Architecture & Design

Explore Harvard’s role in shaping architecture and design—on campus and around the globe.

Anne Neal Petri in a navy suit leans on a wooden chair against an exterior wall of Mount Vernon..

Mount Vernon, Historic Preservation, and American Politics

Anne Neal Petri promotes George Washington and historic literacy.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Affordable Homeownership in Allston

An affordable homeownership project is proposed on a Harvard-donated site in Allston.

by Jonathan Shaw

Frank Gevalt standing beside his detailed model city "Port Charles," featuring buildings, bridges, and an urban skyline.

From Harvard-Trained Architect to Miniature Diorama Builder

Fred Gevalt’s astonishing and intricate diorama

by Craig Lambert

A model of Notre-Dame cathedral with lights to represent temperature

Designing for “Changing Climates”

An exhibit on landscape architect Bas Smets

by Max J. Krupnick

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Henry Hobson Richardson: Architect of Harvard's Iconic Austin and Sever Halls

Invaluable architectural archive published at last

by John S. Rosenberg

Darren Sears stands to the left of his framed work "Summit"

Ecological Edges: Darren Sears’s Watercolor Landscapes

The surreal, artistic cartography of Darren Sears

by Lydialyle Gibson

five small sculptures of houses made of brass, suspended on posts and placed on the grassy shore overlooking Duxbury Bay

Among the Oyster Houses

Harvard students’ art installation nods at New England’s coastal farms.

by Lydialyle Gibson

A collage featuring, from left: a young Ogden Codman Jr. in a sepia-toned portrait; items from the Codman Estate displayed in a museum; a close-up of a chair reflecting the English Arts and Crafts movement style; and a sample of the “Brother Rabbit” textile pattern, popular between 1882-90.

Men and Their Castles

Historic New England explores the “bachelor decorators”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Brooklyn Bridge Park: the beach at Main Street Park, in the shadow of the Manhattan Bridge

How Was Brooklyn Bridge Park Planned?

Michael Van Valkenburgh and the making of Brooklyn Bridge Park

Portrait of Kimberly Dowdell sitting on steps

Architect Kimberly Dowdell is Changing Her Profession

Kimberly Dowdell influences her profession—and the built environment.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Corita Kent’s a man you can lean on (1966) plays with its medium: screenprints are not reversed in the making, but her image is.

Harvard Professor on Printmaking

An art historian analyzes an overlooked medium.

by Murray Whyte