Architectural Practice

Black in Design 2021: “Black Matter”

The Black in Design conference, organized by the Harvard Graduate School of Design African American Student Union, recognizes the contributions of the African diaspora...

After Concrete: Redefining Materials and Energy in the Anthropocene

For over a hundred years, reinforced concrete has served as a paradigm of wonderous materiality: natural yet human-made, liquid yet permanent, technically specialized yet...

GLOBAL SYMPOSIUM MSAAD CLASS OF 2006

Columbia GSAPP invites our community of students, faculty, alumni, friends and family for an around-the world tour of architectural design practice featuring 22 speakers...

On Fabrication: Conversations between Designers and Makers

This series of conversations, organised and chaired by AA tutor Juliet Haysom, explores the relationship between designing and making, and between designers and makers....

Reconstructing Beirut Symposium

On 4 August 2020, Beirut was rocked by the biggest non-nuclear explosion ever recorded in an urban context. How should the reconstruction of the...

Narrative Change for the Green New Deal

From the graphics of advocacy campaigns to the use of speculative fiction and data visualization in both environmental activism and design practice, multimedia storytelling...

Urban-Tech Startups: The Role of Private Sector Innovation in Shaping Our Cities

Who should have power to shape the city? How can the private and public sectors complement each other? And how might they be in...

Worlds of Homelessness

There is a common misconception that city planning and architecture seek to provide “solutions to end homelessness.” These solutions include various types of supportive,...

Constructing (Engaged) Practice

Constructing (engaged) Practice traces, the narratives of young firms from around the globe critically engaged in political, technological, intellectual, and environmental conflicts. The daylong...