August 14, 2008–September 30, 2008 The year 2008 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of Andrea Palladio (1508-1580). His extraordinary legacy of both built works and influence of his I QUATTRO LIBRI DELL'ARCHITETTURA is surely a cause for celebration. The exhibition includes, drawn…
Tectonic Worlds March 31, 2008–May 21, 2008 Hashim Sarkis, curator Exhibition organized by the Aga Khan Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design and the Humanities Center at Harvard University, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Award for Architecture Throughout…
01/28/2008–03/14/2008 John Beardsley, curator Christian Werthmann, curator The exhibition presented new terrain and tactics for landscape architecture. It had two subjects. One was physical: low-income communities, variously called squatter settlements, shantytowns, or slums, which are a dominant feature of the developing world’s…
The Harvard University Graduate School of Design awards the Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design to recognize urban design excellence through projects that contribute to the public realm of the city and improve the overall quality of life. As the ninth recipient of the…
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…
Compared with other continents, the architecture and urbanism of the 52 capital cities of Africa are not well known. The majority of them were important centers in the colonial period, and buildings from these times still play a significant role in the life of the…
January 29–March 18, 2007 Eve Blau, curator Ivan Rupnik, collaborator Project Zagreb examines transition as a condition that creates opportunities for architecture. Zagreb is the perfect site for exploring the generative dynamic of transition: currently preparing for Croatia’s entry into the…
From Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Studio Basel, Switzerland has been described as a thoroughly urbanized nation. This exhibition takes a different tack, examining Switzerland as a landscape—a landscape of mountains and lakes, agglomeration and infrastructure, and design interventions large and small. The Swiss landscape, even more…
The Early Works of Edward L. Barnes, Ulrich Franzen, John Johansen, Victor Lundy, I.M. Pei, and Paul Rudolph October 5, 2006–November 15, 2006 Michael Meredith, curator Beyond the Harvard Box focuses on the early work of six architects who graduated from the Harvard University…
This exhibition of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates’ (MVVA) five recent projects explores a rarely discussed aspect of the firm’s work: the varied fields of research that inform their projects. Although technical research was often fundamental to earlier work, such as the series of experiments with ice-water walls…