This program happened on October 14, 2023.
Fall 2023 Architecture Tours of the Carpenter Center
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, ca. 1963
Join our fall 2023 Public Building & Architecture Tours of the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, housed within Le Corbusier’s only building in North America, led by architecture students. Walk through and learn more about the layered history of the building, its brutalist and modernist structural features, and the educational and cultural legacy of the Carpenter Center at Harvard University.
Access
Tour groups will meet on Level 1 of the Carpenter Center (down the stairs from 24 Quincy Street and through the glass vestibule). An elevator is available on Level 1 of the Carpenter Center, and limited number of wheelchairs are available for loan.
Tours are open to individuals, as well as small groups. Each tour can accommodate a total of 15 individuals. If you are a large group, please email: [email protected] to inquire about alternative dates.
Public Tour dates and registration links are below:
Saturday, October 14, 12-1pm
Thursday, October 26, 12-1pm
Friday, October 27, 12-1pm
Saturday, November 4, 12-1pm
Friday, November 17, 12-1pm
Saturday, December 9, 12-1pm
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, ca. 1963
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, ca. 1963
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, Harvard University, ca. 1963
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