gsd.harvard.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.eduhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mufsihp4hi23We've had a great time over the last few days welcoming our new students to Harvard and to the GSD community. One more day of orientation, then classes begin on Wednesday September 2!31 Aug 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufsihp4hi23https://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mu3glva3w22mThe GSD announces its fall 2026 public programs and exhibitions, a series of events that explore resilience and adaptability through design. All events will be livestreamed on the GSD website unless otherwise noted! https://hgsd.us/4gnZbP727 Aug 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3glva3w22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mtz5glsuwk2iAndreina Seijas '20 is interviewed in the @newyorker.com's recent piece about how extreme heat is affecting European cities, including Madrid, Barcelona and Paris. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/24/the-end-of-the-european-summer26 Aug 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtz5glsuwk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mtylx7h3x22u🐕 Happy National Dog Day from Papaya, one of our favorite buddies here in the GSD's Communications Office. Say hi if you see him on campus this year!26 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtylx7h3x22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mtmcrb7mct26Infrastructure in a Time of Flux: Methods, Conditions, and Situations explores how designers can respond to a world increasingly defined by environmental disruption, political instability, technological transformation, migration, and rapidly changing patterns of habitation. https://hgsd.us/4gazyRE21 Aug 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmcrb7mct26https://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mt34khm2d72qbasically!! https://www.gsd.harvard.edu/video/how-landscape-architects-work-with-natures-furriest-engineers/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Aug 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt34khm2d72qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mstkhcs3ua2xMitul Iyengar and Luke Fiorante (both Master in Design Engineering '26) traveled to Mozambique to research drought preparedness for their thesis. https://seas.harvard.edu/news/forecast-not-decision-design-engineering-drought-preparedness11 Aug 2026 21:25 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mstkhcs3ua2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3msnxr52pot2g📚 It's Book Lovers' Day! Check out our summer reading roundup of recently published books from GSD affiliates, highlighting topics that range from world expos to immigrant life in the United States to the ways that product design centers men at the expense of women. https://hgsd.us/4vPEO2i09 Aug 2026 16:07 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msnxr52pot2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3msldt2adiw2c🐈 Happy International Cat Day from Remy, shown here recently in one of his favorite places in the Loeb Library! Remy is enjoying a restful summer, but is looking forward to when the students are back on campus.08 Aug 2026 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msldt2adiw2chttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3msgk4ozwr22zlove this thread! btw almost all of our public programs are available on our YouTube channel. From architects, landscape architects, and urban planners to musicians, climate experts, and more--it's a great resource for anyone interested in design www.youtube.com/@TheHarvardGSD [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Aug 2026 17:14 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3msgk4ozwr22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3ms6x6zc7ay2uAndrew M. Schwartz (MLA II ’26)'s 2026 Landscape Architecture Thesis Prize project, "Reclaiming Oblivion: Sacral Assemblies in Poletown, Detroit," imagines the future post-industrial landscape of Detroit’s General Motors Assembly Plant. https://hgsd.us/4w4kcmP03 Aug 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6x6zc7ay2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mrx2bqk46p2fDesign Discovery has been off to a great start! Every summer, the program welcomes 150+ students from across the country and the world, students from all backgrounds engage with their chosen discipline: Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Urban Planning + Design. https://hgsd.us/4vU6C4Y31 Jul 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx2bqk46p2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mrstkjp3le2gCongratulations to Montréale Jones @montreale_13, who won the 2026 Clifford Wong Prize in Housing Design for the project "Rows and Bows: An Intergenerational Housing Framework Organized Through Shared Environmental Rhythms"! https://hgsd.us/4w9mtNS29 Jul 2026 21:10 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrstkjp3le2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mrbe47hgi22cExcited for this event featuring GSD's Karen Korellis Reuther! [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jul 2026 22:18 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbe47hgi22chttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mraxe3z2if2oThis