts from theorists and critics in the field support a parallel forum.  In March 2012, Wodiczko was awarded the "Feed the World with More Art" 2012 award for "his lifelong inspiring and life-changing work" in New York City.  Faculty News 508941 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Jim Stockard, Curator of the Loeb Fellowship, appointed to the Governor's Commission for Public Housing Sustainability and Reform http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jim-stockard-curator-of-the-loeb-fellowship-appointed-to-the.html Curator of the Loeb Fellowship, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/james-stockard.html">Jim Stockard</a> (MCP ’68, LF ’78) has been appointed to the Governor’s Commission for Public Housing Sustainability and Reform. The Commission has been established as a result of the Governor’s commitment to dramatically reform the outdated and inefficient system by which 242 local agencies manage a stock of 50,000 public housing units funded by the state and another 37,000 supported by the federal government. The purpose of the 23 member Commission is to “develop recommendations for the sustainability and reform of public housing authorities and the portfolio of state aided public housing that will ensure the long-term viability of public housing as an affordable housing resource, including the reform of the statutory governance structure with a goal of creating a practical, cost-effective and modern regional governance structure.” Faculty News 508942 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Levi-designed IRS Northeast Headquarters opens first phase http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/levi-designed-irs-northeast-headquarters-opens-first-phase.html The U.S. Treasury Department's IRS Northeast Headquarters, designed by Adjunct Professor in Architecture, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jonathan-levi.html">Jonathan Levi</a>, opened its first phase in January 2012. A GSA Design Excellence Commission, the second phase of the project is to be completed in February 2012.  The Roger F. Wellington School in Belmont, Massachusetts, was designed by <a href="http://www.leviarc.com/">Levi</a> and dedicated in September 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Massachusetts State Treasurer Steven Grossman.  Faculty News 508943 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Höweler+Yoon's Sky Courts honored by Architect Magazine and Boston Society of Architects http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/h-weler-yoon-invited-to-participate-in-audi-urban-futures.html Professor <a href="/content/structured-data/blog_post_list/Professor Eric Höweler's firm,">Eric Höweler</a> and his firm Höweler + Yoon Architecture won an Annual Design Award from <a href="http://www.architectmagazine.com/cultural-projects/chengdu-skycourts.aspx">Architect Magazine</a> and a Boston Society of Architects Honor Award for their project Chengdu Sky Courts. The firm has been invited to participate in the<a href="http://www.audi-urban-future-initiative.com/en/research/experiments-in-motion.html"> Audi Urban Futures Initiative</a> 2012, a year long research project that speculates on the future of cities and mobility. Having recently completed the Boston Society of Architects headquarters <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/news/howeler-yoon-designed-bsa-space-opens.html">BSA Space</a>, the project has been published in <a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/projects/building_types_study/Office_Buildings/2012/bsa-space.asp">Architectural Record</a>, <a href="http://www.domusweb.it/en/architecture/in-form-communicating-the-city/">Domus</a>, <a href="http://archpaper.com/news/articles.asp?id=5168">The Architect's Newspaper</a> and <a href="http://www.architects.org/architectureboston/articles/space">Architecture Boston.</a>  Faculty News 508934 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Ingeborg Rocker to speak at Technische Universität Munich http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/ingeborg-rocker-to-speak-at-technische-universit-t-munich.html <a href="http://architecture.gsd.harvard.edu/faculty/ingeborg-rocker">Ingeborg Rocker</a>, Associated Professor and Director of the GSDigital Mediaworkshops and Principal of <a href="http://rocker-lange.com/">Rocker-Lange Architects</a>, will speak at the Technische Universität Munich, Department for Architecture on April 20, 2012.  Her lecture will focus on the historical development of representation technologies and the role these play in design, particularly the digital medium and its impact on conception, representation and fabrication. The lecture will present Rocker's ongoing research project at the GSD, On the Bri(n)ck (<a href="http://architecture.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/archive/fall-2010/on-the-bri-n-ck-architecture-of-the-envelope/">2010</a> and <a href="http://architecture.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/archive/fall-2009/on-the-bri-n-ck-architecture-of-the-envelope/">2009</a>) and her practical and theoretical work on "Serial Multiplicites," of which different design versions have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale 2010 and other venues. Rocker-Lange Architects' "Density & Openness: Recoding Building Bulk in Hong Kong," is currently exhibited at the Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale curated by Terence Riley. Faculty News 508936 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 "Cloud" by SsD opens in Heyri, Korea http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/cloud-by-ssd-opens-in-heyri-korea.html Jinhee Park (Design Critic in Architecture, MArch ‘02) and John Hong (Adjunct Associate Professor, MArch ‘96) of <a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/works/cultural/cloud/">SsD</a> recently completed ‘<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TV2V7xX8G2s&feature=youtu.be">Cloud</a>,’ an interactive public art piece in Korea’s Heyri Art Valley. 'Cloud' is a permanent light, sound, and sculpture installation that responds to the movement of passersby as well as to the dynamically changing weather patterns of the Heyri Art Valley. Three ethereal canopies come alive when people approach: patterns of changing light and sound invite one to discover new paths under and between them, inspiring impromptu gatherings or even improvised performances. When not responding to people, 'Cloud' enhances the dynamic experience of the weather: detecting temperature, wind, rain, and humidity, the sculpture takes each of these conditions and creates a new link between human and atmosphere through light and sound. Faculty News 508939 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Kyu Sung Woo (MUD '70) awarded Harleston Parker Medal http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/kyu-sung-woo-mud-70-awarded-harleston-parker-medal.html <a href="http://execed.gsd.harvard.edu/faculty/woo-kyu-sung">Kyu Sung Woo</a> (MUD '70) was awarded the <a href="http://awards.architects.org/2011/">Harleston Parker Medal</a> by the Boston Society of Architects and the City of Boston. The annual award recognizes "the single most beautiful building or other structure" built in Boston within the past ten years. The Harvard University Graduate Student Housing building at 10 Akron Street was completed in 2008 with consideration for the specific goals of the university. “Every institution has a different mission,” he says. “It’s interesting and exciting to see how we relate those missions into different buildings. For example, all the dormitories we have done, none of them have the same unit plan or floor plan. It’s not just because of a site being rural or urban or suburban, but also, I think, each university has a different tradition and a different mission.” Alumni News 508940 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Anita Berrizbeitia participated in Writing Landscape symposium at Syracuse University School of Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-anita-berrizbeitia-participated-in-writing-landscape.html Professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/anita-berrizbeitia.html">Anita Berrizbeitia</a> participated in <a href="http://upstate.syr.edu/programming-conferences-writing-landscape.html">Writing Landscape: Criticism Now</a>, a symposium sponsored by UPSTATE: A Center for Design, Research, and Real Estate at Syracuse University School of Architecture. The symposium explored the role of criticism in the design, reception, and dissemination of landscape in contemporary culture. Faculty News 508951 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Cao | Perrot Studio's Cloud Terrace opens at Dumbarton Oaks http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/cao-perrot-studio-s-cloud-terrace-opens-at-dumbarton-oaks.html Cloud Terrace, a new temporary installation by landscape artists <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/andrewcao.html">Andy Cao</a> (LF '11) and Xavier Perrot, recently opened at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, D.C. Clouds sculpted from chicken wire dangle 10,000 loaned Swarovski crystals creating the effect of gathered raindrops over the property's Arbor Terrace. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/john-beardsley.html">John Beardsley</a>, Adjunct Professor of Landscape Architecture at the GSD and Director of Landscape Studies at Dumbarton Oaks, says temporary installations “breathe new life into these landscapes,” which are “living works” no matter how historic. The commission developed from Cao's visit to the institute as a Loeb fellow in 2011. Alumni News 508905 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Felipe Correa to lecture in Montevideo http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-felipe-correa-to-lecture-in-montevideo.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/felipe-correa.html">Felipe Correa</a>, Assistant Professor and Director of the Urban Design Program, will speak at Universidad de la República in Montevideo (Uruguay) on April 13th. His lecture will focus on resource extraction within the South American continent and its effects on current urbanization processes.  The lecture will also mark the launch of the<a href="http://www.sap-network.org/p/about.html">South America Project</a> Research Workshops to be carried out in Montevideo throughout the next two years. Faculty News 508906 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Erika Naginski appointed Robert Sterling Clark Professor for 2012-2013 http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/erika-naginski-appointed-robert-sterling-clark-professor-for.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/erika-naginski.html">Erika Naginski</a> has been appointed the Robert Sterling Clark Professor for 2012-2013. The Robert Sterling Clark Visiting Professorship at Williams College and the Clark Art Institute brings to campus a distinguished art or architectural historian to teach at the graduate and undergraduate level and circulate in the  intellectual community. Previous Clark Professors have included Robin Kelsey (Harvard University), Michael Cole (Columbia University), and Harry Francis Malgrave (IIT College of Architecture). Faculty News 508907 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Kiel Moe awarded MacDowell Colony Fellowship http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-kiel-moe-awarded-macdowell-colony-fellowship.html Professor <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/kiel-moe.html">Kiel Moe</a> has been awarded a MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Summer 2012. Founded in 1907, the MacDowell Colony is the nation’s leading artist colony. The Colony nurtures the arts by offering creative individuals of the highest talent an inspiring environment in which they can produce enduring works of the imagination. Faculty News 508908 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori breaks ground at Novartis, wins prize for best design show http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toshiko-mori-architects-to-break-ground-and-publish-work.html A new lab building designed by Toshiko Mori Architect will break ground at the Novartis Campus in Cambridge, MA this spring.   