Architecture & Design
Basking in the Beaux-Arts
Park offers art, nature, and history in New Hampshire
by Nell Porter-Brown
An Obligation to Dignity
Poet and lawyer—and MacArthur “genius”—Reginald Dwayne Betts on art and imprisonment
by Lydialyle Gibson
The Places You’ll Go
Art, science, sports—and fanciful holiday lights—in the Connecticut River Valley
by Nell Porter-Brown
America’s Oldest Synagogue
Newport R.I.’s colonial era and thriving Jewish community
by Nell Porter-Brown
New Bedford
Exploring the coastal fishing hub’s history, architecture, parks, and arts scene
by Nell Porter-Brown
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
A Cultural Escape
The renewed community life of a grand Cape Cod estate
by Nell Porter-Brown
Scrubbing Supply Chains
Harvard leveraged construction of its new Science and Engineering Complex to remove harmful chemicals from building-materials supply chains.
by Jonathan Shaw
Enlarging the Allston Enterprise Zone
Tishman Speyer details the first phase of the “enterprise research campus”—and points to a doubling of the project’s ultimate size.
by Jonathan Shaw
A Gate of Whimsy
At Houghton and Lamont libraries, a creative new entry into the Yard
by Jacob Sweet
Shaping Cities
Stephen Gray pioneers equitable urban design.
by Jacob Sweet