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...loudest call for action comes from the fourth floor of Gropius?? Story Hall, one of two all-female floors in the complex and the site of two of the five incidents...
Another set of HLS dorms—those created nearly 50 years ago by the father of modern architecture, Walter Gropius??provoked much criticism from both the community and HLS representatives, but the landmark status of the buildings means, according to city law, they cannot be touched...
...Gropius??an old dorm whose rooms Kagan referred to as “jail cell” style—is a major example of the international modern architectural style and cannot be torn down without going through a long and complicated set of procedures, including approval from the Cambridge Historical Commission...
During the 1930s, many American architects were heavily influenced by European designs, especially those of the Bauhaus movement. Domestic architecture reflected this influence, and the flat, linear houses of Frank Lloyd Wright, notably Fallingwater in Mill Run, Pa., and Walter Gropius?? residence in Lincoln, Mass. are perhaps the best examples of this style. Both houses were built contemporaneously with Windshield, and the three houses use much of the same structural vocabulary, due in part to the fact that Neutra, an Austrian emigré, worked under Wright during the 1920s...
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