The Architectural Double in the Museum City
Designed by Josef Paul Kleihues and completed in 1996, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago…
Studio Reports
Material Performance: Fibrous Tectonics & Architectural Morphology
In biology, most load-bearing structures are fibrous systems. These natural composites share their fundamental characteristics…
Poor but Sexy: Berlin, the New Communal
What new forms for communal dwelling challenge the status quo in a growing city that…
The Barracks of Pion: Developing the Edge of the Park of Versailles
Versailles is often considered the site of invention of the classical city. Strikingly, the shapes…
Work Environments: Campus and Event
This design studio at Harvard University Graduate School of Design is the first of three sponsored…
Global Leadership in Real Estate and Design
Within the global constellation of increasingly connected urban centers, shifts in cultural preferences, design thinking,…
Common Frameworks: Rethinking the Developmental City in China, Part 3
Taiqian: The Countryside as a City is premised upon two fundamental ambitions: the recuperation of…
Habitation in Extreme Environments
Habitation in Extreme Environments was a studio of the Department of Architecture at the Harvard…
Design and Politics: Managing Risks and Vulnerabilities
Design and Politics was a studio of the Department of Urban Planning and Design at…
Another Nature
When considering the “nature” of architecture today, isn’t it problematic to simply define it as…