Two recent design commissions include the Peter Freeman Gallery in SoHo, as well as Sean Kelly’s new gallery space in Hell’s Kitchen.  A book about Kelly’s recently completed house in upstate New York, also designed by Toshiko Mori Architect, will be published by Hatje Cantz in the fall.   Faculty News 508910 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Memorial by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Julian Bonder (MDesS '96) unveiled in Nantes, France http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/memorial-by-krzysztof-wodiczko-and-julian-bonder-mdess-96-to.html Professor in Residence in Art, Design, and the Public Domain Krzysztof Wodiczko, in collaboration with Julian Bonder (MDesS '96), has recently completed construction of the <a href="http://memorial.nantes.fr/en/le-memorial/">Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery</a> in Nantes, France. Alumni News 508769 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 GSD mourns the passing of Luis Moreno Mansilla and Manuel de Solà-Morales http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-mourns-luis-moreno-mansilla-and-manuel-de-sola-morales.html It is with enormous sadness that we announce the recent deaths of Luis Moreno Mansilla and Manuel de Solà-Morales. The unexpectedness of both passings adds to the shock of a great loss. Alumni News 508894 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Rafael Moneo honored by UVA and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/rafael-moneo-honored-by-uva-and-the-thomas-jefferson-foundation.html The University of Virginia and the Thomas Jefferson Foundation at Monticello will present the Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medal in Architecture on April 13 to <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/rafael-moneo.html">Professor Rafael Moneo</a>. The Thomas Jefferson Foundation Medals are the highest external honors bestowed by the University, which grants no honorary degrees. They recognize achievements of those who embrace endeavors in which Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence and third U.S. president, excelled and held in high regard. The Medal presentation will be followed with a lecture by Moneo. Faculty News 508896 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Remembering Luis Moreno Mansilla http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/remembering-luis-moreno-mansilla.html Luis Moreno Mansilla was among the best, if not the best of architects to have passed through my office. His loss leaves behind a valuable body of work now, unfortunately, interrupted. My office must now adjust, but we must trust that our mission will not change. The nuances of Luis’s complex, subtle, and sensitive personality made his contribution as definitive as unpredictable. We will certainly feel his absence. Faculty News 508892 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Dean Mohsen Mostafavi interviewed by Nicolai Ouroussoff http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/dean-mohsen-mostafavi-interviewed-by-nicolai-ouroussoff.html In an interview by critic and author Nicolai Ouroussoff, Dean Mohsen Mostafavi discusses his favorite books. Faculty News 508855 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Alex Krieger invited to lecture in China and Israel http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/alex-krieger-invited-to-lecture-in-china-and-israel.html Over the GSD Spring Break Alex Krieger lectured at six of China's leading architecture and planning schools including Tsinghua University in Beijing, Tonji University in Shanghai, Dongnan University in Nanjing, Xian University, Harbin University, & Tianjin University.   Additionally, he addressed the staff of the Planning Bureaus of  the cities of Tianjin, Shanghai, Nanjing and Fuzhou about the importance of urban design.  Earlier in March he delivered the Keynote Lecture at the Annual Conference of the Israel Planners Association, on this year's organizing theme of planning large scale urban infrastructure. Alumni News 508852 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 01:00:00 -0400 Zofnass methodology published in Infrastructure Sustainability and Design http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/zofnass-methodology-published-in-infrastructure-sustainability.html Recently released, Infrastructure Sustainability and Design compiles the first two years of research of the <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/research/research_centers/zofnass/index.html">Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure</a>. The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure was founded in 2008 by a generous donation from Paul and Joan Zofnass, and is housed at Harvard Graduate School of Design. Its activities are extended to several schools at the University including Public Health, Government, Business, and the Center for the Environment. Faculty News 508854 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Eve Blau spoke as part of the Presidential Lecture Series at Hampshire College http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eve-blau-spoke-as-part-of-the-presidential-lecture-series-at.