Commencement 2023

At the time of this writing, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is front and center in…
“Yet what we need is a voluntary cessation, a conscious and fully consensual interruption. Without…
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) launches its spring 2023 public program…
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to announce that the 14th…
Over the past decade, the Boston/Cambridge area has attracted tremendous attention…
The following is Danielle Allen’s 2022 Class Day Lecture at the Harvard University Graduate School…
John Andrews: Architect of Uncommon Sense Paul Walker With contributions by Mary Lou Lobsinger, Peter…
It is a common trope for scholars from South America, Central America, and the Caribbean…
Available for purchase soon. The hyperconnected world of the late 20th and early 21st centuries…
Does America need a new vision of the ideal home? In episode four of…
In this episode of Talking Practice, host Grace La interviews Mack Scogin and…
Season 2, Episode 10: Sean Canty expresses the value of looking outside the profession, especially…
Rayshad Dorsey (MArch I ’23) describes his final project for the option…
At their speculative edge, the design professions flourish in envisioning future scenarios, and we usually…
Sijia Zhong (MLA I AP ’23) describes her final project for the…
Justin Hailey (MLA II ’23) describes his final project for the option…
As early as the 1960s, movement artist Simone Forti began interrogating what dance is. In…
Jenny French on re-centering collective housing in pedagogy and practice
Two decades ago, the United Nations Convention on Biodiversity set a goal of designating 17…
Commemorating Earth Day, the Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities (CGBC) hosted its…
A curious stranger at an airport recently asked Omotara Oluwafemi (MArch I ’22) what she…
“Everything we do at the GSD,” Dean Sarah Whiting said, “is affected by or affects…
Megan Panzano on the GSD's Early Design Education Programs
For Dianne Lê (MLA II ’22), design and research is deeply informed by her background.
Lever House, Gordon Bunshaft and Natalie de Blois (SOM), New York City, 1952. Photo…
Infrastructure, in conventional imaginations, exists as a tool of permanence: bridges, roads, sidewalks, and utilities…
For Sara Arman (MUP ’22), community organizing is essential. When Arman graduated from Tufts with…