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Covid-19: Guidance for the Harvard Graduate School of Design Community
Excerpt from Very Vary Veri: “Crowded” by Oana Stănescu
Very Vary Veri is a journal about the built environment and how…
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Landscapes of the Void: Speculative design for tunnels, mines, cemeteries and other underground spaces
At once welcoming and foreboding, the underground realm has long captured our attention. When considered…
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Harvard GSD names Jia Tolentino the 2021 Class Day speaker
Harvard University's Graduate School of Design has named writer and author Jia Tolentino as its…
The Black New Deal: Bryan C. Lee on challenging the power structures that use architecture and design as tools of oppression
When asked about the theoretical touchstones for his new studio, “The…
Harvard GSD announces establishment of the R. Buckminster Fuller Professorship of Design Science
Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the establishment of the R. Buckminster Fuller Professorship of…
Shading Sunset: Charles Waldheim on reimagining the streets of Los Angeles for a warmer future
In 1965, Ed Ruscha stood on the bed of a moving pickup truck and photographed…
Design collaborative colab-19 is changing how we think about post-pandemic architecture
Late last year, a scaffolding structure rose to abut the facade of the popular…
Harvard GSD shortlists four architects for 2021 Wheelwright Prize
Harvard University Graduate School of Design has announced four shortlisted architects for the 2021 Wheelwright…
Can Parkitecture Heal? Jeanne Gang on making American National Parks “more accessible, more inviting, and more welcoming”
Early federal policies that set aside land for the national parks focused mainly on the…
Excerpt from Pairs Issue 01: “On the Foundational Spirit: W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits” by Sara Zewde with Kimberley Huggins
Pairs is a student-led journal at the Harvard Graduate School of Design dedicated to conversations…
Announcements
Germane Barnes wins Harvard GSD’s 2021 Wheelwright Prize
Fellowship to support Barnes’s research proposal Anatomical Transformations in Classical Architecture, an examination of classical…
A mixed-use proposal for historic Massachusetts site wins first place in affordable housing competition
Young girls at the Industrial School for Girls, 1903 (credit: Harvard Art Museums) Lancaster Commons,…
Harvard GSD and Perkins&Will celebrate inaugural Black in Design Mentorship Program
The Harvard Graduate School of Design and Perkins&Will recently concluded the…
“H.U.D., Sweat, and Tears” team is runner-up in affordable housing competition
Harvard Graduate School of Design student Avanti Krovi (MUP ’21) and teammates from the University…
David Bemporad named Harvard’s Graduate Student Employee of the Year
David Bemporad (MUP ’21) has been named Harvard’s Graduate Student Employee…
Harvard GSD shortlists four architects for 2021 Wheelwright Prize
Harvard University Graduate School of Design has announced four shortlisted architects for the 2021 Wheelwright…
Department of Landscape Architecture Announces 2021 Penny White Project Fund Recipients
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design’s Department of Landscape Architecture has announced this…
Students, Faculty Receive 2021 Harvard Mellon Initiative Awards for Urban-Focused Research
The Harvard Mellon Urban Initiative recently awarded 29 grants for urban-focused…
LA DALLMAN Architects wins 2021 Progressive Architecture Award for transformation of 1901 Wisconsin grain elevator
The transformative new design for the Teweles and Brandeis Grain Elevator in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin…
Faculty-led Stoss Landscape Urbanism tapped to develop Boston’s first Urban Forest Plan
Stoss Landscape Urbanism, the design studio founded by Chris Reed,…