Glass canopy by Preston Scott Cohen lauded in New York Times
New York Times dubs Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy in lower Manhattan, "one of the best new works of architecture in New York." Read the article.
New York Times dubs Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy in lower Manhattan, "one of the best new works of architecture in New York." Read the article.
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.
MDesS students swept the awards for academic achievement during commencement exercises on May 24, 2012.
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. Read the full interview.
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." Read more.
Gareth Doherty, Lecturer in Landscape and Urban Planning and Design, has been awarded Coolidge First-step Funds for Harvard-Brazil Faculty Engagement from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies for research on urban ecology and color in Brazil.
ArcWatch features a conversation with Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning Carl Steinitz about his forthcoming book Framework for Geodesign. Read the full interview.
The Design Robotics Group has been prominently featured in the reports from Smartgeometry 2012 at RPI in Troy, New York. The group was selected to lead a cluster on Ceramics 2.0, an outgrowth of research in the course Material Processes and Systems: CeramicsLAB. The theme of this year's conference was "Material Intensities -Simulation, Energy, Environment," and its first day was structured in clusters to promote collaborative work across multiple disciplines, rather than one-directional information. Ceramics 2.0 was one of the "material research" clusters, creating custom bricks with a robot.