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Students, faculty, and alumni honored with 2021 Boston Society of Landscape Architects Awards

The Boston Society of Landscape Architects recently honored 21 projects by…

Jul 29, 2021

Nexus Podcast: Tiara Hughes calls for a focus on education and mentorship in design

Season 2, Episode 4: Tiara Hughes calls for equity across the architecture community, with an…

Jul 20, 2021

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GSD experts on a major barrier to climate crisis mitigation: “The majority of Americans have little experience with the land and its rhythms”

If Earth’s biosphere is in crisis, it is a peculiar sort of crisis. To human…

Jul 14, 2021

Jessica Tang (MUP/MPP ’23) Awarded Rappaport Summer Public Policy Fellowship

Jessica Tang, a joint degree candidate in Urban Planning and Public Policy at…

Jul 9, 2021

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“How can a building just collapse?” Hanif Kara shares lessons in building safety

On Thursday, the partial collapse of a residential building in Surfside,…

Jul 5, 2021

Computer rendering of Kofi's thesis represented as a gold collection of buildings that tower over the monotone and uniform urban fabric.

Kofi Akakpo (MArch ’21), Cynthia Deng (MArch/MUP ’21), and De Qian Huang (MArch ’22) awarded 2021 KPF Fellowships

Each year, the Kohn Pedersen Fox Foundation sponsors a series of…

Jun 30, 2021

Residential buildings in San Francisco.

John Rahaim on the California Housing Crisis: What are planners to do?

In the past decade, San Francisco has become the poster child for income inequality, housing…

Jun 22, 2021

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“ResilientHub” wins third place in Solar Decathlon Design Challenge

“ResilientHub,” a project by a team of Harvard Graduate School of Design students, received third…

Jun 21, 2021

Rachel Meltzer appointed inaugural Plimpton Associate Professor of Planning and Urban Economics

Harvard Graduate School of Design is pleased to announce the appointment of Rachel Meltzer…

Jun 17, 2021

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Faculty, alumni awarded 2021 Graham Foundation grants

Members of the Harvard Graduate School of Design community are among recipients of 71 new…

Jun 15, 2021