Charles Waldheim

Director of the Office for Urbanization, Landscape Architecture Thesis Director, Co-Director of the Master in Design Studies Program, John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture

Contact Office Location

40 Kirkland 2C

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Research Areas
  • Ecology
  • History & Theory
  • Strategy & Management
  • Urbanism

Charles Waldheim is the John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture, Director of the Office for Urbanization, and Co-Director of the Master in Design Studies program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He is an American-Canadian architect and urbanist. Waldheim’s research examines the relations between landscape, ecology, and contemporary urbanism. He is author, editor, or co-editor of numerous books on these subjects, and his writing has been published and translated internationally. Waldheim is recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome; the Visiting Scholar Research Fellowship at the Study Centre of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; the Cullinan Chair at Rice University; and the Sanders Fellowship at the University of Michigan.

Courses

ADV-9506
Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Anita Berrizbeitia, Diane Davis, Gareth Doherty, K. Michael Hays, Ali Malkawi, Mohsen Mostafavi, Richard Peiser, Pablo Pérez-Ramos, Peter Rowe, Carole Voulgaris, Charles Waldheim, Martin Bechthold
Spring 2026
Thesis Research
16 Units
DES-3241
Fall 2025
Lecture
4 Units
ADV-9506
Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
Anita Berrizbeitia, Diane Davis, Gareth Doherty, K. Michael Hays, Ali Malkawi, Mohsen Mostafavi, Richard Peiser, Pablo Pérez-Ramos, Peter Rowe, Carole Voulgaris, Charles Waldheim, Martin Bechthold
Fall 2025
Thesis Research
16 Units
ADV-9341
Fall 2025
Project-based Seminar
4 Units

Projects