Lesley Lokko Appointed Spring 2022 Senior Loeb Scholar
Photo by Murdo Macleod Lesley Lokko has been appointed the Harvard GSD…
On Pushing the Boundaries of Architecture Representation
Architecture students arrive at the task of representation with a mounting sense of urgency. There…
The Future of Tourism: Can the pandemic change how we visit popular sites for the better?
Oonagh Davis's (MArch II '23) proposal for the option studio “Between Wilderness and Civilization,”…
Nexus Podcast: Dana McKinney on Activism, Practice, and Education
Season 2, Episode 7: Dana McKinney describes her time at the GSD as a…
Hanif Kara Recognized with Order of the British Empire Award in Queen’s New Year Honours 2022
In recognition of his services in architecture, engineering, and education, Professor Hanif Kara received…
Meet the Loeb Fellowship Class of 2022
The Loeb Fellowship's Class of 2022. Clockwise from top left: Andrea Bolnick, Jordan Weber, Will…
“A crash course in loving”: Oana Stănescu remembers Virgil Abloh
“I have been refusing to put words down, afraid they might make real something none…
Report on Manufactured Housing and Latinx Homeownership Finds Significant Challenges and Offers Strategies for Improvement
Front cover of the Manufactured Homes report, a new paper detailing the…
Fostering Relationships Between Insects and Humans Through Design
Liwei Shen (MLA I ’22) and Hyemin Gu (MLA I AP ’22) are researching…
Design Now Podcast, Episode 1: How designers are tackling climate change with restoration ecology, food sovereignty, and sewage
In the inaugural episode of this Harvard GSD podcast we hear from people…
Climate Change, Water Rights, and the Future of the Mexican Altiplano: An interview with Lorena Bello
Apan Lagoon, formerly a 600-hectare lake, dries up seasonally. Image: Gustavo Madrid The recent United…
Interrogative Design: Selected Works of Krzysztof Wodiczko
Materials for this exhibit provided by the artist, with unique edits specially produced for this project by GSD Exhibitions. Spanning five decades, the artistic practice of Krzysztof Wodiczko has interrogated a variety of social conditions across cultures, through artistic interventions that deploy creative…
Zero-Waste Architecture for Climate Resilience: Iman S. Fayyad’s CloudHouse Shade Pavilion
In the months that Iman S. Fayyad, lecturer in architecture at the Harvard Graduate…
What if Washington DC were granted statehood? Preston Scott Cohen on designing a new American city-state
Since 2000, the standard Washington, DC, license plate carries the message: “Taxation Without Representation,” and…
‘How many Black urbanists can you name? How many Latinx architects from the 20th century do you know? Maybe one? None?’ These are the questions we started with.
Hansy Better Barraza, “Hidden Figures: The City, Architecture and the Construction of Race and Gender”
Excerpt from The Kinetic City & Other Essays: The Permanent and Ephemeral by Rahul Mehrotra
The Kinetic City & Other Essays is the latest book from…
Tar Creek Remade: Taking on 120 years of environmental injustice at an Oklahoma Superfund site
Envision a broad expanse of barren gray mounds riven with erosion channels. Pools of viridian,…
Practice in a Time of Economic Uncertainty: Advice for Emerging Architects
For many architects—particularly those at the start of their careers—the current moment feels fraught with…
An Island in Flux: Envisioning a more resilient Nantucket
Nantucket offers a vivid illustration of the principle of flux, the idea that everything is…
As an undergraduate, I didn’t have any professors of color, and I only had one professor who was female. So I saw a severe lack of representation in my own education, and moving forward I want to play a role in changing that.
From "Students in Dialogue: A conversation with MArch II candidate Selwyn Bachus"
In Inaugural Cycle, REA Fund Supports Diverse Projects United by Pursuit of Equity and Anti-Racism
In spring 2021, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and…