Architecture & Design

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

A graphic depiction of a stone wall, reimagining the stone wall set in Harvard Square near Winthrop Street

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.

by Olivia Farrar

Cozy Map Room Tea Lounge with books, bar, and vaulted ceiling

The Map Room Tea Lounge at BPL

The Boston Public Library’s cozy winter hideout

by Nell Porter-Brown

Preserving craft and farm skills at Sanborn Mills Farm

Promoting craftsmanship and agrarian skills in an idyllic New Hampshire setting

by Nell Porter-Brown

Bow Street’s festive courtyard lit up at night.

In Somerville, Bow Market’s unique vibe

Somerville’s Bow Market makes its mark.

by Nell Porter-Brown

Five flutists playing together on stage

The ArtLab Debuts

The ArtLab debuts.

by Lydialyle Gibson

The “Rocking Horse Graveyard,” in Lincoln, Massachusetts

New England’s Oddities

Exploring New England’s more unusual sites with J.W. Ocker

by Nell Porter-Brown

Photo of the colonial-era Fairbanks House in Dedham, Massachusetts

Fairbanks House, Dedham, Massachusetts

Dedham’s Fairbanks House: “the oldest wood-frame structure still standing in North America”

by Nell Porter-Brown

Historic New England’s Eustis Estate

Historic New England’s Eustis Estate

by Nell Porter-Brown

Smiling woman with short hair wearing a red polka dot scarf, standing in an archway.

Sarah Whiting Named Dean of the Graduate School of Design

Currently dean of the Rice University School of Architecture, Whiting will assume her new post on July 1. 

by Jonathan Shaw

“The Bauhaus and Harvard” exhibit at the Harvard Art Museums

Exploring the Bauhaus and Harvard

by Lily Scherlis

Transform Your Space for Spring

Brighten and lighten

by Kara Baskin