Arts & Culture
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
Renovating Gund
Renovations on Gund Hall of Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) to be completed by next year.
by Nina Pasquini
Who Was John Greenleaf Whittier?
Homes of the poet and abolitionist, whose verses were said to have inspired Abraham Lincoln.
by Nell Porter-Brown
Vacationing with a Purpose
New England “summer camps” for adults
by Nell Porter-Brown