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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporal1958-1965 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorSert, Josep Lluisen_US
dc.date1958-1965en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-19T15:38:59Z
dc.date.available2014-12-19T15:38:59Z
dc.date.issued1958-1965en_US
dc.identifier252554en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3108en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/168164
dc.descriptionUpper floors, setback on Dunster St. with HVAC units on roof; In 1955, Sert founded a studio in Cambridge, Massachusetts, which in 1958 became a partnership with Huson Jackson and Ronald Gourley. Sert was the Graduate School of Design dean when he designed the building. Holyoke Center, which occupies a full city block in the heart of Harvard Square, is a ten-story, 360,000 square foot facility. The main plan of the concrete structure is H-shaped, with the north wing along Massachusetts Avenue and south wing along Mt. Auburn Street. The central connecting portion sets back from both Dunster Street and Holyoke Street and is approximately the same width as the two wings. Holyoke Center is the main administration building of Harvard University. It includes underground parking, the arcade, shops, and a bank at street level, university offices above, and a fully equipped infirmary, and University Health Services. At street level, a pedestrian arcade, occupying two stories in height, runs through the block. The building is set for renovation in 2016 and has been renamed. Source: docomomo (US) [website]; http://www.docomomo-us.org (accessed 8/2/2014)en_US
dc.format.mediumglass; steel; reinforced concreteen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectcontemporary (1960 to present)en_US
dc.subjectuniversitiesen_US
dc.subjectTwentieth centuryen_US
dc.titleHolyoke Centeren_US
dc.title.alternativeRichard A. and Susan F. Smith Campus Centeren_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A1-SJ-HC-A10en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemixed-use developmenten_US
dc.contributor.displayJosep Lluis Sert (American architect, 1902-1983)en_US


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