The LOEB Fellowship

a passionate
commitment
to revitalizing
communities

a passionate commitment to revitalizing communities

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a lifelong
global
network

a lifelong global network

the opportunity to
learn, connect,
and grow

the opportunity to learn, connect, and grow

Loeb Fellowship55th AnniversaryPublic Events

Loeb Fellowship55th AnniversaryPublic Events

Overhead photo of Loeb gathering of 2006, with participants in cocktail dress

Panel: How Public Officials Operate in Times of Upheaval & Keynote: Designing the Possible: Loebs, Leadership, and the Future of Cities

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The Loeb Fellowshipis designed for

civic leaders, journalists, architects, technologists, urban planners and designers, activists, landscape architects, policy makers, and public artists

who come from around the world to the Harvard Graduate School of Design with one purpose: to make the world a better place for all.

Affordable Housing:It’s Just (A) Right

Affordable Housing:It’s Just(A) Right

Barbara Epstein

When Jim Stockard ’78 retired as curator of the Loeb Fellowship in May 2014, his valediction was a scorecard of how we are doing at keeping the promise of the Housing Act of 1949: a decent home for every American family. His rating: we weren’t.

Signs ofLate Stage Democracy

Signs ofLate StageDemocracy

Matt Smith

While the 2024 Loeb Fellowship Fall Study Tour was in full swing in Johnstown, PA, Matt Smith did a little exploring on his own, and found resonances with an earlier “study tour” and some disquieting differences.

Back to Square One:Reimagining O’Bryant Square

Back toSquare One:ReimaginingO’Bryant Square

Randy Gragg

Randy Gragg and the Portland Parks Foundation were determined to save Portland’s O’Bryant Square. With the help of some Loebs, they activated a citywide conversation and design charrette to generate bold ideas.

The 2026Loeb Fellows

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