Architecture & Design
Explore Harvard’s role in shaping architecture and design—on campus and around the globe.
One of Harvard’s Oldest Structures Is Hiding Behind a Beer Garden
A crumbling wall in Harvard Square holds centuries of the city’s story, if you know how to read it.
Blair Kamin organizes a colorful new guide to the "Gates of Harvard Yard"
A nitty-gritty guide by a Nieman Fellow and his team.
Salem's House of the Seven Gables survives
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Salem muse was preserved by philanthropist Caroline Emmerton.
Graduate School of Design conference addresses racism in St. Louis
Urban planners and scholars talk racism and exclusion in St. Louis.
Frank Gehry to Receive Harvard Arts Medal
Gehry is the first architect to earn the distinction.
Architect Anthony Acciavatti’s work mapping the Ganges River
A decade spent exploring India’s dynamic sacred river
A grand chandelier at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre
In Sanders Theatre, a “constellation” of a chandelier
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.
Harvard launches design engineering degree
Two Harvard faculties collaborate, aiming to solve real-world problems.
The Crane Estate in Ipswich Massachusetts
Restorations revive the grand spirit of a North Shore estate.
Harvard Architect couple are transforming Boston's landscape
Eric Höweler and Meejin Yoon design swings for all.
by Zara Zhang