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We are sad to learn of the passing of our former co-director and former Dean of @gsd.harvard.edu, Gerald McCue.

A visionary leader, generous mentor, and advocate for design excellence, Jerry shaped the fields of urban design & architecture.

(Photo: Gayle Alstrom)

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February 12, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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This Friday @ 2pm: @harvard.edu students are invited to join us for an overview of fellowships and research grants available to students, including several community service summer fellowships. @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu

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Information Session on Fellowships and Research Grants
Join us for an overview of fellowships and research grants for Harvard students, including several community service summer fellowships that support Graduate School of Design and Kennedy School studen...
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February 11, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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We're pretty active on IG Reels and TikTok, but we're going to try to post our short video over here more too! Here's a look at our current exhibit, Designers of Mountain and Water, featuring curator Jungyoon Kim among others
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
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TOMORROW | Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga, founders of Barcelona-based practice Barozzi Veiga, delve into the delicate interplay between permanence and transformation, showing how the reading of a place can become the starting point for a new architectural narrative.

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“Permanence and Transformation”
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February 11, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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Join us for this semester's At Home and Abroad speaker series, co-organized by the GSD Healthy Places Design Lab, and Healthy places GSD!
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February 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Join us for this semester's Planning for Health speaker series, co-organized by the Harvard GSD Healthy Places Design Lab, and Healthy places GSD!

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February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
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This Thursday: Fabrizio Barozzi and Alberto Veiga, founders of Barcelona-based practice Barozzi Veiga, delve into the delicate interplay between permanence and transformation, showing how the reading of a place can become the starting point for a new architectural narrative.

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“Permanence and Transformation”
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February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
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GSD students Yuanyuan (Yuki) Cao (MRE ’26), Joe Russell (MArch ’27), and Emma Sheffer (MArch ’27) recently won a combined €50,000 in the Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2025, an international competition recognizing architectural ideas not yet realized. Congrats 👏

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Three GSD Students Win First Prizes in Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2025
Three Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) students recently won a combined €50,000 in Buildner’s Unbuilt Award 2025.
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February 6, 2026 at 7:18 PM
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Join us today for Day 2 of the Designers of Mountain and Water Conference! This event brings together leading landscape architects and scholars to discuss the perspectives, histories, politics, and most compelling projects of sustainable design in the Asian context.

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Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate
About this Event The Sinographic compound (山水), denoting “mountain and water,” is widely shared across many Asian contexts, with different regional
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February 6, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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TODAY at 6:30p.m.! Join us for Day 1 of the Designers of Mountain and Water Conference, featuring leading landscape architects and scholars who will discuss the perspectives, histories, politics, and most compelling projects of sustainable design in the Asian context.

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Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate
About this Event The Sinographic compound (山水), denoting “mountain and water,” is widely shared across many Asian contexts, with different regional
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February 5, 2026 at 4:03 PM
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“If I had one lesson to share, it would be to always remember there are other ways to live,” says industrial designer Stephen Burks (LF '19). “It’s a big world and we’re connected in many more ways than we know.” @loebfellowship.bsky.social
Stephen Burks On Design Without Borders
Stephen Burks discusses the evolution of his socially engaged studio, recent projects at the Architecture Biennale, and a collaborative design philosophy.
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February 4, 2026 at 4:53 PM
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The GSD's Roderick Wyllie and James A. Lord write about their Fall 2025 studio "Fireworks," which centered the idea of fire as both creator and destroyer. Students suggested solutions for reconceiving the landscape for the di Rosa Center for Contemporary Art to better protect it from wildfires.
It’s time to rethink California’s fire problem as a design challenge
OPINION: With climate change continuing to worsen, we need to start imagining ways that we can coexist with fire.
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January 30, 2026 at 10:12 PM
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👏 Congratulations to political philosopher Nancy Fraser, the Spring 2026 Senior Loeb Scholar! Senior Loeb Scholars spend time on campus, during which time they present a public lecture and engage directly with GSD students, faculty, staff, researchers, and Loeb Fellows.

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Headshot of Nancy Fraser, Senior Loeb Scholar, smiling.
January 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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Read our profile of Wannaporn Pui Phornprapha (MLA ’95)! She is the founder of P Landscape (PLA), a landscape and design studio. Several of PLA's projects are featured in the GSD’s exhibition Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climates.

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A series of buildings arranged around a water landscape with mountains in the background. A green forest with a path through it. A building in a green forest. A woman in burgundy looking at the camera.
January 29, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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📢 Announcing the GSD's spring 2026 public programs and exhibitions, a series that challenges the politics of environmentalism, computation, and urban infrastructure. All events will be livestreamed unless otherwise noted.

