Harvard Gazette: They Build, but Modestly
Architects specialize in simplicity, scale, context, beauty.
Category: Architecture
News Updates
Spring 2025 Update from Grace La AB ’92, MArch ’95, Chair of the Department of Architecture
Dear Alumni and Friends of GSD Architecture, Greetings from Cambridge, where spring has finally warmed the air and we have just completed the 150th year of architectural instruction at Harvard. I am happy to be in touch with you during my second year as Chair of the Department of Architecture, and at the celebratory end of a…
Harvard Gazette: Making Print Modern
New look for Harvard Design Magazine deepens focus on ‘Wet Matter.’
Harvard Gazette: Stages of Design
Movements in research and learning captured in trio of exhibits.
Harvard Magazine: Architecture as Liberal Art
Building an undergraduate design program.
Harvard Magazine: The Challenge of Greener Cities
The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities held its inaugural Challenge Conference on November 7, 2014, bringing together leaders from industry and academia to discuss pressing questions for the fields of sustainability and design.
Resiliency Partners: The Rebuild by Design Winners
HUD has announced six winning design proposals in the competition to increase climate resiliency in NY and NJ coastal communities. One of the winning teams is led by Interboro, founded by GSD alumni.
GSD at the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale
The School will participate in the annual exhibition, this year curated by Rem Koolhaas.
Harvard Gazette: Less Energy, More Creativity
GSD students design two sustainable houses, win awards for their work.
Harvard Gazette: Eyes on ‘America,’ with Hopes of Drawing More
Scholar spotlights Albers’ wall as part of GSD series.
Faculty Profile: Ali Malkawi
Professor Malkawi shares his reflections on joining the GSD faculty, founding and directing the new Harvard Center for Green Building and Cities, and his professional inspirations and aspirations.
Alumni Profile: Quilian Riano MArch ’09
The founder of the Brooklyn-based studio DSGN AGNC explores political engagement through architecture, urbanism, art, and activism.
Harvard Gazette: ‘The Thinking Hand’
Exhibit showcases traditional Japanese tools that can turn carpentry into artistry.
Harvard Gazette: Creator of Skyscrapers
Harvard-trained architect builds across Asia, including high-rise schools.