Tom Sterling

Tom Sterling is a Lecturer in Landscape Architecture and third-year doctoral student and at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. Tom’s research is concerned with the epistemological implications of the digital turn in landscape architecture.

His recent work and collaborations have been displayed by the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; The Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum in New York City; and the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh, Scotland. Before joining the DDes program, Tom worked as an exhibition designer, curator, researcher, and designer in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, New York, and Edinburgh.

Tom holds a Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch) from Carnegie Mellon University and a Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) with distinction from the University of Edinburgh, where he received the Helen A. Rose Prize. Tom has taught architecture and landscape architecture courses at the College of Architecture and Environmental Design at Kent State University, the Boston Architectural College, and The University of Connecticut. In 2025, Tom will begin his appointment as Assistant Professor in Residence at the University of Connecticut in the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture.