Justine Kwiatkowski Vélez MLA ’06, MUP ’06 came to the field of landscape architecture because of her desire to give back to the world, whether through the restoration of environmentally-degraded sites, or the beautification of space.
It was announced recently that associate professor of landscape architecture, Pierre Bélanger, was awarded the prize for the next edition of the Pamphlet Architecture series (Going Live, from Models to Systems) to be published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2015.
The American Society of Landscape Architects recently published their annual "Best Books" list—with this year's top 10 featuring two significant works by Harvard University Graduate School of Design professors.
Harvard Magazine's most recent issue featured an in-depth story on Harvard's new undergraduate track in architecture studies, a joint program from the Graduate School of Design and the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.
Five Harvard University Graduate School of Design alumni have contributed to the Architectural League of New York’s design study “Re-Envisioning Branch Libraries”.
2014 was a watershed year for landscape architecture, in the view of Charles Birnbaum (LF ’98): “This year there was a cultural shift that saw landscape architecture and its practitioners achieve an unprecedented level of visibility and influence.” He takes stock of the achievements and events in the Huffington Post.
The Rockefeller Foundation initiative 100 Resilient Cities announced yesterday that Santiago, Chile, has just made the cut. Out of 330 applications, Santiago—nominated and submitted by a team of Harvard University Graduate School of Design students and alumni—was selected as a site to "become more resilient to the physical, social and economic challenges that are a growing part of the 21st century."
On October 16, 2014, at the second annual Harvard Real Estate Conference “Disruptive Innovation in Real Estate,” seven global real estate industry leaders demonstrated that disruptive innovation in real estate development, building typologies, and finance has been critical to the growth of the real estate industry.
This week, "Salvaged Stadium" by Yaohua Wang (MArch II '14), the winner of the James Templeton Kelley Prize, the annual award for the best final design project, was featured on ArchDaily.
Three Harvard University Graduate School of Design alumni Heidi Cho (MUP/MAUD '14) Edward Meng (MUP '14), and Tiffany Obser (MArch '14) are embarking on fellowships in Saudi Arabia sponsored by the New Cities Foundation.