Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning
Faculty of the Committee on the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning
K. Michael Hays, Professor of Architectural Theory (Design School) (Chair)
George P. Baird, Professor of Architecture (Design School)
Svetlana Boym, Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature
Beatrice Hanssen, Associate Professor of German
Jerold Kayden, Associate Professor of Urban Planning (Design School)
Neil Levine, Emmet Blakeney Gleason Professor of History of Art and Architecture (on leave fall term)
Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar, Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Art
Other Faculty Offering Instruction for the Committee on the Doctor of Philosophy in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning
Alan Altshuler, Ruth and Frank Stanton Professor in Urban Policy and Planning (Kennedy School, Design School)
William A. Doebele, Frank Backus Williams Professor of Urban Planning and Design (Design School)
Stanley Hoffmann, Paul and Catherine Buttenwieser University Professor
Sarah Williams Ksiazek, Assistant Professor of Architectural History (Design School)
John R. Meyer, James W. Harpel Professor of Capital Formation and Economic Growth (Kennedy School)
José Rafael Moneo, Josep Luis Sert Professor of Architecture (Design School)
Frederick Neuhouser, Associate Professor of the Humanities
Theodore Panayotou, Lecturer in Economics (Kennedy School)
Peter G. Rowe, Raymond Garbe Professor of Architecture and Urban Design and Dean of the Graduate School of Design (Design School)
Daniel L. Schodek, Kumagai Professor of Architectural Technology (Design School)
Eduard F. Sekler, Osgood Hooker Professor of Visual Art (Emeritus) (FAS), Professor of Architecture (Emeritus) (Design School)
Amartya Sen, Visiting Professor of Economics (Trinity College, Cambridge) (spring term only)
Jorge Silvetti, Nelson Robinson, Jr., Professor of Architecture (Design School)
Christine Smith, Professor of Architectural History (Design School)
Robert N. Stavins, Professor of Public Policy (Kennedy School)
Carl F. Steinitz, Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Landscape Architecture and Planning (Design School)
John R. Stilgoe, Robert and Lois Orchard Professor in the History of Landscape Development
Julia Trilling, Assistant Professor of Urban Planning (Design School)
Roberto Mangabeira Unger, Professor of Law (Law School)
François C. D. Vigier, Charles Dyer Norton Professor of Regional Planning (Design School)
Edward O. Wilson, Pellegrino University Professor
The Ph.D. in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Planning is administered by a joint committee of the Faculty of Design and of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. The program is intended for persons who wish to enter careers in scholarship and advanced research as distinct from the professional practice of architecture, landscape architecture, or urban planning.
Students must master a major area of their respective field and achieve a thorough grounding (equivalent to one year of full-time study) in the theory and methods of one of the arts and sciences related to their major subject, such as fine arts, history, philosophy, or sociology. Major areas of study include the history and theory of modern architecture and urbanism; medieval, renaissance, and Baroque architecture; history of landscape architecture; housing and urban development; and landscape planning and ecology.
Applicants must show evidence of distinguished work at the bachelor’s or master’s level, and should indicate their major subject of interest and the department of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences in which they will carry out their minor discipline.
The Graduate School of design also offers a separate, two-year program leading to the Doctor of Design degree, which is oriented to the practice of architecture, landscape architecture, and urban design. This program requires a separate and different application. For information, contact the Admissions Office, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA 02138. The phone number is (617) 495-5453.
