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Harvard Graduate School of Design Honors Alumnus J. Max Bond Jr. and Reckons with the University’s History of Racial Discrimination
Widely known during his life as the “dean of African American architects,” J. Max Bond…
Yen-Ting Cho on Transdisciplinary Practice: Interweaving the Human and the Digital
Yen-Ting Cho. Photographer: Han Yueh Liang. “Video installation, sculpture, ceramic, printmaking, textile—our work…
Kengo Kuma Urges a Return to Nature
Kengo Kuma & Associates, National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, 2019. The wood planks are the same…
Paperwork: An Interview with Karel Martens and the Martens and Martens Studio
A pair of colorful calendars appeared around Gund Hall during the 2024–2025 academic year to…
Rest Stops at the Top of the World
For the last 30 years, motorists in Norway have driven winding roads into…
The Final Experience is Beyond Our Control: An-My Lê Speaks About Landscape, Photography, and the Construction of Memory
This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, a time…
Jeremy Ficca on Biogenic Materials: Where High Tech and Low Tech Meet
Students in the “Material Embodiment” studio, taught by Jeremy Ficca, fabricating hempcrete blocks.*…
The Plural Forms of African Landscape Architecture
“Landscape is a way of beholding that is inclusive of nature and culture, of people…
Igniting Radical Imagination: Deanna Van Buren on the Role of Design in Abolition and Restorative Justice
“Think about someone who harmed you deeply. What would it take for you…
Peter Chermayeff on Taking Risks and Embracing Collaboration
Cambridge Seven Associates and Buckminster Fuller, US Pavilion at Expo ’67, Montreal. Photo: Guilhermeduartegarcia,…
Announcements
American Academy of Arts and Letters Architecture Award Winners, AIA Fellows Announced for 2025
Faculty and alumni of the GSD feature prominently among the winners of the…
Ehao Wu Wins APA Economic Development Division Holzheimer Memorial Student Scholarship
First-year DDes student Ehao Wu has won the 2025 Holzheimer Memorial Student…
A New Way to Explore Archigram, a Rarity in the Frances Loeb Library
The iconic experimental magazine, Archigram, is about to make its…
Announcing Spring 2025 Public Programs and Exhibitions
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces its spring 2025 public programs and exhibitions,…
Hanif Kara Receives the 2024 Soane Medal
Hanif Kara, Professor in Practice of Architectural Technology at the Harvard Graduate…
GSD Announces Fall 2024 Public Programs and Exhibitions
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces its fall 2024 schedule of public…
The GSD Announces 2024–2025 Faculty Promotions
The Harvard Graduate School of Design announces three faculty promotions: Michelle Chang to associate professor…
Announcing New Faculty Appointments for the 2024–2025 Academic Year
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) announces eight new faculty appointments for the coming…
Thandi Loewenson Awarded 2024 Wheelwright Prize
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to name Thandi Loewenson the winner of…
The GSD Announces Finalists for the 2024 Wheelwright Prize
Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce four shortlisted architects for…