A new exhibition on Gund Hall’s Experiments Wall uniquely approaches a provocative topic: fatal encounters between civilians and police across the country.
Wondering what the Extreme Urbanism III studio was up to with the Loeb Fellows and the Critical Conservation students in Agra last spring? Rahul Mehrotra (professor of Urban Design and Planning) provides a field guide in this newly released video about the course and the trip.
After receiving over 250 submissions, the curatorial team for the 2016 Venice Biennale’s U.S. Pavilion has named 12 architect teams to produce the pavilion’s U.S. exhibition, with several Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty and alumni among those selected.
Maurice Cox, Detroit’s new planning director, views the city through the lens of opportunity. While others can’t see beyond acres of abandoned land, he sees the walkable streets and neighborhood density that foster community and plenty of parks, gardens and local enterprise. He also sees the resilient spirit that can make it all happen. Read “Detroit’s new planning director: Dream Big” and view a video interview with Maurice Cox.
Latest issue of Log magazine features range of GSD contributors
Cynthia Davidson (LF ’89) has been selected by the State Department as co-curator of the United States Pavilion exhibition in the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, along with Monica Ponce de Leon, dean of Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan. Read more at the LOEBlog.
Harvard Graduate School of Design students are spending the summer developing their skills beyond studio walls—and giving back to local and global communities—through the GSD’s Community Service Fellowship Program (CSFP).
Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty and Loeb Fellows have earned recognition from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), which announced its 2015 honors last week.
Harvard Graduate School of Design students, alumni, and professors offered visionary, winning designs in the Boston Living with Water competition, which announced finalists on Monday, June 8.
Contrary to the recent assertion in The Atlantic City Lab–that there’s no syllabus for an urban design course on race and justice–there is at least one: Toni Griffin (LF ’98) created it and teaches it at the CCNY J.Max Bond Center on Design for the Just City. She writes about it in Next City.