Behnisch Architekten + Transsolar Climate Engineering, Stuttgart August 22–October 3, 2007 Behnisch Architekten + Transsolar Climate Engineering, Stuttgart Behnisch Architekten and Transsolar Klimaengineering have been collaborating for many years in pursuit of an environmentally responsive architecture. Works extend from architectural competitions to…
The Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure has developed the Information Tool on Urban Water…
This multi-year ecological planning project is a collaboration among the Government of The Bahamas, the…
The Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the formation of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design Office for Urbanization, a trans-disciplinary initiative that will focus the intellectual and practical capabilities of the School on a range of applied design research projects attendant to the contemporary city.
Longfeng Wu (MDes ULE ’16) received a 2015 Penny White Grant to study the Pearl Delta…
Kiel Moe, associate professor of architecture and energy at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, joined the nationally broadcast radio show Science Friday last week to discuss air conditioning on a global scale, touching on both its history and its contemporary state.
Maurice Cox, Detroit’s new planning director, views the city through the lens of opportunity. While others can’t see beyond acres of abandoned land, he sees the walkable streets and neighborhood density that foster community and plenty of parks, gardens and local enterprise. He also sees the resilient spirit that can make it all happen. Read “Detroit’s new planning director: Dream Big” and view a video interview with Maurice Cox.
Erin Kelly (MLA '12) and project “The Buzz" has been named one of 32 winners in the Knight Foundation’s first-annual Knight Cities Challenge and was spotlighted this week by Smithsonian magazine.
Kim Lutz of the Nature Conservancy was at the GSD on April 6th for a lunchtime lecture entitled “Taking it to Scale: a Watershed Approach to Conservation Design.” It was part of a series addressing large landscape conservation issues, sponsored by the Loeb Fellowship and curated by Scott Campbell. Margaret Scott (MUP candidate) reports in the LOEBlog.
On the surface, inFORMing Justice was a typical event at the GSD: a panel of experts discussing the role of design in building equitable communities with an audience of students, faculty, staff and fellows from across the university. But the seats in Piper Hall were arranged around tables, the panelists spoke from the heart and the audience members were the experts. Read more in the LOEBlog.