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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dangerous Delusion. The Russians are often incorrigible copycats: if they want something, but do not want to go to the effort of designing one of their own, they merely copy it (the Russian cash register, based on early National Cash Registers, even has National's own seal design on the back). But in the areas that matter to them, they stand on their own, and nothing bothers Western scientists more than the widespread delusion that Russia got where it is today solely because of its captured German scientists and its stolen secrets...
Around the new Met will be grouped structures for the other performing arts. Manhattan Architect Max Abramovitz (Harrison's partner) is designing the Concert Hall, aimed at seating 2,550 and achieving even greater acoustical perfection than the New York Philharmonic's famed Carnegie Hall. To house a permanent dance repertory group, Architect Philip Johnson (TIME, July 2, 1956) will design a structure that will have "walls papered with people," i.e., a system of balconies giving clear sight lines to the stage. M.I.T. Architecture Dean Pietro Belluschi will build a new Juilliard School. For a park...
...vintage auto clubs also help to keep the craze alive by emphasizing authenticity and quality. The Classic Car Club recognizes only blue-blooded autos of "fine design, high engineering standards and superior workmanship." Regardless of age. it blackballs all Chevrolets, Plymouths. Xashes. Dodges, Pontiacs, Buicks. Oldsmobiles and De Sotos. even turns down some Cadillac models. Recently the club even refused to admit Ford's modern Continental Mark II as a "classic...
Walter Gropius, professor of Architecture, Emeritus, will be honored at a 75th birthday dinner at the Harvard Club of Boston tomorrow night. The Alumni Association of the Graduate School of Design is sponsoring the event. Earlier tomorrow, a panel discussion on "Art in Architecture" with take place at Rindge Technical School. Speakers will include Jose L. Sert, Dean of the School of Design; Hideo Sasaki, associate professor of Landscape Architecture; Gyorgy Kepes of M.I.T., and three other architects. An exhibit of Gropius' work, "Walter Gropius and Architecture Education at Harvard," is now on display at Robinson Hall (see picture...
...practicing architect for the past 20 years, Jackson joined the Faculty in 1953. His major area of interest is architectural design...