Sylvester Baxter Lecture: Kate Orff, “Toward an Urban Ecology”
Kate Orff, MLA ’97, RLA, is the founder of SCAPE, a landscape architecture and urban design…
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Realities and Realms: Responsive Technologies in Ecological Systems
The Realities and Realms colloquium focuses on the role of computation and…
Daniel Urban Kiley Lecture: Georges Descombes, “Designing a River Garden”
Beginning in the late nineteenth century, the Aire River, which runs northeast…
Anita Berrizbeitia with Michel Desvigne, On the Limits of Process: The Case for Precision in Landscape
It has been almost four decades since the idea of process erupted…
“Material Provocations” with Ken Smith MLA ’86, Andrea Cochran MLA ’79, and James Lord MLA ’96. Moderated by Anita Berrizbeitia MLA ’87
In an era of singular focus on environmental issues,…
Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas: Brasília
Over the past two decades landscape has been claimed as model and medium for the…
Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas: Santiago
Over the past two decades landscape has been claimed as model and medium for the…
Landscape as Urbanism in the Americas: Medellín
Over the past two decades landscape has been claimed as model and medium for the…
South Florida and Sea Level: The Case of Miami Beach
Over the course of the past decade, the emergent topic of urban adaptation to anthropogenic…
On Atmospheres: Spaces of Embodiment
ON ATMOSPHERES: Spaces of Embodiment aims to press for a “meteorological turn” in design—a shift…
Conference: “On Atmospheres: Spaces of Embodiment”
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Conference: “On Atmospheres: Spaces of Embodiment”
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On Atmospheres: Spaces of Embodiment
ON ATMOSPHERES: Spaces of Embodiment aims to press for a “meteorological turn” in design—a shift…
Conference: “On Atmospheres: Spaces of Embodiment”
View Conference Schedule View Conference Pamphlet ON ATMOSPHERES: Spaces of Embodiment aims to…
Conference: “On Atmospheres: Spaces of Embodiment”
View Conference Schedule View Conference Pamphlet ON ATMOSPHERES: Spaces of Embodiment aims to…
Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture: Charles Waldheim, “A General Theory”
Charles Waldheim will present material from his forthcoming book Landscape as Urbanism: A…
The Design Competition Conference
Design competitions are increasingly used to procure the design of, well, just about anything.
The Design Competition Conference
Design competitions are increasingly used to procure the design of, well, just about anything.
Eva Castro and Jose Alfredo Ramirez, “The Grounds of a Radical Nature”
In the context of today’s generic urban developments and the eradication of public space by…
Daniel Urban Kiley Lecture: Adriaan Geuze
As a cofounder of West 8, Adriaan Geuze has established an international reputation based on…
Interlaced Spaces: A Live Portal Between GSD and the American University of Iraq-Sulaimani
On April 20th, 2015, two students at Harvard Graduate School of Design will open a…
Wheelwright Prize Finalists’ Presentations
Hot & Wet: The Equatorial City and the Architectures of Atmosphere Erik L’Heureux, Singapore…
Climate Week: Kairos Shen, “Building and Planning For Climate Change”
Kairos Shen is the Director of Planning at the Boston Redevelopment Authority. He has served…
Informing Justice: A Conversation about the Role of Design in Building Equitable Communities
In the wake of events in Ferguson, Staten Island, and around the country, three organizations…
SpainGSD and GSD Ecological Thinking: Miriam García García, “Coastal Resilience, Sustainable Development of the Spanish Atlantic Coast”
The Coastal Management Plan of Galicia is a landmark project in the Spanish context. It…
Hiroki Ohara: “Ikebana” by the Headmaster of the Ohara School of Ikebana
Ikebana (, Japanese flower arranging) developed in the 16th century as a medium of refined artistic expression. As…
GSD Talks: Cambridge Talks IX: “Inscriptions of Power; Spaces, Institutions, and Crisis”
Over two days, fostering dialogue between social scientists and spatial thinkers, an interdisciplinary gathering of…
GSD Talks: Cambridge Talks IX: “Inscriptions of Power; Spaces, Institutions, and Crisis”
Over two days, fostering dialogue between social scientists and spatial thinkers, an interdisciplinary gathering of…
Sonja Dümpelmann and John Beardsley, “Women and Modernity in Landscape Architecture”
Charles Waldheim will talk with Sonja Dümpelmann and John Beardsley, the editors of “Women, Modernity, and Landscape Architecture”…
UPD Lecture: The Resilience Dividend: Judith Rodin in conversation with Jerold S. Kayden
Judith Rodin is president of The Rockefeller Foundation, one of the world’s leading philanthropic organizations,…
Pei Zhu, “Kong – Inspiration from Nature and Tradition”
The design process in recent projects by Pei Zhu, of Studio Pei-Zhu (Beijing) has been…
Practice Beginning
Practice and rehearsal go hand in hand, yet formats to rehearse…
Paul Andreu, “Airports in the Last Fifty Years,” in conversation with Alastair Gordon
Airport designer Paul Andreu of Paul Andreu Architecte (Paris) will present his work on airports…
Innovate: David Assael and David Basulto, founders of ArchDaily
Join David Assael and David Basulto, founders of the architecture publication, ArchDaily, in a talk cosponsored by…
Mario Schjetnan, “Landscape: An Evolution of Practice and Theory”
In 37 years of practice with Grupo de Diseño Urbano (Mexico City), Mario Schjetnan has…
“Icons of Knowledge” Public Guest Lecture, Jürgen Engel and Eckhard Gerber on National Libraries in Riyadh and Beijing
Jürgen Engel is principal of KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten GmbH. He studied Architecture at Technische…
Landscape Architecture Dialogues: Anuradha Mathur
Anuradha Mathur The purpose of these gatherings is to understand how two landscape architects…
Landscape Architecture Dialogues: Walter Hood
Walter Hood The purpose of these gatherings is to understand how two landscape…
Frederick Law Olmsted Lecture: Joseph Disponzio, ” On the Theoretical and Practical Development of Landscape Architecture”
Exploring the transformation of the modeling of land from garden-making to landscape architecture, this lecture…
Landscape Department Colloquium: “Environment, Engineering, Landscape”
Landscape architecture has historically enjoyed a porous border with disciplines that describe, act upon, and…