Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
The Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is the only building designed primarily by Le Corbusier in the United States—he contributed to the design of the United Nations Secretariat Building—and one of only two in the Americas.
- Arts center
- …lies at an elevation of 30 feet (9 metres)
- …is also known as “Carpenter Center”
- …is operated by Harvard University
- Description: historic building in Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Address: 19 Prescott Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
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Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts
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Latitude
42.37362° or 42° 22′ 25″ north
Longitude
-71.11427° or 71° 6′ 51″ west
Open location code
87JC9VFP+C7
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
amenity = arts_centre
OpenStreetMap feature
building = university
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts” goes by many names.
Centre Carpenter d’Arts VisualsCatalan
卡本特视觉艺术中心Chinese
卡本特視覺藝術中心Chinese
Carpenter Center for the Visual ArtsDutch
Carpenter Center for the Visual ArtsItalian
Harvard University Carpenter Center for the Visual ArtsItalian
カーペンター視覚芸術センターJapanese
Центр изобразительных искусств КарпентераRussian
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