Remembering Henry N. Cobb (1926–2020): A Letter from Dean Sarah M. Whiting
Henry N. Cobb in 1968. Courtesy Pei Cobb Freed and Partners Dear GSD community: I…
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Work in Progress: Sarah Fayad’s strategy for equitable distribution of affordable housing in Los Angeles
Sarah Fayad (MLAUD '20) describes her final project for the option…
First-ever compendium of indigenous technologies provides a powerful toolkit for climate-resilient design
The design field is at an inflection point. It must challenge its repertoire, rethink technology,…
ReDesign Miami: In a city defined by water, how does design turn threat into opportunity?
Each December, the art world descends on Miami Beach for Art Basel’s American installment, Design…
Eulàlia Gómez-Escoda’s “Feeding Boston” addresses the staggering rate of food waste in the US
The entrance to an urban supermarket and its adjoining parking lot wouldn’t captivate the attention…
Fight or Flight? Designers and planners grapple with whether to fight the effects of climate change, or accept the inevitability of mass migration
To quote Margaret Atwood, climate change isn’t just about the climate, it’s…
What you see in the built environment didn’t fall from the sky; [it's] a product of decisions people made. It’s not natural, and it’s not inevitable.
Daniel D'Oca, on the ways social inequities are reflected in the planning and building of communities
Alex Krieger remembers François Vigier (1931–2020)
François Vigier at the GSD in 1981. Courtesy: Clemens Kalischer François Claude Denis Vigier, the…
Exhibition Preview: First the Forests on view through March 15 in the Druker Design Gallery
Listen to Günther Vogt describing three of the six projects featured in…
Fantasy, Memory, & Longing: Robin Winogrond leads designers on a search for the poetic in banal landscapes
The strange and unexpected are disappearing from our towns and cities. In Europe and America…