Designing for “Changing Climates”

An exhibit on landscape architect Bas Smets

by Max J. Krupnick

Harvard, H.H.R., Houghton

Invaluable architectural archive published at last

by John S. Rosenberg

Maps of the World

The surreal, artistic cartography of Darren Sears

by Lydialyle Gibson

Among the Oyster Houses

Harvard students’ art installation nods at New England’s coastal farms.

by Lydialyle Gibson

Men and Their Castles

Historic New England explores the “bachelor decorators”

by Nell Porter Brown

A Democratic Landscape

Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park

“The Ingenuity of an Architect”

Kimberly Dowdell influences her profession—and the built environment.

by Nell Porter Brown

On Being “Printerly”

An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.

by Murray Whyte

Parks for Tomorrow

Bas Smets harnesses nature to cool cities.

by Max J. Krupnick

It’s “Not the Earth that Needs Fixing”

Karenna Gore ’95 addresses Graduate School of Design.

by Nell Porter Brown

Dominica’s “Bouyon” Star

Musician “Shelly” Alfred’s indigenous Caribbean sound

by Jose Alison Kentish