As planning proceeds for the conversion of the former Holyoke Center into the Smith Campus Center, Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon, built from 1962 to 1967, gets its half-century exterior toning and face lift—a formidable challenge in the tight confines of Harvard Square. Stage One is the staging itself: here, the Dunster Street scaffolding in the first week of autumn.
Josep Lluís Sert's International Style icon is updated
Josep Lluís Sert’s International Style icon gets a half-century exterior toning and face lift.
Photograph by Stu Rosner
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