Richards Hall
Address24, Everett Street, Cambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site Number781
Building Root Number
04863
Architect (Original)
Walter Adolph Georg Gropius
Architect (Original)
The Architects Collaborative, Inc.
Building Acquired
1950
Constructed 1950
Constructed 1950
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after Theodore Richards, a Nobel Prize-winning chemist.Historical NotesRichards Hall is a graduate student dormitory completed in 1950. It was designed by The Architects Collaborative, founded by noted International Style architect and Harvard architecture professor Walter Gropius.Additional Information
“Harvard to Build 7 Dormitories at Cost of $3,000,000: Quarters for 600 Men to Rise Near the Square; Work Begins in Spring.” Daily Boston Globe, 14 Oct. 1948, pp. 1–2.
“Harvard Builds a Graduate Yard : New Dormitory Center Retains Quadrangle Pattern, Recasts Student Life in a Modern Mold.” Architectural Forum, vol. 93, no. 6, Dec. 1950, pp. 62–71.
“University Dedicates New Graduate Dorms, Commons This Afternoon.” The Harvard Crimson, 6 Oct. 1950, https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1950/10/6/university-dedicates-new-graduate-dormscommons/.
“Harvard to Build Housing for 600 Grad Students.” Cambridge Chronicle, 14 Oct. 1948, p. 1.
“Dormitories for Harvard University, U.S.A.” Architects’ Journal, vol. 109, Feb. 1949, pp. 125–26.
“Harvard Reaffirms an Old Tradition.” Architectural Record, vol. 104, no. 5, 1948, pp. 118–19, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1948-11.pdf.
This building has been designated by the University Planning Office as having a Notable Interior.
