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...Works of Architect Walter Gropius: Through November 10. Busch-Reisinger Museum...
...seems worth it. The depot's main building, finished in 1894, is a massive, lovable quirk. The local architect, Theodore Link, was obviously under the influence of Henry Hobson Richardson: rough limestone blocks, big arched doors, Romanesque bulk. But inside and out, he and Louis Millet, the interior decorator, wildly mixed and matched styles. The west wing has its odd Gothic outcroppings, the Grand Hall some rather Moorish nooks and ornament; an intimate dining room seems Viennese; and, of course, the steel-truss roof built to cover trains and tracks is pure 19th century Industrial...
...first surprise of the council race, three Cantabrigians have entered the contest on a slate they have called "Coalition '85." The three are Karen Swaim, the president of the Business Association of North Cambridge; Hugh A. Russell, an architect who is on the board of zoning appeals; and Geneva Malenfant, a resident of Cambridgeport, who has served on the planning board and the historical commission...
...artisan mixing a bath of bamboo pulp magically raises a net-like sheet and suddenly has produced a single sheet of fresh white paper. An architect carves, without pattern, small pieces of wood which lock together without adhesive to form the outline of a model of elaborate Chinese architecture. A kite-maker chats animatedly with a Chinese friend about the strange American visitors she has experienced that day; all the while her hands file meticulously at the thin strips of wood which will flow in symmetric perfection as the body of vividly colored kites...
...renowned architect has designed some of America's most acclaimed structures, among them the East Wing of the National Gallery in Washington and the John Hancock Building in Boston. But he had no intention of staying when he came to the U.S. in 1935 at 18 to study engineering at M.I.T. After switching to architecture, he got his degree in 1940 and soon enrolled in the Harvard School of Design. Meanwhile, back in Canton, his father, a member of a wealthy banking family, suggested he not return "until things settle down." They never did, since the war was followed...