Book Talk: Susan Szenasy
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Lecture: Ricky Burdett
Ricky Burdett is professor of urban studies and director, LSE Cities and Urban Age; and global distinguished professor…
Sylvester Baxter Lecture: Christopher Glaisek and Bruce Kuwabara on Waterfront Toronto
As vice president of planning and design for WATERFRONToronto, Christopher Glaisek has led the corporation,…
Conversation: William Anderson and Mitchell Silver “The Future of Planning: Perspectives from APA Presidents”
William Anderson, FAICP, MCRP ’83, the new president of the American Planning Association, is principal/vice…
GSD Talks: Alejandro Echeverri
Alejandro Echeverri is an internationally acclaimed architect and planner from Medellín, Colombia, Is cofounder and…
Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design Award Ceremony
The 11th Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design honors two projects that demonstrate the…
Rachel Dorothy Tanur Memorial Lecture: Putting Public Space in its Place,” Harvard GSD Conference on Public Space
View the full program (PDF) In a digital age, people will reflect upon 2011…
Rachel Dorothy Tanur Memorial Lecture: Putting Public Space in its Place,” Harvard GSD Conference on Public Space
View the full program (PDF) In a digital age, people will reflect upon 2011…
Mitchell Silver, “Planning in the 21st Century: Whats Next?”
What are the emerging trends and challenges in the 21st century and how can planners…
Teju Cole, “The City as Palimpsest”
Teju Cole is a writer, photographer, and art historian based in Lagos and Brooklyn. He…
Diane Davis, “Modernist Planning and the Foundations of Urban Violence in Latin America”
In this lecture, Diane Davis argues that urban violence in today’s Latin American cities is…
GSD Talks: Niall Hobhouse, “Holding the Pass: Client, Architect and Landscape Design”
This talk will center on what architect Niall Hobhouse—Trustee of the Canadian Center for Architecture…
GSD Talks: ecosistema urbano – José Luis Vallejo and Belinda Tato
Harvard GSD Design Critics in Urban Planning and Design José Luis Vallejo and Belinda Tato will be…
“Incentive, Innovation: Affordable Housing and Design,” Panel Discussion with Eric Belsky and Michael Bell
From the perceived failure of Modernist housing in the 1970s to the application of New…
John T. Dunlop Lecture: Sen. Mel Martinez, “America’s Housing Policy: Charting a Course for Recovery”
Since the historic market downturn, millions of people have lost their homes; millions more are…
“The Good Old Days: A Conversation about Design and Planning for an Aging Population,” Panel Discussion with Daniel D’Oca
The United States is getting older. Already at a record high, the number of Americans…
Urbanization Seminar Series: Janice Pearlman, “Mega-Cities, the Urban Poor and the Place of Planning: The Case of Slum Upgrading in Indian Cities”
Chaired by Rahul Mehrotra Professor and Chair, Department of Urban Planning and Design Janice Perlman is Founder…
Robert Yaro, “Securing New York’s Future: Towards a 4th Regional Plan for the NYC Metro Area”
Bob Yaro is President of Regional Plan Association, America’s oldest independent metropolitan policy, research and…
Robert Yaro, “Securing New York’s Future: Towards a 4th Regional Plan for the NYC Metro Area”
Bob Yaro is President of Regional Plan Association, America’s oldest independent metropolitan policy, research and…
GSD Talks: Daniel D’Oca
The GSD Talks series features visiting faculty and special guest speakers. Daniel D’Oca is an…
Urbanization Seminar Series: Ravi Kalia, “A Tale of Three Capitals and Postcolonial Urban India”
Co-Sponsored by the South Asia Initiative at Harvard University, and the Department of Urban Planning and…
Thomas Schielke, “Urban Branding: Media Façades and Their Luminous Tweets”
Brands strive worldwide for distinctive visual identities in the urban landscape. At night they rely…
Conference: “Ethics of the Urban: the City and the Spaces of the Political”
Is democracy spatial? How are the physical aspects of our cities, houses, streets, and public…
Conference: “Ethics of the Urban: the City and the Spaces of the Political”
Is democracy spatial? How are the physical aspects of our cities, houses, streets, and public…
Richard Sennett, “The Architecture of Cooperation”
“The theme of the lecture addresses a question: how can we design spaces in the…
Moshe Safdie, “On Invention and Fitness”
Moshe Safdie is an architect, urban planner, educator, theorist, and author who embraces acomprehensive and…
Conference: “Conditions and Projections”
Download the conference program in PDF format. The contemporary conditions that…
Conference: “Conditions and Projections”
Download the conference program in PDF format. The contemporary conditions that…
Vishaan Chakrabarti, “A Country of Cities”
Vishaan Chakrabarti Holliday Professor and Director, CURE The Center for Urban Real…
Sheila Dillon, “Grappling with Priority: City Housing Needs”
Co-sponsored by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and Rappaport Institute for Greater…
Thomas R. Gleason, “Responding to Housing Challenges in Massachusetts”
Co-sponsored by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and Rappaport Institute for Greater…
Lecture by Stephen Graham
Professor Stephen Graham: “Cities under Siege: The New Military Urbanism” Professor of Cities and…
Urbanization Seminar Series: Sanjeev Vidyarthi, “Planned Neighborhoods: The Long-term Account of an American Design Concept in Independent India”
Lecture by Sanjeev Vidyarthi chaired by Rahul Mehrotra. Sanjeev Vidyarthi has lived, worked, and studied…
Robert Hammond, “High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky”
Robert Hammond—co-founder, with Joshua David, of Friends of the High Line in New…
Planning in Uncertainty: Recovery and Disaster Resilience in Cities
Panel discussion with: Douglas Ahlers, Harvard Kennedy School Miho Mazereeuw, GSD Joyce…
Neil Brenner, “The Urbanization Question, or, the Field Formerly Known as Urban Studies”
Neil Brenner is Professor of Urban Theory at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and…
Neil Brenner, “The Urbanization Question, or, the Field Formerly Known as Urban Studies”
Neil Brenner is Professor of Urban Theory at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and…
Urbanization Seminar Series: Rahul Mehrotra, “The Future of South Asia: A Landscape of Pluralism”
Discussion with Rahul Mehrotra, MAUD ’87, Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design,…
Luncheon with a presentation, “Surrogate States,” by Gary Leggett MUP ’08
Gary Leggett was the 2008 Recipient of the Druker Prize. His presentation will focus on the…
Chris Norris, “Rebuilding Hard-Hit Massachusetts Communities after the Financial Crisis”
Co-sponsored by the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University and Rappaport Institute for…