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 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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