Topic Urbanism

Interior spread of 'Inventing Greenland'

Inventing Greenland by Bert De Jonghe Examines the Urban Transformation of an Arctic Nation

A new book by doctor of design candidate Bert De Jonghe (MDes ’21),…

May 6, 2022

Four people sitting at a table speaking

A Call to Action: Just City Mayoral Fellows Discuss Design Interventions to Address Racial Injustice in America

“Everything we do at the GSD,” Dean Sarah Whiting said, “is affected by or affects…

May 4, 2022

Indigenous leader standing alone in desert

Climate Migration: Latin America Prepares for an Increase in Environmental Refugees

Infrastructure, in conventional imaginations, exists as a tool of permanence: bridges, roads, sidewalks, and utilities…

Apr 21, 2022

Interior of modern building with silver and yellow beams.

“Never demolish. Always transform, with and for the inhabitants”: Anne Lacaton delivers inaugural Jaqueline Tyrwhitt Urban Design Lecture

“Living well in the city,” the French architect Anne Lacaton declared, “is the most important…

Apr 13, 2022

An image of an installation by Escobedo. In the middle of a light coloured room wth an undulating ceiling is a skeletal sculpture.

“Whose Space Is It?” A conversation with Frida Escobedo from Harvard Design Magazine

The following interview, originally published in Harvard Design Magazine: Issue 49, features…

Mar 30, 2022

Axonometric of Minneapolis American Indian Center

Shaping Contemporary Indigenous Design: An interview with Sam Olbekson

Sam Olbekson is committed to improving the lives of Native Americans. An Indigenous architect with…

Mar 28, 2022

A cartoon hand holding a controller in front of a virtual site model.

“From Virtual by Emergency to Virtual by Design,” the 2020–2021 Irving Innovation Fellows Advance Virtual Pedagogy

Each year, the Irving Innovation Fellowship enables recent Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni…

Mar 21, 2022

Black and white archival photo of the bottom floors of the Banque Lambert.

Heat Magnets: Jeannette Kuo on Mitigating the Harmful Effects of Glass Building Facades

Lever House, Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois (SOM), New York City, 1952. Photo…

Mar 1, 2022

Black and white photograph of church goers exiting the building.

Mise-en-Scène: A new book from Chris Reed and Mike Belleme explores the theater of urban landscapes

Photo by Mike Belleme for Mise-en-Scène. Conceived as a multidimensional investigation into “the social…

Feb 18, 2022

Rendering of the Suffolk Downs Master Plan show a vibrant landscape design populated by people and pets walking on paths. Groups lounge in the shade under trees and play by the water. There are kits in the sky. The scene is joyful and bright.

Stoss Landscape Urbanism Receives AIA Regional & Urban Design Award for Suffolk Downs Master Plan

Rendering from the the Suffolk Downs Master Plan. Image courtesy of HYM & CBT.

Feb 11, 2022