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The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
, in Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 is the only building actually built by Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier

Charles-?douard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also Painting, who is famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture or the International Style....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and one of only two in the Americas (the other is the Curutchet House
Curutchet House

The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is one of the two buildings in the Americas by Le Corbusier . It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the first floor....
 in La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
). Le Corbusier designed it with the collaboration of Chilean architect Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente
Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente

Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente was a Chilean architect and painter . Jullian worked with Le Corbusier in Paris from 1959 to 1965. As chef de bureau of the atelier, Jullian collaborated in such landmark projects as Harvard University?s Carpenter Center, and important unfinished works such as the Baghdad Stadium, the French embassy in B...
 at his 35 rue de Sévres studio; the on-site preparation of the construction plans was handled by the office of José Luis Sert
Josep Lluís Sert

Josep Llu?s Sert i L?pez was a Spain architect from Catalonia.Born in Barcelona, he showed keen interest in the works of his uncle, the painter Josep Maria Sert and of Antoni Gaud?....
, then dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design

The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape architecture, and urban planning....
. He had formerly worked in Le Corbusier's atelier and had been instrumental in winning him the commission.






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The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University
Harvard University

Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States, and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1636 by the colonial Massachusetts legislature, Harvard is the Colonial Colleges institution of higher learning in the United States....
, in Cambridge
Cambridge

The city status in the United Kingdom of Cambridge is a College town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about 50 miles north of London....
, Massachusetts
Massachusetts

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a U.S. state located in the New England region of the Northeastern United States United States. It borders Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north....
 is the only building actually built by Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier

Charles-?douard Jeanneret-Gris, who chose to be known as Le Corbusier , was a Swiss-French architect, designer, urbanist, writer and also Painting, who is famous for being one of the pioneers of what now is called Modern architecture or the International Style....
 in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, and one of only two in the Americas (the other is the Curutchet House
Curutchet House

The Curutchet House, La Plata, Argentina, is one of the two buildings in the Americas by Le Corbusier . It was commissioned by Dr. Pedro Domingo Curutchet, a surgeon, in 1948 and included a small medical office on the first floor....
 in La Plata
La Plata

La Plata is the capital city of the Provinces of Argentina of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, as well as of the departments of Argentina of La Plata Partido....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
). Le Corbusier designed it with the collaboration of Chilean architect Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente
Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente

Guillermo Jullian de la Fuente was a Chilean architect and painter . Jullian worked with Le Corbusier in Paris from 1959 to 1965. As chef de bureau of the atelier, Jullian collaborated in such landmark projects as Harvard University?s Carpenter Center, and important unfinished works such as the Baghdad Stadium, the French embassy in B...
 at his 35 rue de Sévres studio; the on-site preparation of the construction plans was handled by the office of José Luis Sert
Josep Lluís Sert

Josep Llu?s Sert i L?pez was a Spain architect from Catalonia.Born in Barcelona, he showed keen interest in the works of his uncle, the painter Josep Maria Sert and of Antoni Gaud?....
, then dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design
Harvard Graduate School of Design

The Harvard Graduate School of Design is a graduate school at Harvard University offering degrees in Architecture, Landscape architecture, and urban planning....
. He had formerly worked in Le Corbusier's atelier and had been instrumental in winning him the commission. The building was completed in 1962.

The building was made possible by a $1,500,000 donation by the Carpenters, who never met the architect; in the end they had to increase their donation to meet increased building costs .

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It houses the department of Visual and Environmental Studies of the University, as well as the Harvard Film Archive
Harvard Film Archive

The Harvard Film Archive is a film archive devoted to Film located in the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts....
, the largest collection of 35mm films in New England
New England

New England is a region of the United States located in the northeastern corner of the country, bounded by the Atlantic Ocean, Canada and New York State, and consisting of the modern U.S....
. It screens a large quantity of independent, international and silent films.

Le Corbusier never actually saw the building. He was invited to the opening ceremony, but he declined the invitation on account of his poor health.

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