In Cotton Kingdom, Now, Sara Zewde retraces Frederick Law Olmsted’s route through the Southern states
“The mountain ranges, the valleys, and the great waters of America, all trend north and…
Topic Materials
With Mass Timber and the Scandinavian Effect, Jennifer Bonner and Hanif Kara speculate how wood might recapture the American architectural imagination
Moments of intense constraint have driven architecture toward seismic ruptures, which go on to determine…
Preston Scott Cohen’s Post-Shaker studio draws on the austere formal language of Shaker design in proposing a new art colony in Mount Lebanon, NY
Mount Lebanon, NY has faded. When its last seven inhabitants moved away in 1947 it…
Sacred Groves and Secret Parks: A two-day colloquium focused on the landscapes of Orisha
Princess Faniyi in front of Gund Hall, Harvard Graduate School of Design. Photo: Moisés…
Sacred Groves and Secret Parks: An interview with Princess Adedoyin Talabi Faniyi and Moises Lino e Silva
The Graduate School of Design’s colloquium “Sacred Groves and Secret Parks”…
Stage Design in a Pandemic: With Fidelio, Barkow Leibinger grapples with translating the immersive experience of theater to a 2D screen
When renowned US-German architecture firm Barkow Leibinger was approached by the Oscar-winning actor Christoph Waltz…
Work in Progress: Edgar Rodriguez’s Cross-Laminated Timber Experiments
Edgar Rodriguez (MArch '20) describes his final project for the option studio…
Redlining, Green Books, Gray Towns, High Yellow: Artist Amanda Williams on the relationship between color, race, space and value
Architect and artist Amanda Williams is best known for her bold public art project,…
2020 James Templeton Kelley Prize: Anna Goga’s “Porch House + 300 Panels, 400 Cuts, 400 Bandages”
by Anna Goga (MArch II '20) — Recipient of the James Templeton Kelley Prize, Masters in Architecture…
Diffusive Geometries: Vapor as a Tectonic Element to Sculpt Microclimates in Architectural Space
by Honghao Deng (MDes Tech '18) An essential function of architecture is to…