Rethinking I.M. Pei’s Legacy
For his 1946 thesis at Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), Ieoh Ming (I.M.) Pei…
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Pete Walker & the GSD: Nearly 70 Years of Connections
For almost 70 years, the landscape architect Pete Walker (MLA ’57) has maintained strong ties…
A Public Artwork by GSD Students Embraces Enclosure
Near the south entrance to the Radcliffe Yard, a structure of fir beams clad in…
How Bio-Based Building Materials Are Transforming Architecture
A colorful grid of bio-based tiles rests atop a black surface. Created as sustainable alternatives…
What Oysters Can Teach about Life in the Climate Crisis
On the southern coast of Taiwan, groundwater pumped from the earth flows through dense…
From Drought to Flood: Solutions for Extreme Climate Events in Monterrey, Mexico
In 2022 and 2023, Monterrey, Mexico’s second largest city, experienced a critical shortage of water…
A New Future for a Colonial Fort in Ghana
The village of Ada Foah sits on the coast of Ghana where the Volta River…
Remembering George Baird, 1939–2023
The architect and scholar George Baird served on the faculty at the Harvard University Graduate…
Design and Time: An Interview with Offshore
The public program at the Harvard Graduate School of Design features speakers in the…
Disguised Density: An Excerpt from “The State of Housing Design 2023”
This essay is an excerpt from The State of Housing Design 2023, a book published…