Future of the American City: The Architecture of Disability
Designer, historian, and theorist David Gissen joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his new book…
A Team of Harvard Researchers Develop a Prototype for a More Efficient and Eco-friendly Air Conditioner
Continuing a trend from this summer, September 2023 was the hottest September on record,…
“A Radical Obvious Idea”: “Carceral Landscapes” Confronts the Role of Design in Mass Incarceration
Melanie Newport delivers her presentation “A Bigger, Better Jail: Jail Overcrowding and the Making of…
Theaster Gates and Karel Miler’s “Actions”: An Excerpt from “Pairs 4”
Pairs 4, edited by Isabel Lewis, Adrea Piazza, and Andrea Sandell Pairs is a student-led journal…
Nexus Podcast: Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Curry J. Hackett
Season 3, Episode 1: Nifemi Marcus-Bello and Curry J. Hackett engage in a conversation…
Experiments with Memory: Reflections on the 18th Venice Architecture Biennale
Euro-American conceptions of the future often disregard the past—or, worse, reject it. From the Bauhaus…
The Forest for the Trees (and the Birds, and the People, and the Planet)
As we continue to face the twin crises of rapidly accelerating climate change…
Remembering Claude Cormier (1960–2023)
I first met Claude Cormier (MDes ’94) when he approached me about being a teaching…
Announcing the Harvard GSD Fall 2023 Public Program
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces its Fall 2023 schedule of public programs…
Multihyphenate
Multihyphenation is a compound term referring to alternate modes of creative production: “Collab”…
Talking Practice: Sharon Johnston and Mark Lee
In this episode of Talking Practice, host Grace La interviews Sharon…
The Design Thinking behind the GSD’s New Identity
A Language and a Tool A visual identity is both a language and a tool.
Jingru (Cyan) Cheng Wins Harvard GSD’s 2023 Wheelwright Prize
Fellowship to support Cheng’s research proposal, an examination of the critical role of sand in…
Data, Digital Media, and a Different Design Office
In the summer of 2022, the nonprofit artificial intelligence group OpenAI introduced DALL-E, a groundbreaking…
Beyond Zoning: A New Approach for Today’s Cities
The early 20th-century zoning paradigm has outlasted its usefulness for 21st-century cities. Harvard GSD’s Matthew…
How Designers Can Help Keep Our Air Breathable
Smoke from wildfires raging in Canada blanketed the Northeastern United States this month, turning the…
Design Now Podcast, Episode 5: The future of library design
Designers and architects spend their time thinking about how to fit the form of…
John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense
John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense Paul Walker With contributions by Mary Lou Lobsinger, Peter…