Graduate Courses of Reading and Research
*Design 300 (formerly *Design & Urban Planning 300). Reading and Research in Architecture, Landscape Architecture, or Urban Planning
Catalog Number: 6076
William Alonso (Public Health) 4765, George P. Baird (Design School) 1928, Miroslava M. Benes (Design School) 2155, David Blackbourn 3203 (on leave fall term), Svetlana Boym 1926, Norman Bryson 2555, Richard T. T. Forman (Design School) 1207, Daniel J. Goldhagen 3303, José A. Gomez-Ibãnez (Design and Kennedy School) 4586, Beatrice Hanssen 3234, Joseph J. Harrington 2427, K. Michael Hays (Design School) 2759, Glenn P. Jenkins (Associate of the Harvard Institute for International Development) 8000, Jerold Kayden (Design School) 2442, Janos Kornai 7992 (on leave 1999-00), Sarah Williams Ksiazek (Design School) 2444, Neil Levine 4178 (on leave fall term), Everett I. Mendelsohn 2700, John R. Meyer (Kennedy School) 4163, José Rafael Moneo (Design School) 1641, Susan Pedersen 1972, Dwight H. Perkins 2300, Peter P. Rogers 2804, Peter G. Rowe (Design School) 1636, Daniel L. Schodek (Design School) 6282, Jorge Silvetti (Design School) 1642, Christine Smith (Design School) 2445, Robert N. Stavins (Kennedy School) 2093, Carl F. Steinitz (Design School) 7127, John R. Stilgoe 8032, C. Peter Timmer 4889 (on leave 1998-99), Julia Trilling (Design School) 2451, and François C. D. Vigier (Design School) 3132
*Design 304 (formerly *Design & Urban Planning 304). Direction of Doctoral Dissertations in Architecture
Catalog Number: 2503
George P. Baird (Design School) 1928, Miroslava M. Benes (Design School) 2155, Diana L. Eck 4514, K. Michael Hays (Design School) 2759, Stanley Hoffmann 1757, Sarah Williams Ksiazek (Design School) 2444, Neil Levine 4178 (on leave fall term), José Rafael Moneo (Design School) 1641, Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar 1688, Peter G. Rowe (Design School) 1636, Daniel L. Schodek (Design School) 6282, John Shearman 1689, Jorge Silvetti (Design School) 1642, Christine Smith (Design School) 2445, Carl F. Steinitz (Design School) 7127, John R. Stilgoe 8032, and François C. D. Vigier (Design School) 3132
*Design 307 (formerly *Design & Urban Planning 307). Direction of Doctoral Dissertations in Landscape Architecture
Catalog Number: 7028
William Alonso (Public Health) 4765, Miroslava M. Benes (Design School) 2155, David Blackbourn 3203 (on leave fall term), Richard T. T. Forman (Design School) 1207, David R. Foster 7770, Daniel J. Goldhagen 3303, José A. Gomez-Ibãnez (Design and Kennedy School) 4586, Neil Levine 4178 (on leave fall term), Everett I. Mendelsohn 2700, José Rafael Moneo (Design School) 1641, Gülru Necipoglu-Kafadar 1688, Frederick Neuhouser 2064, Peter P. Rogers 2804, Peter G. Rowe (Design School) 1636, Daniel L. Schodek (Design School) 6282, Jorge Silvetti (Design School) 1642, Carl F. Steinitz (Design School) 7127, John R. Stilgoe 8032, François C. D. Vigier (Design School) 3132, and Edward O. Wilson 1259
*Design 310 (formerly *Design & Urban Planning 310). Direction of Doctoral Dissertations in Urban Planning
Catalog Number: 5219
William Alonso (Public Health) 4765, Alan Altshuler (Kennedy School, Design School) 3541, William A. Doebele (Design School) 4768, Richard T. T. Forman (Design School) 1207, José A. Gomez-Ibãnez (Design and Kennedy School) 4586, Joseph J. Harrington 2427, Glenn P. Jenkins (Associate of the Harvard Institute for International Development) 8000, Neil Levine 4178 (on leave fall term), John R. Meyer (Kennedy School) 4163, José Rafael Moneo (Design School) 1641, Peter P. Rogers 2804, Peter G. Rowe (Design School) 1636, Daniel L. Schodek (Design School) 6282, Amartya Sen (Trinity College, Cambridge) 1705 (spring term only), Carl F. Steinitz (Design School) 7127, and François C. D. Vigier (Design School) 3132