Architecture & Design

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

Room filled with furniture made from tightly rolled newspaper sheets.

A Paper House In Massachusetts

The 1920s Rockport cottage reflects resourceful ingenuity.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of pioneering Wexner Center for the Arts

Architectural Upheaval

A comprehensive examination of avant-garde architecture

A Verdant Cultural Retreat

Boston’s Forest Hills Cemetery is a welcome respite from the world.

by Nell Porter-Brown

How to Create Your Springtime Oasis

Breathing new life into our domiciles

by Kara Baskin

Robin Kelsey

Curating a More Diverse Campus Environment

A report and recommendations, from the FAS task force on signage and visual culture issues 

by Lydialyle Gibson

Reginald Dwayne Betts seated in front of a black background

An Obligation to Dignity

Poet and lawyer—and MacArthur “genius”—Reginald Dwayne Betts on art and imprisonment

by Lydialyle Gibson

Giant cartoonish elephant sculpture of Dr. Suess character Horton

The Places You’Ll Go

Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Exterior view of the synagogue

America’s Oldest Synagogue

Newport R.I.’s colonial era and thriving Jewish community 

by Nell Porter-Brown

Aerial view of historic downtown New Bedford buildings

New Bedford

Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photograph of the world's first net-zero Victorian passive house

A Net-Zero-Energy Victorian Home Makes History

HBS alumna Betsy Harper develops the first net-zero-energy, Victorian “passive house” in the world.  

by Kristina DeMichele

Wide view of formal gardens with a historic mansion in the background

Highfield Hall & Gardens, On Cape Cod

The renewed community life of a grand Cape Cod estate

by Nell Porter-Brown