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Will cities remain resilient in a post-COVID world? BBC asks Jerold Kayden

Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design Jerold Kayden is one of…

Nov 19, 2020

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Excerpt: Cities in Imagination, by David Maddox

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Nov 19, 2020

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Announcing the 2021 Wheelwright Prize cycle, fostering new forms of architectural research

The Harvard Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD) is pleased to announce the 2021 cycle…

Nov 17, 2020

Will urban life recover when the pandemic is finally over? Alex Krieger on the fate of the American city after Covid

Yes, the pandemic (somewhat understandably) and the protests for justice (sadly) are leading to a…

Nov 16, 2020

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Pier Paolo Tamburelli on the “hardscrabble, repressed, and perverted” American Gothic psyche

In Sherwood Anderson’s collection of short stories, Winesburg, Ohio, the author…

Nov 12, 2020

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Preston Scott Cohen’s Post-Shaker studio draws on the austere formal language of Shaker design in proposing a new art colony in Mount Lebanon, NY

Mount Lebanon, NY has faded. When its last seven inhabitants moved away in 1947 it…

Nov 12, 2020

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Excerpt: Turning Migrant Workers into Citizens in Urbanizing China, by Pengfei Xie

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Nov 10, 2020

Bernhard von Oppersdorff (MDes '22)

Bernhard von Oppersdorff (MDes ’22) wins Pension Real Estate Association scholarship

Bernhard von Oppersdorff (MDes ’22) Bernhard von Oppersdorff (MDes ’22) has been awarded a…

Nov 6, 2020

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Excerpt: Creating Universal Goals for Universal Growth, by Betsy Hodges

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Nov 2, 2020

Dean's Messages

Reaffirming Our Commitments: A letter from Sarah M. Whiting and the leaders of Harvard University

To the Harvard University Community, In the United States and around the world, this year…

Oct 30, 2020