Convergence: An Architectural Agenda for Energy
Convergence is based on the thermodynamic premise that architecture should maximize its ecological and architectural…
Faculty Publications
Pamphlet Architecure 33: Islands and Atolls
The competition for Pamphlet Architecture 33 asked previous authors in the series to nominate the architects and…
A Cultural History of Gardens In the Age of Empire
As much as the nineteenth and early twentieth century gardens and their designs were a…
A Line in the Andes
A Line in the Andes—a one year investigation developed at the Harvard Graduate School of…
Marne-la-Vallée: De la Ville Nouvelle à la Ville Durable
Co-editor: Clément Orillard Marseille, Parenthèses, 2012 This edited volume offers a comprehensive look on…
The Architectural Profession of Modern China: Emerging from the Past
With nearly half of the world’s construction activity taking place in China by 2015, the…
Project Japan: Metabolism Talks
Once there was a nation that went to war, but after they conquered a continent…
Emergent Architectural Territories in East Asian Cities
Beginning around the 1990s in East Asian cities various concatenations of events led those in…
Greening the City: Urban Landscapes in the Twentieth Century
The modern city is not only pavement and concrete. Parks, gardens, trees, and…
Architecture in India Since 1990
In twenty-first-century India, hybridity, pluralism and fusion reign over singular identities, the resultant architecture mirroring…
Principles of Brownfield Regeneration: Clean-up, Design and Reuse of Derelict Land
Principles of Brownfield Regeneration: Clean-up, Design and Reuse of Derelict Land (co-authored with Professor…
Digital Culture in Architecture: An Introduction for the Design Professions
Today’s explosive developments in digital technology have affected architecture and the urban landscape. Computer-aided design…
Thermally Active Surfaces in Architecture
The intent of this book is to document the basis and efficacy of heating, cooling,…
Shaping the Great City: Modern Architecture in Central Europe 1890-1937
The explosion of architectural ideas during the last decades of the Hapsburg Empire and in…
Shenzhen: Designing the Non-stop Transformation City
A studio research report of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. 171 pages :…
Rafael Moneo: Remarks on 21 Works
Rafael Moneo is a courageous architect, one who for decades has defined his own style…
Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates: Reconstructing Urban Landscapes
Instilling a poetics of place is a goal of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA), the…
Sculpture and Enlightenment
This pioneering book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth-century France. As royal and…
Urban Design
Fifty years ago a landmark conference at Harvard University established urban design as a distinct…
Architecture's Desire: Reading the Late Avant-Garde
While it is widely recognized that the advanced architecture of the 1970s left a legacy…
Urban Regions: Ecology and Planning Beyond the City
With land planning, socioeconomics and natural systems as foundations, this book combines urban planning and…
Toshiko Mori Architect: Works and Projects
Founded in New York City in 1981, Toshiko Mori Architect is known for using both…
Innovative Surface Structures: Technologies and Applications
Recent innovations in computational techniques, material systems and fabrication processes have revolutionized the design and…
Rem Koolhaas: Unveiling The Prada Foundation
After more than 15 years—during which it exhibited work by such artists as Louise Bourgeois,…
Dance Space: Choreographing a Mobile Theatre
This publication documents research on deployable, lightweight structures. The student work shown was developed in…