Word: masterful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...fascinating to observe how these men, the master "form givers" of our century, have in recent years produced buildings that fulfill the promise of their varied styles perhaps as never before. The only work of Le Corbusier's shown is his Chapel at Ronchamp. The brooding, heaving forms of roof and walls have such complexity that even the many fine photographs by Life photographer Ezra Stoller do not even begin to reveal all their sculptural possibilities...
...size of the Goodell Library, a new women's dormitory, a liberal arts building. This expansion has definitely been keyed to the future, to the day when a student body of 10,000 will matriculate. Perhaps the most impressive document on display in the UMass information office is the Master Plan. Drawn up in 1954, this 42-page booklet talks airily of 15 more men's dormitories, 5,000 new parking places for student automobiles, re-routing of intrastate highways, a new stadium, field house, and two physical education buildings, 30 fraternities, plus many other such structures...
...five years, many of the new buildings envisioned in the Master Plan have become reality. The state government has appropriated over $26 million in this period, and an independent corporation, the University of Massachusetts Building Association, has spent $11.2 million for construction. The Building Association sells bonds and uses the proceeds for dormitories and other student facilities; at the end of a certain period of time, the buildings revert to the state...
...problem seemed less acute in other Houses, where Eliot had about four, Leverett six, and Adams two students in this category. Master David E. Owen of Winthrop House said he was lucky this year since at most "a couple of students are sandwiched in," and the House might well have no surpluses...
...Master Taylor said the situation will correct itself somehow, but the unplaced students (generally those returning after an absence) might not stay in their present Houses. Adjustments include having some residents of the Boston area live at home, or some advanced standing students return to the Yard, others said...