Rising Tide: Asia Lifts the World conference featured in Singapore Center for Liveable Cities

The April 14 "Rising Tide: Asia Lifts the World" conference organized by the GSD and Harvard Business School was featured in the Singapore Center for Liveable Cities newsletter. The annual Asia Business Conference conference examined Singapore as a global city and an economic model. While other economies have been struggling with crises in recent years, Asia has emerged as a pivotal force in the global economy. Today, Asian consumers and companies shape the direction of international markets, business and law.

Apr 25, 2012

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Work of Rahul Mehrotra featured in Harvard Magazine

An extended feature in Harvard Magazine on Professor Rahul Mehrotra (MArch '87) describes his work in Hyderabad, between the historic town that developed from the 14th century hilltop fort built by Hindu rulers, and HITEC City (Hyderabad Information Technology Engineering Consultancy) with towering office buildings and high-rise apartment towers. Mehrotra's Mumbai-based firm, RMA, endeavors to "soften thresholds" between these different sectors of society, building for a new India while conserving its past. The article by Elizabeth Gudrais traces the firm's evolution, Mehrotra's design methodology, and the context of Hyderabad.

Apr 23, 2012

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Farshid Moussavi delivers keynote at AJ Women in Architecture Awards

Professor in Practice Farshid Moussavi delivered the keynote address at the inaugural Architects' Journal Women in Architecture Awards on April 20 in London. Moussavi is the founder and principal of Farshid Moussavi Architecture (FMA), an international practice based in London currently working on the Museum of Contemporary Art in Cleveland, USA and a Quran Museum in Tehran, Iran. Moussavi was co-founder and co-principal of the award-winning Foreign Office Architects (FOA), known for projects such as the Yokohama International Ferry Terminal in Japan.

Apr 23, 2012

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GSD Appoints Three Faculty Members in the History of Landscape Architecture

Three significant appointments have been made in the history of landscape architecture at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Dr. Sonja Duempelmann appointed Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Dr. Edward Eigen appointed Associate Professor of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Dr. John Dixon Hunt appointed Visiting Professor of Landscape Architecture

Apr 23, 2012

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Seung Teak Lee (MArch ’09) and Mi Jung Lim (MArch ’09) of STPMJ win 2012 Architectural League Prize

Alumni Seung Teak Lee (MArch '09) and Mi Jung Lim (MArch '09) are STPMJ and were announced today as recipients of the Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers. The Prize is one of North America’s most prestigious awards for young architects.

Apr 19, 2012

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Mitchell Joachim (MAUD ’02) featured in Dwell Magazine, the Now 99 issue

Mitchell Joachim, founder of Terreform, was featured in the May issue of Dwell Magazine for the Now 99- Today's Design Landscape: Ideas, People, Products & Plans. An interview with Diana Budds explores Joachim's designs for biologically based architecture as the future of housing. The published interview follows.

Apr 19, 2012

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MoMA Exhibition to feature two faculty competition projects

The Young Architects Program is an annual collaboration between The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1 that fosters innovative design research and promotes emerging talent. Five finalists for the PS1 courtyard design will be featured in an exhibition at MoMA this summer, including two entries by GSD faculty.

Apr 18, 2012

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Everett Fly (BArch ’75 and MLA ’77) working toward preserving Historic Black Towns

A recent feature in the University of Texas Alumni Magazine, The Alcalde, positions the work of Everett Fly (BArch '75 and MLA '77), a landscape architect from San Antonio, within the history of architectural preservation in America. Establishing his work in historic black communities and sites including Nicodemus, Kansas, and the Winks Panorama Lodge in Gilpin County, Colorado, the sole Rocky Mountain resort open to African-Americans between 1928 and 1960, Fly found himself in Eatonville, Florida, one of the most significant towns in black history.

Apr 18, 2012

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Re-imagining Cape Cod’s Hatch Cottage in film

A group of GSD students will spend this semester documenting, researching and re-imagining the Hatch Cottage on Cape Cod. With professors Mark Mulligan and Chris Hoxie, the students are producing a film documenting the cottage and landscape's past, present and possible futures, includes footage shot on site, archival photos and extensive digital animation.

Apr 18, 2012

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Jinhee Park and John Hong of SsD win quadruple AIA Awards

SsD, the firm led by Jinhee Park (Design Critic in Architecture) and John Hong (Adjunct Associate Professor) won four AIA awards for recent work: The White Block Gallery, featured in Metropolis Magazine, won both a regional AIA New England Design Award as well as an Honor Award for Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). 8 Towers, part of the Ordos 100 project, andIsland of Water, a landscape urbanism project in Incheon, Korea both won BSA Unbuilt Architecture Awards with the latter project taking the highest Honor Award in that category.

Apr 16, 2012

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