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/eve-blau.html">Eve Blau</a> participated in a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iU7rGjyHpVM">panel discussion</a> with documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and literary critic Christopher Benfey on "The Human Prospect: A Panel on History, Art and the Humanities" at Hampshire College, as part of the Presidential Lecture Series on February 21, 2012.   Faculty News 508842 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Architecture and Urban Planning Studio meets with Harvard Alumni in Quito, Ecuador http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/architecture-and-urban-planning-studio-meets-with-harvard-alumni.html Students in Felipe Correa's option studio "A line in the Andes" travelled to Quito, Ecuador in February to examine ways the city might employ its new metro stations as foci for further urban transformations, including cultural, educational, and recreational facilities. Alumni News 508820 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Professor Chris Reed to speak at LABASH Conference http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/professor-chris-reed-to-speak-at-labash-conference.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/chris-reed.html">Chris Reed</a> (AB '91), Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and Founding Principal of <a href="http://www.stoss.net">Stoss Landscape Urbanism</a>, will present a keynote lecture entitled "Landscape and City-Making" at the annual <a href="http://www.fiulabash2012.com/">LAbash</a> conference on Friday March 16 in Miami.  Faculty News 508821 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Eve Blau Delivered Inaugural Woodruff Memorial Lecture at Yale SOA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/eve-blau-delivered-inaugural-woodruff-memorial-lecture-at-yale.html Adjunct Professor of the History of Urban Form in the Department of Urban Planning and Design Eve Blau delivered the inaugural George Morris Woodruff, Class of 1857, <a href="http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/events/lectures">Memorial Lecture at Yale University</a> on Februray 23, 2012 entitled Transparency + Architecture: Between Information + Experience.  Faculty News 508815 Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0400 Howeler+Yoon designed BSA Space opens http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/howeler-yoon-designed-bsa-space-opens.html Eric Howeler of <a href="http://www.hyarchitecture.com/">Howeler+Yoon Architecture</a> has recently completed the new <a href="http://bsaspace.org/about/">BSA Space</a> at the Atlantic Wharf in Boston. A striking green "cloud" ceiling and dropped stair invites visitors to the meeting space and 6,000sf exhibition space dedicated to architecture and design.  Faculty News 508689 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Wang Shu Awarded the 2012 Pritzker Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/wang-shu-awarded-the-2012-pritzker-prize.html Wang Shu is the first architect in China to be awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize, and at 48, the fourth youngest. The architect is celebrated for his commitment to China’s history in a time of rapid development, integrating salvaged materials in experimental modern forms. Faculty News 508741 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 John Hong (MArch '96) and Jinhee Park (MArch '02) of SsD Win Emerging Voices Award http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/john-hong-march-96-and-jinhee-park-march-02-of-ssd-win-emerging.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/people/johnhong.html">Jon Hong</a> (MArch '96) and <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/jinheepark.html">Jinhee Park</a> (MArch '02) of <a href="http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/">SsD</a> recently received the Architectural League of New York’s <a href="http://archleague.org/category/events/emerging-voices-events/">Emerging Voices Award</a>. Emerging Voices spotlights individuals and firms based in the United States, Canada, or Mexico with distinct design voices and the potential to influence the disciplines of architecture, landscape design, and urbanism.   Alumni News 508731 Mon, 27 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Firm of Silvia Benedito selected as finalists for Bayern-Oil site development competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/oficinaa-selected-as-finalists-for-bayern-oil-site-development.html <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/silviabenedito.html">Silvia Benedito</a>, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, and Alexander Häusler (MArchII '04) have been selected as finalists for the Bayern-Oil site development Competition in Ingolstadt, Germany. Alumni News 508726 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Faculty to Speak at 100th Annual Meeting of ACSA http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/faculty-to-speak-at-100th-annual-meeting-of-acsa.html Two faculty members have been invited to speak at the 100th Annual Meeting of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture organized at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology March 1-4. <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/ingeborgrocker.html">Ingeborg Rocker</a>, Associate Professor of Architecture and Coordinator of Digital Workshops at the GSD, will be on the conference's opening panel alongside <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/sanfordkwinter.html">Sanford Kwinter</a>, Co-Director of the Master in Design