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Diane Davis on the GSD’s Risk and Resilience track: “As we face the global virus pandemic, our mission appears ever more important.”

In these tough times, when dystopian fears loom large and the design professions…

May 20, 2020

Bing Wang on COVID-19’s impact on the real estate sector: “Will the pandemic force us to recognize that our built environment is ill-prepared for emergencies?”

The crisis brought about by the coronavirus has utterly paralyzed the normal functioning of society…

May 19, 2020

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Stephen F. Gray: “We have a name for the uneven distribution of exposure and risk along racial lines, and it’s not COVID-19. It’s structural racism.”

COVID-19 is a dangerous new reality, spreading indiscriminately and without regard for skin color or…

May 16, 2020

Patient isolation hood (PIH) components being gathered outside Gund Hall for delivery

GSD participates in global, open-source effort to develop patient isolation hoods for Boston hospitals

Harvard University Graduate School of Design announces the rapid development of patient isolation hoods (PIH),…

May 12, 2020

2020 graduate Juan Reynoso bridges the worlds of public health and urban planning

Excerpted from a Harvard Gazette series of profiles showcasing some of…

May 12, 2020

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GSD names Jenny Odell the 2020 Class Day speaker

Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design has named Jenny Odell as its 2020 Class Day speaker.

May 11, 2020

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Remembering Iraqi architect, photographer, author and activist Rifat Chadirji (1926-2020)

© Rifat Chadirji, from the Rifat Chadirji photographic archive “Rifat Chadirji was a Loeb Fellow…

May 11, 2020

Model photo of Bay State Commons Cohousing, using as a cover for Architect Magazine

March and April 2020 News Roundup

Bay State Commons Cohousing, a “typology-challenging 45,000-square-foot multifamily structure,” recently broke ground for…

May 8, 2020

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Can technology enable site-specific knowledge? A studio examining transformations in rural China tests the limits of remote ethnography

Last March, the option studio I led with…

May 7, 2020

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The Unstable Condition: What the pandemic can teach us about the need for more affordable rental housing

Photograph © Frederik Vercruysse America’s rental housing system is broken. For anyone living in high-cost,…

May 1, 2020