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Larsen Hall

Address14, Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Alternate Address12, Appian Way, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number418
Alternate Names Roy Edward Larsen Hall
Building Root Number 02404
Architect (Original)
Constructed 1965
Building Acquired 1965
StatusActive
Materials for this building in our collection are not fully processed at this time.
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Roy Edward Larsen (1899-1979), founder and chairman of Time Magazine.Historical NotesLarsen Hall was designed by the Houston, Texas-based firm of Caudill Rowlett and Scott and completed in 1965. Funds for its construction came from over a hundred donors along with grants from foundations and the federal government. It serves the Graduate School of Education as an academic office and classroom building.
Additional Information
“#14: Because Brutal Is (Mostly) Beautiful.” Ed.: The Magazine of the Harvard Graduate School of Education, no. 165, Winter 2020, https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/ed/20/01/because-brutal-mostly-beautiful.
“Buildings in the News.” Architectural Record, vol. 135, no. 1, Jan. 1964, p. 13, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1964-01.pdf.
“Education Building Completed at Harvard.” Architectural Record, vol. 138, no. 5, 1965, p. 57, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1965-11.pdf.
Harvard University Archives. Construction Management Records, ca. 1953-1986. Harvard University Archives call number UAV 298.8000
Larsen Hall scrapbook 1966, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1511.2.1 F.
General information by and about Larsen Hall, Harvard University Archives call number HUB 1511.2.
Ackerman, James. "Notes on Larsen Hall." Connection, Fall 1965, pp. 16-20 with illus. Gutman Library call number LD2159.L37 A35 1965.
Wickens, Ann C. Roy E. Larsen Hall, Education Building Blends Tradition with Innovation,[Reprint from Harvard Football News, Sept. 25, 1965]. Loeb Design Library call number NAB 5275 W.
Trobe, Jonathan D. “Ed School Bldg. Defended As Being ‘Small, Modest.’” The Harvard Crimson, 22 May 1963, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1963/5/22/ed-school-bldg-defended-as-being/.
“Time Executive Honored Here at Dedication.” Cambridge Chronicle, 13 Jan. 1966.
“Harvard to Name Education Center for Time’s Larsen.” Cambridge Chronicle, 14 May 1964.
“Ackerman Criticizes Larsen Hall, Suggests Architecture Committee.” Harvard Crimson, 14 Dec. 1965, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1965/12/14/ackerman-criticizes-larsen-hall-suggests-architecture/.
Canty, Donald J., 1929-2005. “The Curious Walls of Larsen Hall.” Architectural Forum, vol. 124, no. 2, Mar. 1966, pp. 46–53, https://www.usmodernist.org/AF/AF-1966-03.pdf.
Hosken, Fran P. “Scale in Cambridge.” Arts and Architecture, no. 9, Oct. 1966, pp. 6–7.
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