Studies Program and Professor of Architectural Theory and Criticism at the GSD. Faculty News 508729 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 'Lightfall' Reviewed in Boston Globe http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/lightfall-reviewed-in-boston-globe.html The Boston Globe's Robert Campbell <a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-02-19/arts/31074183_1_arcades-digital-tools-photographs/2">reviews</a> Preston Scott Cohen's 'Lightfall' exhibit in Gund Hall on the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Faculty News 508730 Fri, 24 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Design Robotics Group to present Ceramics 2.0 at SmartGeometry workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/drg-to-present-ceramics-2-0-at-smartgeometry.html The GSD <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/academic-programs/advanced-studies-program/mdess/technology/digital-fabrication-robotics.html">Design Robotics Group</a> (DRG) has been selected to lead a cluster during the 2012 SmartGeometry workshops that will take place in Troy, New York from March 19-24. ASP News 508703 Wed, 22 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Jill Desimini and Jane Hutton speak at University College London http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jill-desimini-and-jane-hutton-speaking-at-university-college.html Faculty News 508695 Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:00:00 -0500 Christopher Lee designs BMW Olympic Pavilion http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/christopher-lee-of-serie-designs-bmw-olympic-pavilion.html BMW recently revealed plans for the 2012 Olympic Pavilion in London, designed by Serie co-founder and GSD Design Critic in Architecture, <a href="http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/#/people/christopherlee.html">Christopher Lee</a>.  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/gsd-faculty-and-alumni-speak-at-yale-soa-drawing-conference.html Over the weekend of February 9, Yale School of Architecture hosted the symposium <a href="http://www.architecture.yale.edu/drupal/events/symposia/spring2012">"Is Drawing Dead?"</a> 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). 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/the-garden-in-the-machine-featured-at-moma.html “The Garden in the Machine,” 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 <a href="http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1230">The Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream</a> 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." Alumni News 508679 Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500 Felipe Correa to speak at Princeton/UCLA Watershed Workshop http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/felipe-correa-to-speak-at-princeton-ucla-watershed-workshop.html 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/joan-busquets-receives-prix-sp-cial-de-l-urbanisme.html 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/charles-waldheim-delivers-landscape-as-urbanism-lecture-at-yale.html Faculty News 508271 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:00:00 -0500 Daniel Urban Kiley Teaching Fellowship in Landscape Architecture http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/daniel-urban-kiley-teaching-fellowship-in-landscape-architecture.html Faculty News 507943 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:00:00 -0500 Jerold Kayden's Zoning the City conference—"Planning NYC's next 50 years" http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/jerold-kayden-s-zoning-the-city-conference-planning-nyc-s-next.html Faculty News 507867 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Pierre Belanger receives first prize in Dubendorf Airport design competition http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/pierre-belanger-receives-first-prize-in-dubendorf-airport-design.html Faculty News 507822 Fri, 09 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/martha-schwartz-nominated-for-fellowship-by-boston-society-of.html <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/mariana-ibanez-cameron-wu-shortlisted-for-moma-ps1-young.html Faculty News 507717 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 07:00:00 -0500 DesignIntelligence names Charles Waldheim among most admired design educators in U.S. http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/designintelligence-names-charles-waldheim-among-most-admired.html Faculty News 507700 Wed, 30 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Joan Busquets receives 2011 Erasmus Prize http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/joan-busquets-receives-2011-erasmus-prize.html 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/michael-van-valkenburgh-2011-asla-design-medal-recipient.html 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/jinhee-park-march-02-named-top-architect-in-marie-claire-women.html Alumni News 507629 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:00:00 -0500 Assistant Professor Felipe Correa featured in revista Arquine of Mexico http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/assistant-professor-felipe-correa-featured-in-revista-arquine-of.html 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/chris-reed-s-citydeck-earns-top-honor-award-from-waterfront.html 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/preston-scott-cohen-s-herta-and-paul-amir-building-opened-at-tel.html 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/gsd-platform-series-releases-fourth-edition.html 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/charles-waldheim-delivers-keynote-lecture-for-chinese-society-of.html Faculty News 507505 Fri, 04 Nov 2011 01:00:00 -0400 Michael Hooper critiques growing anti-participation sentiment in Next American City http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/michael-hooper-denounces-growing-anti-participation-sentiment-in.html Amidst a rising chorus of anti-participation rhetoric, Assistant Professor Michael Hooper extolls the benefits of civic engagement in urban planning. 