Word: architect
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...churches of the past, the new buildings designed by such brilliant moderns as Wright, the Saarinens, Antonin Raymond and Pietro Belluschi are "functional" in that they use the latest structural materials and techniques in such a way as to emphasize rather than conceal the way they were built. As Architect Belluschi tells prospective clients, he loves the Gothic far too much to design a cheap imitation that conceals a steel frame behind an ivied stone facade...
...citizens of Hartford, Connecticut. Although he is almost 80, and has never before designed a theater plant, Mr. Wright is well up on the latest developments and trends in theater planning. This understanding, as well as he imagination and perspective which have prompted some to call him "the outstanding architect of the twentieth century," are apparent in his model of the Hartford playhouses, now being shown in Fogg Museum...
...casting of Flynn in the role of Soames and of Young in the part of Bossiney hurt this film before the first reel was shot. Flynn is not equipped to portray a stodgy, meticulous Englishman; and Young was hopelessly awkward as the eccentric, dynamic architect. Little wonder that Miss Garson couldn't warm up to her task opposite two such misfits. Only Pidgeon, who played Young Jolyon, carried out his assignment satisfactorily. But he appeared too seldom to redeem the incongruity of the other characters...
Last week Cooper Union celebrated its 90th birthday with a big convocation in its historic Great Hall.* Architect Frank Lloyd Wright and RCA Board Chairman David Sarnoff were on hand to receive Peter Cooper Medals for their respective services to art and science...
...Dulles has been claiming that he is the "architect of American foreign policy," and a great many people seem to believe these preposterous assertion. Exactly what has been Mr. Dulles' connection with this country's foreign policy? He has, it is true, held a variety of positions in the State Department over a period of many years, but so have many other people. Could each of them claim to be "the architect of American foreign policy...