Charles Waldheim
John E. Irving Professor of Landscape Architecture
Director of the Office for Urbanization and Landscape Architecture Thesis Coordinator

Area Head, Urbanism, Landscape, Ecology MDes area group
Charles Waldheim 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 John E. Irving Professor at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design where he directs the School’s Office for Urbanization. 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
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Independent Thesis in Satisfaction of the Degree Master in Landscape Architecture
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SHADING SUNSET: Reimagining the Streets of Los Angeles for a Warmer Future
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
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Independent Study by Candidates for Doctoral Degrees
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Theories of Landscape as Urbanism
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Thesis Extension in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
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Thesis in Satisfaction of Degree Doctor of Design
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Preparation of MLA Design Thesis
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Independent Study by Candidates for Master’s Degrees
Publications
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Airport Landscape: Urban Ecologies in the Aerial Age
Edited by Charles Waldheim and Sonja Dümpelmann
February 2016
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Is Landscape: Essays on the Identity of Landscape
Edited by Gareth Doherty and Charles Waldheim
November 2015
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CASE: Lafayette Park Detroit, Hilberseimer/Mies van der Rohe
By Charles Waldheim
January 2004
News
Projects
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Future of the American City
Mohsen Mostafavi, Charles Waldheim and Jesse M. Keenan, Principal Investigators
Spring 2018
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The Project on South Florida and Sea Level
By Rosetta S. Elkin
Charles Waldheim, Principal InvestigatorSpring 2016
Exhibitions
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Airport Landscape: Urban Ecologies in the Aerial Age
Charles Waldheim and Sonja Dümpelmann, Curators
OCT 30 – DEC 19, 2013
Events
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CANCELLED – On the Cene: New Approaches to Building the American Museum of Natural History
Edward Eigen, Moderator
Jeanne Gang, Gary R. Hilderbrand and Doug Reed, Lecturers
Catherine Ingraham and Charles Waldheim, PanelistsJanuary 21, 2020