George H. Gard

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT GEORGE H. GARD

George reimagines legacy structures, reinvigorates urban environments, and elevates the link between existing buildings and the environment. He advances the profession through reuse in practice, research, and teaching. George is an architect and urban designer with experience in a wide range of building types, with careful transformation and conservation of existing architectural resources as a central to his work. Recent work includes: the transformation of mill buildings into Phase 3 of the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art; a water tower into an installation by artist James Turrell; the careful insertion of new additions to Harvard’s significant mid-century Smith Campus Center; and led the design and realization of a multifamily development including several existing buildings in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Most recently he has led the carbon conscious conservation of Gund Hall at Harvard University\'s Graduate School of Design. He is particularly interested in ways design can act to embrace or manage processes of growth and change over time. George is passionate about research as a way to understand and improve our work. His current research focuses on embodied carbon, uniting our ‘high-performance’ and ‘transformative-reuse’ projects. This work and research has featured in presentations with colleagues from Bruner/Cott and peer firms at Greenbuild, Carbon Leadership Forum Boston, ABX, AASHE, APTNE, NESEA Building Energy, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Northeastern University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, The Boston Architectural College, and MASSart, among others. Additionally, George has taught courses in Architectural and Urban Transformation and Conservation at The Boston Architectural College and Wentworth Institute of Technology.