GSD faculty and alumni awarded Graham Foundation Grants
The GSD is well represented among the The Graham Foundation's 2014 Grants to Individuals.
The GSD is well represented among the The Graham Foundation's 2014 Grants to Individuals.
Research projects by Alexander Arrojo (MLA '13) and Daia Stutz (MLAUD '13) were featured in the February issue of Landscape Architecture Frontiers.
Daniel Tool (MAUD '15) and Baha Sadreddin (MDes '15) each receive the Hart Howerton Fellowship for their proposals to research the relationship between the unique landscapes of Sweden, Finland, and Norway and their design cultures, and European eco-districts, respectively.
Two articles have been published about Henk Ovink's urban planning and design studio "Design and Politics: Managing Risks and Vulnerabilities."
Eve Blau (adjunct professor of the history of urban form) spoke in Berlin at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt symposium City, Religion, Capitalism: Turning Points of Civilization, which featured the world premier of three films directed by Alexander Kluge.
All three winning teams in the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston’s annual Affordable Housing Development Competition featured members of the Urban Planning and Design Department.
GSD Professor Richard Peiser and Brandeis Professor Dan Bergstresser just published an article on the sales experience by the Resolution Trust Corporation in the aftermath of the Savings and Loan Crisis of the late 1980s-early 1990s.
Teams of GSD students took first and second prize in the Greater Boston Affordable Housing Development Competition 2014, tackling issues of housing affordable to those with a median household income.
Annahar, a daily newspaper in Beirut features Professor Hashim Sarkis as he recalls the mission of late Beirut architect Assem Salam.
Several urban planning students have been recognized recently for their work in transportation. Dave Ginsberg, Phillip Baker, Ted Conrad, and Ed Meng, all MUP ’14, have received honors and fellowships at Harvard and elsewhere.