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Newly launched GSD Now offers novel connections for the school community

Harvard GSD has introduced digital platform GSD Now to its community of students, faculty, and…

Feb 19, 2021

Consumers living within the compeititive power markets of Texas — which cover about 85 percent of the state — have consistently paid higher prices for electricity than those buying electricity from regulated municipal utilities and cooperatives. Photograph: Allison V. Smith, STR / The New York Times

Power and Justice in the Lone Grid State: Abby Spinak and Sarah Stanford-McIntyre on the crisis in Texas

Newspapers this week are swamped with headlines like, “What Went Wrong…

Feb 19, 2021

Building facade in Harlem with many overlapping geometric colors

The African American Design Nexus’ Harlem StoryMap traces the neighborhood’s Black-designed places

Black Harlem, storied and resilient, has been chronicled from many perspectives. Missing until now has…

Feb 17, 2021

Black and white photograph of Steilneset Memorial is a monument in Vardø, Norway

Groundscrapers: Exploring the logic behind long, low buildings

A visionary architect of the modern metropolis surveyed the vast urban scene unfolding from his…

Feb 17, 2021

ABSTRACT artwork with two red shapes against a white background

Designing for Disability Justice: On the need to take a variety of human bodies into account

Disability ought to be an exciting subject for architects: it’s about lived experience, problem solving,…

Feb 10, 2021

Jose Luis Garcia del Castillo Lopez

Jose Luis García del Castillo y López talks “tech to expect” in Architect Magazine

Last year brought staggering change to our lives, but the impact on technology—and the resulting…

Feb 8, 2021

Jennifer Bonner, Walter Hood among 60 awardees of United States Artists Fellowship

Harvard Graduate School of Design professor Jennifer Bonner (MArch ’09) and Spring 2021 Senior…

Feb 4, 2021

Abstract areal photograph of a plane at an airport

The Future of Air Travel: Toward a better in-flight experience

Anyone remember air travel? In early 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe…

Jan 29, 2021

Susan Fainstein book signing

Regional Studies Association Honors Susan Fainstein with Award for Lifetime Contribution to the Field

The Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Senior Research Fellow Susan Fainstein has been awarded…

Jan 27, 2021

Harvard GSD announces Spring 2021 public program

Harvard GSD continues its series of virtual public lectures for the Spring 2021 semester,…

Jan 25, 2021