News
Dec 1, 2022
Penny Dhaemers, first female CED Chair, dies at 96
Dhaemers served as head of the Department of Design from 1974-1976 before chairing the campus’ visual design program and then heading the Visual Studies Committee for almost twenty years. Dhaemers, a gifted photographer and creative, died on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, in Novato, Calif.
Oct 28, 2022
MRED+D students take first place in Hack-a-House Homelessness category
On September 30th, fifteen Abbey MRED+D students (almost half of the thirty-six student cohort) competed in Ivory Innovations’ Hack-A-House competition, with one team winning first place in their category.
Oct 26, 2022
Small Infrastructures: CED and Harvard GSD collaborate on affordable, innovative ADU design
Small Infrastructures is an exhibition and symposium of ADU designs by CED and Harvard GSD faculty that uses the economics of building assembly as the groundwork for experimentation.
Oct 25, 2022
Remembering Dean Emeritus Richard Bender
Bender was an architect, civil engineer, planner, and educator, known for his urban, campus and community designs. Bender served as Dean of the College of Environmental Design from 1976 to 1988.
Oct 14, 2022
1st Annual CED Day of Service
From across all departments and programs, students, staff and faculty successfully enlisted in improvements benefiting their literal as well as educational and societal ecosystems.