spring, 20 GSD students were gifted pairs of the new Air Jordan 1 High OG x V.A.A. and copies of The Virgil Reader, Volume 001 from the Virgil Abloh Archive! (First photo is Abloh at the GSD from his 2017 lecture "Insert Complicated Title Here.") https://hgsd.us/4wOBTqW22 Jul 2026 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mraxe3z2if2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mr3qype3zw2f"Mindful Urbanism: Buddhist Frameworks and Bhutan’s Model of City-Building" by Adin Becker (MUP ’26) won the GSD's 2026 Thesis Prize in Urban Planning and Design! https://hgsd.us/4w9BHlR20 Jul 2026 16:53 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr3qype3zw2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mqtybpd4et2nCongrats to Maggie Martin (MArch I '26), the winner of the 2026 James Templeton Kelley Prize for her Master of Architecture I thesis, "Building Resilience Out of Air: Reimagining a Typology of Thin Shell Air-Formed Shelters"! https://hgsd.us/4uWSLu117 Jul 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqtybpd4et2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mqk25cfxny2wJosé Antonio “Tony” Gómez-Ibáñez, Derek C. Bok Professor of Urban Planning and Public Policy, Emeritus, died on June 10, 2026. On the GSD website, we've gathered several remembrances of Tony from colleagues and former students. https://hgsd.us/4aR1WoZ13 Jul 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqk25cfxny2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mqa4ajlwbr2bCongratulations to Ellen Peirson @epeirson.bsky.social, the winner of the 2026 Wheelwright Prize for “Ultra-Processed Kitchens: Infrastructures of Extraction in the Home”! The $100,000 prize supports investigative approaches to contemporary architecture. https://hgsd.us/4yhZzpi09 Jul 2026 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqa4ajlwbr2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mq62nvxngz26📚 Need some ideas for summer reading? Check out our roundup of recently published books from GSD affiliates, highlighting topics that range from world expos to immigrant life in the United States to the ways that product design centers men at the expense of women. https://hgsd.us/4vPEO2i08 Jul 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq62nvxngz26https://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mq62nrpssy22Joseph Henry (@loebfellowship.bsky.social '24) chats with @archpaper.com about his position with the City of Boston as the chief of arts and culture: "There’s a tradition in Boston of people coming here to figure things out, and trying to solve problems, both politically and creatively." https://www.archpaper.com/2026/07/joseph-henry-boston-chief-of-arts-and-culture/08 Jul 2026 21:26 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq62nrpssy22https://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mq3a6cjc4724The GSD's Karen Korellis Reuther has worked in the design industry for more than 40 years for companies including Reebok and Nike. Her new book is “MAN-MADE: How We Designed a World That Leaves Women Out, and How We Can Make It Right.”07 Jul 2026 18:26 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq3a6cjc4724https://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mpykjmfx2h2eHana Khurshid (MDE '26) and Steffek Rainey (MDE ’26) won this year's Master in Design Engineering Thesis Prize for their project Preta--a series of carbon-negative products, including a bathroom sink, composed of a material derived from organic waste. https://hgsd.us/4uTyaa706 Jul 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpykjmfx2h2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mpoj4juad225What makes a neighborhood "authentic"? The GSD's Stephen F. Gray says: "You can’t theme your way into it. Authenticity describes both the buildings and the people inside them, which means giving the people who live there, or will live there, the standing to shape what gets built." https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2026/06/authentic/02 Jul 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpoj4juad225https://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mpmij4ve4b2sRegistration is now open for the GSD Comeback! Alumni and friends are invited to return to campus and experience the collective energy of the GSD community on September 25–26, 2026. Register by Sunday, July 19, to receive the early-bird rate. https://hgsd.us/4ao7Uxo01 Jul 2026 21:46 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpmij4ve4b2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mplwcmhjzk2xGSD's Diane E. Davis, who taught Raman at MIT: “I teach that to my students in planning at Harvard that you can’t be a good planner unless you know politics. What I’ll also say is you can’t be a good politician, can’t be a good mayor unless you know seriously the planning profession is.” [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 16:20 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplwcmhjzk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/gsd.harvard.edu/post/3mp3pbw62rh26Timeline cleanse: peaceful night view of Gund from photographer Anita Kan25 Jun 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:7rfwulsc3nptybebsbzcego3/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3pbw62rh26