Boston Living with Water Competition
An interdisciplinary GSD team worked over the course of 8 months to develop entries for…
An interdisciplinary GSD team worked over the course of 8 months to develop entries for…
Dave Hampton (MDes Risk + Resilience ’16) takes us on a journey to the year…
After receiving over 250 submissions, the curatorial team for the 2016 Venice Biennale’s U.S. Pavilion has named 12 architect teams to produce the pavilion’s U.S. exhibition, with several Harvard Graduate School of Design faculty and alumni among those selected.
Harvard-based startup Getaway is tapping into the “tiny house movement,” and a Harvard Graduate School of Design pair is embracing the creative challenges of designing Getaway’s star attraction: so-called “tiny houses” available for vacation rental.
The GSD’s six-week Career Discovery program presents a hyperintensive engagement with design that mirrors a graduate-level studio experience.
Maurice Cox, Detroit’s new planning director, views the city through the lens of opportunity. While others can’t see beyond acres of abandoned land, he sees the walkable streets and neighborhood density that foster community and plenty of parks, gardens and local enterprise. He also sees the resilient spirit that can make it all happen. Read “Detroit’s new planning director: Dream Big” and view a video interview with Maurice Cox.
Erin Pellegrino (MArch ’16) traveled to the Anchorage Museum this past April to present student exhibition “Habitation in Extreme Environments”—bred by option-studio course Housing in Extreme Environments—alongside studio instructor Rok Oman.
Urban Design and Planning Professor Rahul Mehrotra’s Extreme Urbanism III studio explores possible interventions at the intersection between critical conservation and urban planning and design for Agra, India, an exemplar of contemporary urban challenges. At this moment, Loeb Fellows, studio students and students in the MDes Critical Conservation Program are in Agra conducting a close study of the conditions and opportunities that can propel the city forward toward a more sustainable future for its citizens, its historical treasures and its environment. Read more and see photos in the LOEBlog.
The Boston Society of Architects, a local AIA chapter, has announced its 2014 Design Awards, and Ann Beha (LF ’88) is once again in the spotlight. Her Shelburne Museum Center for Art and Education and her University of Chicago Center for Economics both took Design Excellence Awards. Beha recently won an AIA Honor Award for her work on the Cambridge Public Library. See the entire list of BSA honorees, which includes associate professor of landscape architecture Chris Reed’s Stoss.
The Loeb Video Profiles demonstrate the range of backgrounds, interests and accomplishments of the current class of Loeb Fellows. They are rule breakers and polymaths; experts in neighborhood enhancement, disaster response and community empowerment. Their focus is on equity. Join their conversation.