British firm Hopkins Architects and US studios Bruner/Cott Architects and Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates have overhauled a massive, 1960s building at Harvard University, adding in living walls and glazed rooms.
The building ? officially called the Richard A and Susan F Smith Campus Center ? is located on a prime spot within the university's campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The renovation is "a radical re-appraisal" of the Holyoke Center, which opened in 1966 and was renamed in 2013.
The original building ? Harvard's first high-rise ? was conceived by Josep Lluís Sert, who served as dean of Harvard's Graduate School of Design from 1953 to 1969 and received the AIA Gold Medal in 1981.

Often referred to as brutalist in style, the facility is composed of concrete and glass. At the time of its completion, the building received criticism for being too large and out of place. The building's interior layout was modified over the years. The most recent overhaul was designed by London-based Hopkins Architects in collaboration with local studio Bruner/Cott Architects. New York's Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates served as the landscape architect.

Encompassing over 360,000 square feet (27,870 square metres), the colossal building houses eateries, shops, event space, offices and areas for socialising and studying. Intended to act as a front door to Harvard, the refurbished facility serves both the university community and the greater public.
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