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Architect I.M. Pei set to work scaling down the project and last week released a new design which eliminated an 85-foot-high glass pyramid and two 350-seat auditoriums. Pei also redesigned the complex in brick, to blend in with the colonial motifs of the Harvard Houses which are across from the site...
...scaled-down library plans will cost only $15 million, $2 million less than the estimated cost for architect I.M. Pei's original design topped by a glass pyramid...
...reducing the scale of the library and museum to cut total floor space by one-third, the Kennedy Library Corp. has preserved the museum at the expense of the library. Architect I.M. Pei provided enough space for only 6 million of the 22 million documents which form the Kennedy collection, but found room for a vast, open reception area to be filled with an awe-inspiring bust and inscription set against a view of the Charles River...
...Kennedy Corp. and finance the project are more interested in the library than the museum. A Harvard official close to the Kennedys said last week that the family's chief reason for not splitting up the complex is their desire to provide an appropriate memorial for the late president. Pei's design of a lobby resembling the Lincoln Memorial is a response to their desire to pay tribute to Kennedy...
...When Pei unveiled library plans last May, he was criticized for not providing enough on-site praking for the influx of cars generated by the museum. Now community leaders are criticizing Pei for providing a 435-car on-site parking lot, charging it will generate traffic patterns which will choke off Harvard Square...