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What role do planning and design play in a pandemic? Ann Forsyth reflects on COVID-19’s impact on the future of urban life

Over the past few days, normal life at Harvard has been upended by government, university,…

Mar 19, 2020

Exhibition Preview: First the Forests on view through March 15 in the Druker Design Gallery

Listen to Günther Vogt describing three of the six projects featured in…

Mar 2, 2020

ReDesign Miami: In a city defined by water, how does design turn threat into opportunity?

Each December, the art world descends on Miami Beach for Art Basel’s American installment, Design…

Feb 20, 2020

Rahul Mehrotra has been appointed Chair of Department of Urban Planning and Design and John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization

Rahul Mehrotra appointed Chair of Department of Urban Planning and Design and John T. Dunlop Professor in Housing and Urbanization

Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the appointment of Rahul Mehrotra (MAUD ’87) as…

Feb 20, 2020

A Moveable Feast: Milliøns designs a living archive of modern ceramics for the Everson Museum

Collector Louise Rosenfield had a bold dream for her vast assemblage…

Feb 19, 2020

The Harvard Graduate School of Design community shares what made them fall in love with design

In honor of Valentine’s Day, we asked members of the Harvard Graduate School of Design…

Feb 11, 2020

Painting of bread and styrofoam by Jeffrey Larson

Eulàlia Gómez-Escoda’s “Feeding Boston” addresses the staggering rate of food waste in the US

The entrance to an urban supermarket and its adjoining parking lot wouldn’t captivate the attention…

Feb 11, 2020

Virginia's Eastern Shore

Land-Use Strategies for a Purple State: Studio considers ways of protecting Virginia’s Eastern Shore from devastating sea rise

A lone farmstead is perched on the edge of a creek on Virginia’s Eastern Shore.

Feb 7, 2020

First-ever compendium of indigenous technologies provides a powerful toolkit for climate-resilient design

The design field is at an inflection point. It must challenge its repertoire, rethink technology,…

Feb 3, 2020

Fantasy, Memory, & Longing: Robin Winogrond leads designers on a search for the poetic in banal landscapes

The strange and unexpected are disappearing from our towns and cities. In Europe and America…

Jan 15, 2020