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The Architecture of Waste: Can designers challenge fundamental presumptions about waste and the economic models that make it necessary?

A linear economy conceives of waste as an end. It presumes that refuse cast off,…

Oct 16, 2020

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Excerpt: The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food by Marcus Samuelsson

Born in Ethiopia, raised and trained as a chef in Sweden, and now living and…

Oct 15, 2020

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Excerpt: Right to the City for All: A Manifesto for Social Justice in an Urban Century, by Lorena Zárate

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Oct 14, 2020

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Excerpt: How to Build a New Civic Infrastructure, by Ben Hecht

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Oct 6, 2020

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Excerpt: Cape Town Pride; Cape Town Shame, by Carla Sutherland

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Sep 29, 2020

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All Together: Alex Krieger on summoning ideals during a period of crisis

Optimism in America is in short supply. Could it be otherwise? A fearsome pandemic has…

Sep 25, 2020

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The Ugliest Building in Washington: Students navigate federal pressures and local values in rethinking FBI site

In late July 2020, Congress could not reach a compromise on a new coronavirus relief…

Sep 21, 2020

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A Guidebook to an Empty Land: When the Indonesian government relocates its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, will Indigenous life there be erased?

“When an area is empty, there’s a desire to fill it in—it’s the colonizing mindset,”…

Sep 16, 2020

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Excerpt: Justice that Serves People, Not Institutions, by Mirna D. Goransky

“Five years ago, the Harvard Graduate School of Design’s Just City…

Sep 15, 2020

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From an Autosimulacrum to a new Transitopia, 2019-20 Irving Innovation Fellows share their post-graduate research

Each year since 2016, the Irving Innovation Fellowship has enabled recent Harvard Graduate School of…

Sep 11, 2020

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The Architecture of Waste: Can designers challenge fundamental presumptions about waste and the economic models that make it necessary?

Excerpt: The Rise: Black Cooks and the Soul of American Food by Marcus Samuelsson

Excerpt: Right to the City for All: A Manifesto for Social Justice in an Urban Century, by Lorena Zárate

Excerpt: How to Build a New Civic Infrastructure, by Ben Hecht

Excerpt: Cape Town Pride; Cape Town Shame, by Carla Sutherland

All Together: Alex Krieger on summoning ideals during a period of crisis

The Ugliest Building in Washington: Students navigate federal pressures and local values in rethinking FBI site

A Guidebook to an Empty Land: When the Indonesian government relocates its capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan, will Indigenous life there be erased?

Excerpt: Justice that Serves People, Not Institutions, by Mirna D. Goransky

From an Autosimulacrum to a new Transitopia, 2019-20 Irving Innovation Fellows share their post-graduate research

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