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Knafel Building

Address1737, Cambridge Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number04471
Alternate Names CGIS North,
Building Root Number 04471
Architect (Original) Pei Cobb Freed & Partners
Constructed 2005
Building Acquired 2005
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for New York businessman and Harvard benefactor Sidney Knafel.Historical NotesThe Knafel Building was designed by the noted New York architecture firm Pei Cobb Freed and Partners and completed in 2005.Additional Information
Ciarelli, Nicholas M. “Harvard Dedicates New Gov Building.” Harvard Crimson, 7 Nov. 2005, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/11/7/harvard-dedicates-new-gov-building-the/.
De lacaze, Michaela N. “New CGIS Building Houses the Good, Bad, and Ugly.” Harvard Crimson, 13 Oct. 2005, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/10/13/new-cgis-building-houses-the-good/.
Holbrook, Andrew S. “Budgeting a Building.” Harvard Crimson, 19 Oct. 2001, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2001/10/19/budgeting-a-building-sidney-r-knafel/.
Campbell, Robert. “At Harvard, a Road Runs Through It; Knafel Center Halves Make an Elegant Whole.” Boston Globe, 20 Nov. 2005, p. N.7.
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