Northwest Building
Address52, Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number04560
Alternate Names
Northwest Labs
Building Root Number
04560
Architect (Original)
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Land Acquired
1919
Constructed 2008
Building Acquired 2008
Constructed 2008
Building Acquired 2008
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its relative location on the Cambridge campus.Historical NotesThe Northwest Building was designed by the San Francisco office of Skidmore Owings and Merrill and opened in 2008. The building houses laboratories, classrooms, and offices for researchers in neuroscience, systems biology, and genomics. Additional InformationBierig, Aleksandr. “Harvard NW Science Building.” Architectural Record, vol. 197, no. 11, 2009, pp. 108–13, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-2009-11.pdf.
Custer, Lee Ann W. “Science Building Goes North By Northwest.” Harvard Crimson, 3 Oct. 2008, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2008/10/3/science-building-goes-north-by-northwest/.
“Labs, Size Large.” Harvard Magazine, Nov-Dec. 2008, https://harvardmagazine.com/2008/11/labs-size-large.html.
“North Precinct Plans.” Harvard Magazine, Apr. 2003, https://harvardmagazine.com/2003/03/north-precinct-plans-html.
Sherman, Natalie I. “New Science Lab Approved.” The Harvard Crimson, 16 Feb. 2005, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2005/2/16/new-science-lab-approved-harvard-got/.
Jeremy R. Knowles Ugrad Teaching Laboratory
Ralph L. Candell Memorial Bridge
Class of 1968 Museum Quad Lounge
Carl Saltveit Seminar Room
