As the oldest campus in the U.S., tradition matters at Harvard University. This applies not only to its academics, but also its buildings. From the freshman dorms around Harvard Yard to the River Houses that line the Charles River, the textured brick and Neoclassical details of these buildings root the campus to its early history.
But as times have changed, so has the campus. Growing from a school of nine students in the 1630s to one of more than 20,000 graduate and undergraduate students today, the university encompasses 210 acres on both sides of the Charles River, providing housing to many of its students. Joining the original Collegiate Gothic residence halls are a plethora of Modern ones, including three 22-story residential towers called Peabody Terrace. These were designed in 1962 by Josep Lluís Sert who, while running his firm, Sert, Jackson and Associates, also served as chair of Harvard’s Graduate School of Design in the 1950s and ’60s. The 10 Akron Street residence hall, designed by Kyu Sung Woo Architects and completed in 2008, sits at the foot of these towers.
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