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Hauser Hall

Address1575, Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number568
Alternate Names Holmes Field Building,
Building Root Number 02522
Architect (Original) Kallmann McKinnell & Wood
Land Acquired 1867-1869
Constructed 1994
Building Acquired 1994
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named for Harvard alumnae and benefactors Gustave and Rita Hauser of New York. Gustave Hauser is a cable television pioneer. Rita Hauser is a former international lawyer, UN ambassador and philanthropist.Historical NotesHauser Hall was designed by the noted Boston firm of Kallmann, McKinnell and Wood and was completed in 1994. It serves as a classroom and academic office building for the Harvard Law School, and received the Harleston Parker Medal from the Boston Society of Architects in 1994 for being "the most beautiful piece of architecture, building, monument or structure within the limits of the City of Boston or of the Metropolitan Parks District".Additional Information
1994 winner of the Boston Society of Architects Harleston Parker Medal.
Campbell, Robert, 1937-. “Tradition Triumphs: Three Buildings by Kallmann McKinnell & Wood, at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard, Respect the Genius of Each Place.” Architectural Record, vol. 183, no. 3, Mar. 1995, pp. 82–87, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1995-03.pdf.
Beerman, Kenton H. “Hauser Hall Wins Architecture Award.” Harvard Crimson, 17 Mar. 1995, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1995/3/17/hauser-hall-wins-architecture-award-pharvard/.
“Harvard Law School’s Hauser Hall Wins Architectural Design Award.” Cambridge Chronicle, 23 Mar. 1995.
Braunstein, Todd F. “Law School’s Hauser Hall Dedicated in Saturday Ceremony.” Harvard Crimson, 1 May 1995, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1995/5/1/law-schools-hauser-hall-dedicated-in/.
Zheng, Nan. “Couple Donates Record $13 M To Law School.” Harvard Crimson, 7 Oct. 1994, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1994/10/7/couple-donates-record-13-m-to/.
Campbell, Robert. “KMW Does Justice to Harvard Law.” Boston Globe, 20 May 1994, p. 57.
Bierman, M. Lindsay. “Campus Justice: Hauser Hall, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Masachusetts, Kallmann McKinnell & Wood Architects.” Architecture, vol. 84, no. 2, Feb. 1995, pp. 70–75, https://www.usmodernist.org/AJ/A-1995-02.pdf.
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