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An Island in Flux: Envisioning a more resilient Nantucket

Nantucket offers a vivid illustration of the principle of flux, the idea that everything is…

Sep 2, 2021

A photograph of an architectural project in China by one of the GSD's Fall 2021 event speakers, Open Architecture

Harvard GSD announces Fall 2021 public program

Harvard GSD announces its series of virtual public lectures for the Fall 2021 semester, inviting…

Aug 26, 2021

Interior space made with CLT wood.

Excerpt from Harvard Real Estate Review: “Transitioning Cross-laminated Timber to an American Context” by Ian Grohsgal

The Harvard Real Estate Review is a student-run…

Aug 25, 2021

Headshots of Elouise Cobell, Mabel Wilson, and Tao Dejian.

Reexamining the Hidden Figures of Design: A Class on Belonging by Hansy Better Barraza

“‘How many Black urbanists can you name? How many Latinx architects from the 20th century…

Aug 20, 2021

Spread from Yoni Carnice's book. Man on the left and text on the right.

Reclaiming Asian-American Garden History: Yoni Angelo Carnice researches the work and legacy of Demetrio Braceros at San Francisco’s Cayuga Playground

When Yoni Angelo Carnice (MLA ’20) first visited Cayuga Playground in San Francisco, he was…

Aug 5, 2021

Courtyard with skylight

Small Institutions: On rediscovering the emotional conditions of architecture

The city, according to Louis Kahn, arose through the establishment of institutions. By extension, he…

Jul 30, 2021

abstract painting with beige, sand and blue tones reminiscent of a desert landscape

GSD experts on a major barrier to climate crisis mitigation: “The majority of Americans have little experience with the land and its rhythms”

If Earth’s biosphere is in crisis, it is a peculiar sort of crisis. To human…

Jul 14, 2021

Animation from Tar Creek Remade studio by student Jinying Zhang showing the changing landscape

Tar Creek Remade: Taking on 120 years of environmental injustice at an Oklahoma Superfund site

Envision a broad expanse of barren gray mounds riven with erosion channels. Pools of viridian,…

Jun 15, 2021

grid image of the ten incoming members of the Loeb Fellowship program

Loeb Fellowship announces incoming Class of 2022

Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Loeb Fellowship is pleased to announce its Class of…

Jun 9, 2021

Magazine cover featuring a large parking lot, with text reading

Excerpt from Very Vary Veri: “Crowded” by Oana Stănescu

Very Vary Veri is a journal about the built environment and how…

May 14, 2021