Harvard Club of New York
New York, USA
The Harvard Club of New York on 44th Street was among Manhattan’s first buildings to be designated a landmark, receiving the status in 1967. It has been enlarged numerous times since the original Clubhouse was designed by McKim, Mead & White in 1894. Major additions in 1905 and 1915 (also by MM&W) and again in 1947 sought to meet the growing needs of the membership. Since its last addition, the Harvard Club continued to outgrow its facility, which includes dining and meeting rooms, guest bedrooms, athletic facilities, administrative offices, as well as a library, a bar and lounges.
In October 2000, the Harvard Club embarked on its latest expansion effort. A design competition followed and we were selected to design the new addition.
The major challenge of this project was to reconcile the existing building’s red brick neo-Georgian style with a modernist addition. The design mediates between the existing Harvard Club to the east and the robust limestone and glass Beaux-Arts landmark New York Yacht Club to the west, bringing forth a style that documents the Club’s continuity into the next century. The new expansion bridges the old with the new, and is sympathetic to its landmark neighbors.
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