March 1, 2004

Baker, Bisected

The reconstruction of Harvard Business School's Baker Library — to incorporate a 100,000-square-foot new "academic center" and...

From The March-April 2004 Issue

The reconstruction of Harvard Business School's Baker Library to incorporate a 100,000-square-foot new "academic center" and reorient the entrance toward Allston began with the cleaving off of the building's existing back side. The project in progress is shown in this January view.

Photograph by Jim Harrison

Published in the March-April 2004 print issue in the John Harvard's Journal section.

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