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Traditional fish traps known as 'bagang' on calm waters, reflecting red netting and wooden structures.
January 28, 2026 at 8:11 PM
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In an episode of the podcast Housing After Dark,
@alexschafran.bsky.social sits down with our former postdoc
@magdamaaoui.bsky.social to unpack what the U.S. can learn from France’s approach to housing. @gsd.harvard.edu

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Housing After Dark Episode 21: Magda Maaoui on Lessons for American Housers: Why France and the US are More Similar Than We Think
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January 22, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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We're excited to welcome Mayor Pangallo and the rest of the Just City Fellows:

Broadview, IL: Katrina Thompson
Columbia, MO: Barbara Buffaloe
Durham, NC: Leonardo Williams
Fairbanks, AK: Mindy O’Neall
Gresham, OR: Travis Stovall
Moline, IL: Sangeetha Rayapati
Santa Monica, CA: Caroline Torosis
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Thrilled to be accepted into the Just City Fellowship from @usmayors.org and @gsd.harvard.edu. Alongside 7 other US Mayors I’ll explore how we can better embed our shared justice & equity goals into our work for a more vibrant, inclusive, and thriving #SalemMA.

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Announcing the 2026 Just City Mayoral Fellowship
The Just City Lab at the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) and the United States Conference of Mayors are pleased to announce the launch
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January 21, 2026 at 4:48 AM
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🚨 New exhibition opening 1/20: Designers of Mountain and Water!

This exhibition gathers leading designers to present their visions of alternative landscapes for a changing climate. The exhibition features more than 55 works of landscape architecture by 23 practices in Asia.

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Promotional poster for 'Designers of Mountain and Water: Alternative Landscapes for a Changing Climate' exhibition, featuring a background of stylized mountain-like waves in shades of green. The event is scheduled from January 20 to May 15, 2026, organized by Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Korea Institute.
January 15, 2026 at 9:11 PM
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Where did the rule that people shouldn't spend more than 30% of their income on housing come from, and is it still relevant? @hannahgrabenstein.bsky.social @pbsnews.org talks to our managing director Chris Herbert & @hatethegamebook.com.

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WATCH: 30% for rent? How that rule holds up right now
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January 15, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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Looking for a design-related book this winter? Our Winter 2026 reading list is out! These recent publications by GSD faculty, staff, and alumni capture a field in flux—grappling with AI, climate repair, and the politics of land and infrastructure.

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Winter Reading 2026: Recent Publications by GSD Faculty, Staff, and Alumni
New publications by Harvard GSD faculty, staff, and alumni cover topics such as AI, spatial justice, and climate adaptation.
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January 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
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1/13 Insights on rebuilding from Steve Lewis '07 nextcity.org/events/detai...
Solutions for Rebuilding After Climate Disaster
SolutionsFest: Altadena rebuilds after wildfires through inclusive, community-led design.
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January 7, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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ours is the Charles! (Photo from the below article, about @loebfellowship.bsky.social's Jacek Smolicki's soundwalks along the Charles and elsewhere)

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A microphone on a branch above the Charles River on a sunny day
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 PM
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Apply by April 20 for our Summer 2026 Early Design Education programs: an introduction to design and its potential to change the world. We invite college students through mid-career professionals to join us for Design Discovery Virtual (online, June 8–26) or Design Discovery (in-person, July 13–31)
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Harvard GSD Design Discovery Virtual A three-week virtual program for a global audience interested in a survey of design media and [...]
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January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
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Deadline EXTENDED to January 9! Submit your abstracts!
gsd.harvard.edu Harvard Graduate School of Design @gsd.harvard.edu · Nov 18
Now accepting abstracts for the 2026 Cambridge Talks symposium, “Surfacing,” 4/24-4/25, 2026, inviting scholars of the built environment to consider the physical production of surfaces and their mediating roles. Deadline 1/2/26.

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Cambridge Talks 2026: Surfacing
In his 1993 essay on “The Topology of Environmentalism,” anthropologist Timothy Ingold critiqued the concept of "the global environment." The image of
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January 2, 2026 at 9:22 PM
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🎆 Happy 2026 from GSD! Starting off the year with an accurate, edible gingerbread scale model of Gund that students Miu Kondo, Kiyomi Langenhagen, and Sun Woo Byun built for fun before winter break!
A monochrome image of a gingerbread model of Gund Hall, displayed on a flat surface with other gingerbread structures in the background. Computer model of gingerbread Gund, with an illustrated recipe of how it was made A gingerbread replica of Gund Hall, decorated with white icing details, isolated on a white background. Close-up of a monochrome image of a gingerbread model of Gund Hall, showing details of the roof and icing.
January 1, 2026 at 2:01 PM