Word: bechtel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rick Bechtel, the architect who oversaw the project for the Cambridge firm Graham Gund, said he thought the distinction simply reflected the magazien editors' individual tastes...
...Bechtel said the damning publicity doesn't worry him. "I guess they'vegot to choose a best and worst, and they chose[the Inn]," he said. "We've received lots ofpositive comments about...
...design for the Inn includes red brick, pitch grooves and dormer windows and is sized "to respond to the character of a transitional building between the residential and commercial areas" of Harvard Square, Bechtel says...
...brick and surface details such as window trim and balconies is designed to make the Inn blend into the surrounding traditional buildings, Bechtel says. "It is intended to relate to the existing houses along Mass. Ave. as well as the river," he says...
...However, Bechtel adds, "people will know it's a new building. We've abstracted some of the details that you'd find in a Harvard building...