Campus Construction

Architectural, environmental, and structural updates shaping Harvard’s physical footprint.

Modern building with large glass windows, surrounded by greenery and pedestrians.

New Regulations for International Students, Cambridge Liquor Laws, and Other Harvard Headlines

A roundup of University news from the summer of 2026

Harvard sells Watertown Arsenal as development downsized

Harvard divests the Arsenal on the Charles complex, in Watertown—once considered swing space in its ambitious Allston growth plans.

An aerial view indicating the site

Harvard Business School new Chao building fellowships

The Chao Family Foundation donates $40 million for an executive-education facility and fellowships.

A draft of the nine proposed projects in the new IMP.

Harvard releases new 10-year plan for Allston

The University previews a 10-year expansion plan for its Allston campus.

The once and future site of a science building in Allston

Harvard to resume expansion in Allston with stem cell science building, housing

Harvard will build housing and resume construction of a science building, submitting a new Institutional Master Plan by October.

Harvard plans a re-envisioned science building on the Western Avenue foundation where construction halted in 2010 (when this photograph was taken).

Harvard plans to resume work on Allston science center, housing

University aims to renew work on a science center, and to build housing

Allston Work Team recommendations endorsed by Harvard Corporation

The Allston Work Team's development recommendations have been endorsed by the Harvard Corporation.

From a vantage point south of Western Avenue in Allston, looking northeast toward Harvard Square, the unfinished science complex dominates the foreground. Beyond it lie athletic fields that may yield to expansion by the School of Public Health, the Graduate School of Education, or other academic enterprises. A business “enterprise research campus” is envisioned south of Western Avenue, across from the high-rise graduate-student housing at One Western Avenue.

Allston work team recommendations endorsed by Harvard Corporation

A multiyear process of planning, community engagement, and prospective development is outlined.

From a vantage point south of Western Avenue in Allston, looking northeast toward Harvard Square, the unfinished science complex dominates the foreground. Beyond it lie athletic fields that may yield to expansion by the School of Public Health, the Graduate School of Education, or other academic enterprises. A business “enterprise research campus” is envisioned south of Western Avenue, across from the high-rise graduate-student housing at One Western Avenue.

Harvard issues a new blueprint for its Allston property

The University has issued a new set of recommendations for its landholdings there.

A map of projects under way and projects recommended by the Allston Work Team (<a href="http://harvardmagazine.com/sites/default/files/allston-plans-2011.png">View larger map</a>)

Major new Allston plan announced

Commercial development of housing, a "private-sector enterprise research campus," and a hotel and conference center would replace much of the academic expansion Harvard envisioned earlier.

The site of the Allston science complex, where construction came to a halt in 2010.

Development in Allston awaits the report of a University “work team.”

The University explores co-development in Allston that might help fund science research there, and possibly a move by the Harvard School of Public Health.