Science Center Corridor, Harvard University, Cambridge

Science Center Corridor, Harvard University, Cambridge
Science Center Corridor, Harvard University, Cambridge.

The Harvard Science Center, completed in 1973, was designed by architect José Luis Sert and funded in large part by a gift from Polaroid founder Edwin Land. At more than 300,000 square feet, it ranks among the largest buildings on Harvard's Cambridge campus. The complex houses lecture halls, the Cabot Science Library, and the Putnam Gallery, which displays historical scientific instruments from Harvard's collections. Its design, with tiered massing said to echo a stacked camera, Sert's broader work reshaping Harvard's campus during the postwar era.

Photo taken in April 2025.

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