Word: architecturales
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Died. John Taylor Arms, 66, dean of U.S. etchers, best known for his painstakingly detailed prints of Europe's architectural classics (Florence's Ponte Vecchio, Paris' Notre Dame, Chartres' Cathedral ); after long illness; in Manhattan.
In 1902 the New York architectural firm of McKim, Mead, and White began drawing up plans for a fireproof building, to be made of steel, brick, and concrete.
In 1909, the Class of 1879 donated additional money for completion of the Stadium. A covered promenade and towers--which one Boston paper called "the crowning architectural feature of the Stadium"--were added.
PEREIRA & Luckman, the West Coast architectural partnership formed by Wonder Boy Charles Luckman after he was relieved of the presidency of Lever Bros., will head a group of architects designing $200 million worth of U.S. air and naval bases in Spain.
The work of Donald DeLue, an affable, 54-year-old expert in architectural sculpture (among his other works: the Harvey S. Firestone Memorial in Akron), the statue's well-meant but uninspired aping of classic works will irritate those who prize imagination as well as those who demand safe...