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Graduate Commons Complex
AddressCambridge, MA, United States of America, 02138
Site NumberC025
Building Root Number
N/A
Architect (Original)
The Architects Collaborative, Inc.
Constructed
1949
StatusActive
Site Name HistoryThe site is named after its function.Historical NotesThe Graduate Commons Complex consists of the buildings designed by Walter Gropius for the Harvard Law School. The Complex included Harkness Commons, the main dining hall, as well as the seven dormitory buildings, Ames Hall, Child Hall, Dane Hall, Holmes Hall, Richards Hall, Shaw Hall, and Story Hall. Harkness Commons has now been incorporated into the Law School's Caspersen Student Center.Additional InformationArchitectural League of New York, Gold Medal,1951
“Harvard Reaffirms an Old Tradition.” Architectural Record, vol. 104, no. 5, 1948, pp. 118–19, usmodernist.org/AR/AR-1948-11.pdf.
Alterations to Ames Hall PIRC 1961-053
Alterations to Law School dormitories PIRC 1962-039
Ames basement fit-out LAW 2006-001
Bathrooms ADA PIRC 2002-008
Campus Siemens BAS software upgrade HLS 2020-0125
Convert student room to kitchen Dane Hall, first floor LAW 1975-004
Dining room T.V. installation PIRC 1961-054
Graduate Commmons project [original construction] PIRC 1949-011
Gropius Common area upgrades HLS 2009-0022
Gropius Dormitory deferred maintenance project FY08 " renewal per FC report" HLS 2007-0184
Gropius phase 2 - Ames / Dane / Holmes life safety HLS 2013-0074
Gropius phase I - Story & Shaw life safety project HLS 2011-0016
Handicapped access at entrances in Harkness Common LAW 1982-006
Harkness Commons kitchen servery renovation LAW 1995-003
Harkness Commons: kitchen steam renovations PIRC 1985-029
Harkness Commons: summer steam systems LAW 1984-008
Harvard Law School new courtyard LAW 2003-017
Heating modifications, HLS graduate dorms LAW 1987-003
Law School automation (part of DBG 1973-005 fire alarm project), Law School buildings DBG 1974-006
Law School space inventory PIRC 1999-029
Law School space inventory PIRC 1999-030
Law School space inventory PIRC 1999-031
Law School space inventory PIRC 1999-032
Law School space inventory PIRC 1999-033
Law School space inventory PIRC 1999-045
Proposed graduate housing unit PIRC 1940-016
Ramp for Shaw & Story buildings PIRC 1977-024
Renovations, graduate dorms Perkins Hall, Conant Hall, Child Hall, and Richards Hall HCD 1975-010
Replace windows, Ames Hall and Dane Hall LAW 1993-002
Richards Hall bathrooms PIRC 1977-026
Richards Hall handicapped ramp PIRC 1978-028
Richards Hall lounges PIRC 1978-027
Seminar room renovations LAW 2002-001
Shaw Hall kitchen renovations PIRC 1977-023
Student kitchen Dane Hall, 2nd floor LAW 1977-002
Tunnel from Langdell Hall to Graduate Commons PIRC 1957-032
Window and entrance replacement - first floor LAW 1997-001
Window replacement - Richards Hall FAS 1996-022
Window replacements - Child & Holmes Halls FAS 1995-046