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Future of the American City
An initiative of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Episodes
Future of the American CitySierra Bainbridge on Seeking Abundance
Sierra Bainbridge is the founder and principal of Model of Architecture Serving Society (MASS.) where she directs the Landscape Studio and Abundant Futures…
Future of the American CityAshley Simone on Architectural Design
Ashley Simone is a New York–based editor, writer, and educator whose work explores the intersections of architecture, art, and culture. She is the Editorial…
Future of the American CityClaire Martin and Wendell T. Joseph on Envision Resilience
Claire Martin, Executive Director, and Wendell T. Joseph, Design Studio Manager, of Envision Resilience join our host, Charles Waldheim, to discuss their work…
Future of the American CityPamela Conrad on Climate Positive Design
Pamela Conrad is a landscape architect and climate advocate with 20 years of experience improving the social and ecological impacts of the exterior built…
Future of the American CityAlexander Gorlin and Victoria Newhouse on Housing the Nation
Alexander Gorlin is the principal and founder of Alexander Gorlin Architects and fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Victoria Newhouse is an…
Future of the American CityJerold S. Kayden on the Master in Real Estate
Jerold S. Kayden is an urban planner and lawyer serving as the Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design at the Harvard University Graduate…
Future of the American CityGary Hilderbrand and James Nozar on Water Street Tampa
Gary Hilderbrand is the founding principal of Reed Hilderbrand LLC, Peter Louis Hornbeck Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture and Chair of the…
Future of the American CityXimena Caminos on the Miami Reef Line
Ximena Caminos is a curator and cultural entrepreneur whose work integrates public art with marine conservation and sustainable urban development. Caminos…
Future of the American CityStephen Goldsmith on Data-Smart City Solutions
Stephen Goldsmith is the Derek Bok Professor of Urban Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and director of the Bloomberg Center for Cities’ Data-Smart…
Future of the American CityJha D Amazi on Collective Memory
Jha D Amazi is a principal at MASS Design Group, a nonprofit organization focusing on social justice and public space. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss…
Future of the American CityMark Lamster on Architecture and the City
Mark Lamster is an award-winning architecture critic and author. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss Dallas architecture and his role as architecture critic…
Future of the American CityElisa Iturbe on Carbon Form
Elisa Iturbe is an architectural designer, writer, and educator. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her research on “carbon form,” an urban and…
Future of the American CityJoel Sanders on Inclusive Design
Joel Sanders is an architect and educator and the founder of JSA/MIXdesign. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his work in inclusive design.
Future of the American CityLandscapes of Retreat
Rosetta Elkin is a landscape architect and author. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her new book Landscapes of Retreat. Future of the American City is a…
Future of the American CityThe Architecture of Disability
Designer, historian, and theorist David Gissen joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his new book The Architecture of Disability. Future of the American City is a…
Future of the American CityManual of Biogenic House Sections
Architects Paul Lewis and Marc Tsurumaki, principals of the New York-based practice LTL Architects, join Charles Waldheim to discuss their recent book Manual…
Future of the American CityNew York Review of Architecture
Author and publisher Nicolas Kemper and architectural historian and critic Phillip Denny join Charles Waldheim to discuss the publication New York Review of…
Future of the American CityJeff Hou
Jeff Hou is an author, advocate, and educator. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his research on urban resistance and popular protest movements in the…
Future of the American CityShannon Mattern
Shannon Mattern is a media theorist and design anthropologist. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her new book A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban…
Future of the American CityEd Wall
Ed Wall is a landscape architect and urbanist. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his new book Contesting Public Spaces: Social Lives of Urban Redevelopment…
Future of the American CityJennifer Bonner and Hanif Kara
Architect Jennifer Bonner and structural engineer Hanif Kara join Charles Waldheim to discuss their new book Blank: Speculations on CLT.
Future of the American CityPeggy Deamer and Quilian Riano
Architects Peggy Deamer and Quilian Riano join Charles Waldheim to discuss their advocacy for architecture as a form of labor and their various roles in The…
Future of the American CityAbby Spinak
Abby Spinak is an environmental historian and planning scholar whose work focuses on energy histories and the politics of infrastructure. She joins Charles…
Future of the American CitySam Stein
Sam Stein is a geographer and housing policy analyst. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his new book Capital City: Gentrification and the Real Estate State.
Future of the American CityLaurie Olin
Laurie Olin is a landscape architect, author, and founding partner of the landscape architecture and urban design firm OLIN. He joins Charles Waldheim to…
Future of the American CityMarshall Brown
Marshall Brown is an architect and urbanist and the principal of Marshall Brown Projects. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his new book Recurrent Visions.
