In The Harvard Crimson, Thomas A. Ferro revisits the MBA Class of 1959 Chapel at Harvard Business School, describing the 1992 Safdie Architects project as “small, humble, and relatively unknown,” yet one of Harvard’s “major architectural landmarks.”

The piece explores the chapel’s copper-clad ritual space, glass greenhouse, gardens, water, and prismatic light, reflecting on how the building creates a quiet place for observation, gathering, and internal reflection within the HBS campus.

"What makes the chapel especially poignant, however, is the design’s absolute, uncompromising accommodation of its program (the Carpenter Center and the Harvard Art Museums are likewise tailored to their respective programs, although differently). In other words, the chapel’s power comes from its architecture’s considered and deliberate attunement to its intended use."

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