Congratulations to the 2026 commencement prizewinners! Today we're featuring Gabriel Geonwoo Bae (MAUD โ26)'s project "Towards Metabolic Circularity in South Korean Housing: From Extraction to Renovation", which won this year's Urban Design Thesis Prize.
https://hgsd.us/4eilhjQ
Congratulations to One Block Away, a team of Master in Real Estate (MRE) students, for advancing to the build phase of the inaugural Housing Innovation Challenge!
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In the Spring 2026 studio โHope & Change: The Obama Presidential Center and Gateway to the Woodlawn Neighborhoodโ, taught by Maurice Cox and Avis Devine, students developed district-scaled development plans for the eastern section of Woodlawn abutting the Obama Presidential Center.
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๐ This morning, the GSD Class of 2026 gathered with other Harvard graduates in Harvard Yard for the Commencement ceremony.
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Congratulations, everyone! #Harvard26
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Home prices are up 54% since 2020, and the median existing single-family sales price is 5x the median household income. Meanwhile, 22.7 million renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
Our new report is out today; ๐น๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ @ ๐ฐ๐ฝ๐บ ๐๐ง.
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Our ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป'๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ report, out today, reveals 22.7 million cost-burdened renters, record-low mobility, and home sales at 30-year lows as Americans struggle with affordability.
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The exhibition Imagining BEST Products, at the Branch Museum of Design in Richmond, VA, grew out of โArchitectureโs Audience,โ a spring '26 course taught by Don OโKeefe (MArch โ20). Students helped with research and design, models, timelines, and interpretive materials.
https://hgsd.us/3QzzKQp
Congrats to the Fellows!!
Kudos to Amy Love Tomasso, a former Joint Research Assistant who last week received GSD's Ferdinand Colloredo-Mansfeld Prize for Superior Achievement in Real Estate Studies. @harvard-jchs.bsky.social @gsd.harvard.edu @ivoryinnovations.bsky.social
See www.gsd.harvard.edu/2026/05/priz...
The winners of this yearโs ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ฒ are:
Ehao Wu for "Sponge City and Impermeable Housing Value" and Sebastian Rodriguez Leon for "A Comprehensive Revision to Colombian Policy Tools for Improving Housing Conditions." @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
Congratulations!
Maurice Coxโs studio at the Harvard Graduate School of Design charts the future of the Obama Presidential Centerโs Chicago neighborhood.
A team of students from the Harvard Graduate School of Designโsย Master in Real Estateย (MRE) program has been selected as one of 10 teams advancing to the build phase of the inauguralย Housing Innovatio...
Each year at commencement, the Harvard Graduate School of Design confers awards on graduating students who demonstrate exceptional scholarly achievement,
With funding from our Center, 23 students from across @harvard.edu will ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด-๐ฟ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐จ๐ฆ at public agencies, nonprofits, and innovative for-profit orgs. @gsd.harvard.edu @harvardkennedy.bsky.social
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Our Center seeks applications for a ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ to research topics related to home improvement and repair markets, housing preservation and adaptation, disaster recovery and climate resilience, demographics and finances, housing policy, and more.
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With funding from the Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies, 23 Harvard students will spend the summer advancing a wide range of housing-related efforts across the USโfrom community planning, polic...
