The visualization of complex surface geometry common in contemporary architectural practice and pedagogy has a history prior to its appearance as a product of contemporary digital tools. The methods of geometric analysis developed in the nineteenth century by mathematicians such as Gaspard Monge (1746–1818) in…
Daniel Ibañez (MDesS ‘12, DDesS candidate) and Fadi Masoud (MLA II ' 12) have been accepted to present their paper, Topo-logics in the Mediterranean Basin: Exploring potentials of topography as infrastructure and resource for new urban metabolisms, at the Med.Net.EU conference in Italy.
Three recent GSD graduates, Anthony Acciavatti (MArch '09), Justin Fowler (MArch '10) and Dan Handel (MArch '10), have won a Graham Foundation grant to develop a new magazine on American architecture and urbanism. Manifest: A Journal of American Architecture and Urbanism seeks to ask questions and initiate discussion about the state of American architecture in both cities and outlying areas.
Nader Tehrani (MAUD '91) and Dan Gallagher (MArch '91) have received 12 awards for the restoration, rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of the Hinman Research Building
Oyler Wu Collaborative, the LA-based architecture firm of Jenny Wu (MArch '01) and Dwayne Oyler (MArch '01), unveil their architectural installation entitled Screenplay at the LA Convention Center on June 22.
New York Times dubs Preston Scott Cohen's glass canopy in lower Manhattan, "one of the best new works of architecture in New York." Read the article.
Reed/Hilderbrand, the firm of Professor of Landscape Architecture Gary Hilderbrand, is the recipient of three 2012 Boston Society of Landscape Architects (BSLA) design awards.
Gareth Doherty, Lecturer in Landscape and Urban Planning and Design, has been awarded Coolidge First-step Funds for Harvard-Brazil Faculty Engagement from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies for research on urban ecology and color in Brazil.
ArcWatch features a conversation with Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning Carl Steinitz about his forthcoming book Framework for Geodesign. Read the full interview.
Phil Freelon Wins 2012 Design Guild Award from Design Guild of the College of Design at NC State University.