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Fifty years ago, architects and campus pundits used phrases like “dream come true” and “consistently good in design” to celebrate concrete, factory-like Harkness Commons, an opus of world-renowned modern architect Walter Gropius...
Though little-known and often forgotten over the years, the museum has accumulated an impressive collection of artwork, especially in Austrian Secession art, German expressionism, 1920s abstraction and Bauhaus art. Comprehensive collections of work by Joseph Beuys, Lyonel Feninger and Walter Gropius are among the finest in the world. Although it also maintains collections of classical Renaissance and Baroque work, the Busch-Reisinger has recently focused on obtaining more post-war and contemporary art from German-speaking Europe...
...other side of the University, the Law School’s Harkness Commons, which was built by Walter Gropius in his trademark efficient design, has low ceilings, sparse lighting—and resembles a 1950s prediction of what buildings would look like in the 21st century...
...that for the first time in recent years, the building of a theatre is high on the Faculty of Arts and Sciences priority list. At the same time, Warren Brody ’53, chairman of the Council’s Theatre Committee, announced that he had requested Walter Gropius, professor of Architecture, to draw up tentative plans for the theatre...
Brody said he had requested Gropius to have some members of his architecture class make models and drawings for a theatre. According to Brody, Gropius expressed interest in the project, but wanted further definite details before going ahead with the designing...