Over the past few weeks, the Harvard Graduate School of Design has been animated by several conversations addressing the climate crisis, in part catalyzed by two visitors: Bill McKibben, the longtime ...

A cone of intersecting strips of red-white-and-blue woven vinyl fabric greets visitors near the entrance to A Temporary Exhibition of Temporal Public Spaces, on view at the Harvard Graduate School of ...

Architecture and design are at an ethical crossroads. On one hand, buildings alone cause over 40 percent of emissions: physical growth increases carbon demand and waste. On the other hand, every ...

Pairs is a journal of conversations edited by students at the Harvard GSD. Each issue pairs subjects with objects: interviewees with contents from a Harvard or external archive. The journal does not ...

Jenny French with final models produced by students in the architecture design studio course “Outfitting Architecture: Expanded Comfort in Athens,” fall 2025. Photo by Steph Larsen. Aerial view of ...

Parsing distinctions between architecture and “mere” building has been a preoccupation of thinkers and practitioners since ancient times. The very difficulty of defining neat disciplinary boundaries ...

What is a home today? How do we reconcile our dire need for new housing with the fact that our needs will certainly change over time, and today’s buildings might soon be obsolete? How do we provide ...

Ancient pollen trapped in fresco wall-paintings, like a mosquito in amber, provides a historical ecological snapshot. Compacted grains of garden soil preserve 2,000-year-old footsteps. Even the ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) arrives at a time when the design fields face deep contradictions. How can concerns for sustainability reconcile with the need for growth? How can socially inclusive ...

Gareth Doherty’s book, Landscape Fieldwork: How Engaging the World Can Change Design, was published by the University of Virginia Press in 2025. Photo courtesy of the University of Virginia Press.

Architecture and design are at an ethical crossroads. On one hand, buildings alone cause over 40 percent of emissions: physical growth increases carbon demand and waste. On the other hand, every ...