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/peter-del-tredici-s-search-for-the-wild-gingko.html 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/professor-jerold-kayden-s-op-ed-on-occupy-wall-street-and.html 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/associate-professor-pierre-b-langer-selected-to-jury-for-yul-mtl.html 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/jorge-silvetti-s-firm-among-winning-teams-in-rio-de-janeiro.html 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/toshiko-mori-s-center-for-excellence-shortlisted-for-2011-waf.html 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/firm-of-professor-farshid-moussavi-wins-competition-to-design.html 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/professor-jerold-kayden-on-occupying-wall-street-at-the-public.html 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. 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/zofnass-program-and-institute-for-sustainable-infrastructure.html 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/charles-waldheim-chair-of-the-department-of-landscape.html 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/south-america-project-symposium-and-network-launch-at-gsd.html “The South America Project (SAP): Hinterland Urbanisms” symposium took place at Harvard’s GSD on October 7th and 8th. 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. Faculty News 507017 Wed, 12 Oct 2011 01:00:00 -0400 SURFACE DEEP Reford Gardens, Grand Metis, Quebec, Canada http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/surface-deep-reford-gardens-grand-metis-quebec-canada.html 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/firm-of-professor-jorge-silvetti-wins-klifd-competition-to.html 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 Jerold Kayden, Amanda Burden to Co-Chair Zoning the City Conference in NYC http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/loeb-fellows-participate-in-the-zoning-the-city-conference.html 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/gsd-faculty-alumni-among-asla-professional-awards-recipients.html Alumni News 506917 Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 Toshiko Mori's House in Ghent featured in Architectural Review http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/toshiko-mori-s-house-in-ghent-featured-in-architectural-review.html 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/michael-van-valkenburgh-s-penn-park-offers-new-open-space-for.html 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/susan-fainstein-professor-of-urban-planning-to-receive-paul.html Faculty News 506884 Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 GSD Alum questions Professor Chris Reed on "Landscape Optimism" http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-alum-questions-professor-chris-reed-on-landscape-optimism.html Alumni News 506838 Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 First Look: Rem Koolhaas’ Architecture for Architects at Cornell University http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/first-look-rem-koolhaas-architecture-for-architects-at-cornell.html Faculty News 506541 Thu, 15 Sep 2011 08:00:00 -0400 New Geographies journal receives Graham Foundation grant http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-geographies-journal-receives-graham-foundation-grant.html 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/pierre-belanger-selected-as-finalist-for-dubendorf-airport.html 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/architecture-in-india-by-rahul-mehrotra-released-in-mumbai.html 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/somatic-collaborative-design-practice-of-assistant-professor.html Faculty News 506515 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 15:00:00 -0400 Harvard Design Magazine, Architectures of Latin America now available http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/harvard-design-magazine-number-34-now-available.html Alumni News 506488 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:00:00 -0400 GSD Coordinates Conference on a Sustainable Future for the Exumas http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-coordinates-conference-on-a-sustainable-future-for-the.html 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. Faculty News 505561 Fri, 19 Aug 2011 01:00:00 -0400 New publication by Rahul Mehrotra released in Mumbai http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/new-publication-by-rahul-mehrotra-released-in-mumbai.html   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/peter-del-tredici-joins-call-for-reassessment-of-non-native.html Peter Del Tredici, Adjunct Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, joins call for reassessment of non-native species in Nature science journal Faculty News 505450 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 01:00:00 -0400 GSD to Study Persian Gulf http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/news/gsd-to-study-persian-gulf.html 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 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/toshiko-mori-robert-p-hubbard-professor-in-the-practice-of.html 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/thomas-schroepfer-presents-results-of-dense-green-studio-opens.html 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/eve-blau-adjunct-professor-of-architectural-history-visits.html 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