Future of the American CitySigne Nielsen
Signe Nielsen is a landscape architect and principal of MNLA. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss Little Island, her role on the New York City Public Design…
Future of the American CityEric Rodenbeck
Eric Rodenbeck is the founder and Creative Director of Stamen, a data visualization and cartography studio based in the Bay Area. Eric joins Charles Waldheim…
Future of the American CitySara Zewde
Sara Zewde is a landscape architect and founding principal of Studio Zewde, a landscape, urban design, and public art practice based in New York City. She…
Future of the American CityMarion Weiss and Michael Manfredi
Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi are principals and founders of Weiss / Manfredi Architecture / Landscape / Urbanism. They join Charles Waldheim to discuss…
Future of the American CityDavid Gissen
David Gissen is a designer, author, and educator. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his interest in architecture and the bodies it imagines.
Future of the American CityCharlotte Malterre-Barthes
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes is an urban designer and educator. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her proposal for a global moratorium on new construction.
Future of the American CityJorge Otero-Pailos
Jorge Otero-Pailos is an artist, architect, and educator whose work is concerned with the future meaning of the past. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his…
Future of the American CityGrahame Shane
Grahame Shane is an architect, urbanist, and educator. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his career in urban design.
Future of the American CityLisa Servon
Lisa Servon is Penn Presidential Professor and Chair of City and Regional Planning at the University of Pennsylvania. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss the…
Future of the American CityAlex Krieger
Alex Krieger is an architect, urbanist, and author. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his new book, City on a Hill: Urban Idealism in America from the…
Future of the American CityAmale Andraos
Amale Andraos is co-founder and principal of the architecture firm WORKac. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her recent work.
Future of the American CityFritz Steiner
Fritz Steiner is Dean of the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his work in ecological planning…
Future of the American CityVishaan Chakrabarti
Vishaan Chakrabarti is an architect, urbanist, and founder of the Practice for Architecture and Urbanism (PAU). He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his recent…
Future of the American CityBilly Fleming
Billy Fleming is an urban planner and Director of the McHarg Center at the University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design. He joins Charles…
Future of the American CityKate Orff
Kate Orff is a landscape architect and founding principal of SCAPE. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her recent work on the future of the American City.
Future of the American CityMaurice Cox
Maurice Cox is the Commissioner of Chicago’s Department of Planning and Development. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his career in public service and…
Future of the American CityDanielle Aubert
Danielle Aubert is a graphic designer interested in the history of design and labor. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her work in Detroit, including…
Future of the American CityNew Civics
Rip Rapson is the President and CEO of the Kresge Foundation. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss the Foundation’s work in Detroit.
Future of the American CityCommon Land and Collective Meaning
Anya Sirota is an architectural designer interested in the intersection of social enterprise and cultural production. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her…
Future of the American CityInclusive Design
Anika Goss is the Executive Director of Detroit Future City. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss the organization’s role in the recent history of…
Future of the American CityArchitecture Is a Social Act
Lorcan O’Herlihy is an architect whose practice embraces architecture as a catalyst for social change. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his work in…
Future of the American CityAdvocacy and Redevelopment
Melissa Dittmer is Chief Design Officer at Bedrock Detroit. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss Bedrock’s work developing Detroit’s downtown.
Future of the American CityReconceiving the Waterfront
Mark Wallace is President and CEO of the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his work overseeing the transformation of…
Future of the American CityCommunity Engaged Design
Ceara O’Leary is an architect and planner who works at the intersection of design and policy. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss her work at the…
Future of the American CityInverse Utopia
Albert Pope is an architect and urbanist whose research deals with the modern postwar city. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss new and alternative approaches…
Future of the American CityWindows of Opportunity
Dr. Jennifer Wolch is a Professor of City and Regional Planning at the University of California at Berkeley. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss urban…
Future of the American CityIntegrity and Affordability
Patrick Tighe is an architect interested in technology and building innovation. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss his work on housing in Los Angeles.
Future of the American CityResponsible Auteurism
Neil Denari is an architect interested in the tension and interplay between innovation, preservation, technology, and tradition. He joins Charles Waldheim to…
Future of the American CityAdvocacy by Design
Mia Lehrer is an urbanist and landscape designer interested in urban revitalization and sustainability. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss community…
Future of the American CityHousing as Lifestyle
Frances Anderton is an author and broadcaster who has long focused on covering design and architecture in Los Angeles. She joins Charles Waldheim to discuss…
Future of the American CityThe Hidden Logic of Cities
Roger Sherman is an architect and urbanist interested in the visible and invisible logic of cities. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss new models for housing…
Future of the American CityStreet Economies
Andres Sevtsuk is an architect, urban designer, and educator whose work focuses on urban planning and spatial analysis. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss…
Future of the American CityRelaxation of Boundaries
Andrew Zago is an architect and educator whose work focuses on art, architecture, and urbanism. He joins Charles Waldheim to discuss architecture’s role…
Future of the American CityCity of Many Cultures
Michael Maltzan is an architect and educator whose work focuses on affordable urban housing, infrastructure, and the public realm. His most recent projects in…