Word: exteriors
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...light into his building in every possible way on all sides. Most room in the Arts Center are in the natural light on at least one side. The very center of the building is on the "outside;" yet this is at once a mingling of the interior and the exterior. Is an abundant use of the natural light "harsh...
...because of this vastness alone, the size and shape of the project will keep the profession in suspense for the next two or three years. "Some Real Dogs." Because of excessive ornamentation in his earlier work, Yamasaki's critics have tended to type cast him as an "exterior decorator," or cosmetician. Yamasaki is aware of the criticism - and agrees that much of it is deserved. "In the past few years," he will
...Yamasaki's body of work grew bigger, the autocritical facility of the architectural profession grew harsher - often with Yamasaki leading the pack. Critics declared the soaring interior of the Reynolds Metals Co. Building, which won a third A.I.A. First Honor Award, an impressive success; but they denounced the exterior grille, made of thousands of interlocking aluminum circles, as "costume jewelry." For Detroit's Northwest Y.W.C.A., Yamasaki designed a simple and highly practical building around a charming inner court, but then he slapped on looping butterfly canopies that he now says he would never do again. When Yamasaki discovered...
...family in England. She falls in love with the son, Robin, but is put off by his flawless British manners, his utter imperturbability, "this sandpapering of every word and gesture until it exactly fits its place in the conversation." Robin's true emotions can not crack his polished exterior...
Jack Mesanachwander, who has had some varsity experience, and converted and Mike Foley are the first line tackles and their collective 440 pounds should be useful in stopping. Yale's offensive attacks on the exterior line...