Charles Waldheim is a Canadian-American architect and urbanist. Waldheim s research examines the relations between landscape, ecology, and contemporary urbanism. He is author, editor, or co-editor 

of numerous books on these subjects, and his writing has been published and translated internationally. Waldheim is John E. Irving Professor at Harvard University s Graduate School of 

Design where he directs the School s Office for Urbanization. Waldheim is recipient of the Rome Prize Fellowship from the American Academy in Rome; the Visiting Scholar Research Fellowship at

the Study Centre of the Canadian Centre for Architecture; the Cullinan Chair at Rice University; and the Sanders Fellowship at the University of Michigan.