Harvard: An Architectural History By Bainbridge Bunting

Traces the history of the buildings of Harvard University from 1638 to 1985 and discusses the impact of changes in education on its architecture Harvard An Architectural HistoryThis is a well written comprehensive history of the development of Harvard s campus up to the early eighties The author or authors as BuntinG died before completion generally organizes the book by chapters based on presidencies and their attendant building campaigns This is a lengthy study that seems to lag a bit in the middle it s astounding just how many damn buildings Coolidge Shepley et al were commissioned for but it is what it is One of my favorite parts is the conJectural floor plans of Harvard Hall I where the original library was apparently smaller than the buttery where their beer was stored and dispensedas it should be English