Meet Harvard GSD's Loeb Fellows for 2026

Harvard GSD announced the 2026 cohort of Loeb Fellowship recipients this morning. During their ten-month residency, the group of seasoned mid-career professionals will bring to campus a variety of backgrounds, from architecture and design criticism to policymaking and environmental activism. 

The ten incoming Class of 2026 Loeb Fellows are:

• Daniela Chacón Arias, cofounder and executive director of TANDEM, Quito, Ecuador
• Cecilia Cuff, founder of the Nascent Group, Chicago, USA
• Jeremiah Ellison, Ward 5 city council member, Minneapolis, USA
• Pedro Évora Amaral, founder of Évora ArPE and RUA Arquitetos and professor at PUC-Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Jennifer Hughes, senior advisor for partnerships, expansion, and innovation at the National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, USA
• Natalia Rudiak, director of special projects at ReImagine Appalachia, Pittsburgh, USA
• Jacek Smolicki, founder of Ekoton and cofounder of the Walking Festival of Sound, Stockholm, Sweden
• Andy Summers, founder and co-director of Architecture Fringe, Glasgow, Scotland
• Julia Thayne, founder of Twoº & Rising, Los Angeles, USA
• Oliver Wainwright, architecture and design critic of the Guardian, London, Britain

Jacek Smolicki will join as the 2026 Loeb/ArtLab Fellow.