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===The Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2008β2014)=== Beginning in 2008, Piano rebuilt an existing structure to house the [[Harvard Art Museums]], a consolidation of collections of the three art museums associated with [[Harvard University]]. The new museum preserved the picturesque brick Ivy-League facade of the 1925 Fogg Museum (1925), but added a new space in the courtyard, covered by a pyramidal glass roof, which increased the gallery space by 40 percent.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2014/04/12/after-years-harvard-art-museums-reemerging/4QlaUg7h7tQoCVV3OXB8aM/story.html |title=After 6 years, Harvard Art Museums reemerging |work=Boston Globe |access-date=22 June 2017 |archive-date=8 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908164919/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/style/2014/04/12/after-years-harvard-art-museums-reemerging/4QlaUg7h7tQoCVV3OXB8aM/story.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The renovation adds six levels of galleries, classrooms, lecture halls, and new study areas providing access to parts of the 250,000-piece collection of the museums.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dezeen.com/2014/11/18/renzo-piano-harvard-art-museums-boston-renovation-expansion-courtyard-atrium/ |title=Renzo Piano reconfigures Harvard Art Museums around a grand courtyard atrium |work=Dezeen magazine |date=18 November 2014 |access-date=19 November 2014}}</ref> The new building was opened in November 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Farago|first=Jason|date=14 November 2014|title=Renzo Piano reboot of Harvard art museums largely triumphs|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/nov/14/renzo-piano-reboot-of-harvard-art-museums-largely-triumphs|access-date=17 March 2023|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
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