After over a year of renovations, the History of Art and Architectural Studies (HARC) department will celebrate the re-opening of the Christian A. Johnson Memorial Building on Sept. 28. The building is home to the Architectural Studies program and the Department of Studio Art, as well as the revived Exhibition Gallery and MakerSpace.
Originally constructed in 1968, the Johnson Memorial Building was created as an interdisciplinary center for the fine arts and a space for artistic collaboration. It was designed by architect Jean-Paul Carlhian, who also designed multiple buildings at Harvard University.
Associate Professor of Architecture John McLeod’s Middlebury-based architecture firm, McLeod Kredell Architects, was hired by the college at the end of 2019 to begin designing renovations to the Johnson Memorial Building.
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