Susan Fainstein seeks the Just City
Susan S. Fainstein (senior research fellow) raised examples from Amsterdam, New York and Singapore to make a case for the “just city” in her recent lecture at the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore.
Susan S. Fainstein (senior research fellow) raised examples from Amsterdam, New York and Singapore to make a case for the “just city” in her recent lecture at the Centre for Liveable Cities in Singapore.
Amin Alsaden’s (PhD student) article "Baghdad Modernism: Duplicity of Mirages and a Crisis of History" is featured in a special issue of the Dubai-based quarterly magazine WTD titled Emergent/The Iraq Issue 03. Read the essay.
Business In Vancouver recognizes Meghji and 39 others for their "outstanding leadership, business acumen and community contributions."
Find out why at the LOEBlog.
The Harvard Graduate School of Design announces the appointment of Ali M. Malkawi as Professor of Architectural Technology, effective July 1, 2013.
Smokehouse by Aamodt/Plumb Architects of Cambridge, MA, was one of five projects chosen by Warming Huts, an open art and architecture competition on ice, to be constructed in Canada.
Edward Becker (MArch candidate) has received an American-Scandinavian Foundation fellowship at Aalto University for his research "Helsinki 2030: The Contemporary Manifestation of Finland’s Architectural Vernacular."
A home designed and built by Noah Walker, (MArch ‘04), of Walker Workshop Design Build, has been featured in the Los Angeles Times.
The Hyatt Foundation announced that Toyo Ito will be the recipient of the 2013 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The Tokyo-based architect has recently taught studios on post-tsunami reconstruction and temporary housing at the GSD. He is recognized for producing an outstanding body of work that combines conceptual innovation with superbly executed buildings.