Word: sert
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...archives to be catalogued include the papers of Arthur A. Shurliff and his son, Sidney N. Shurliff--noted Boston architects who planned the Charles River Basin; and the papers of Josep Lluis Sert, a noted Spanish architect and former dean of the Faculty of Design...
...There was concern that it shouldn't get too privatized--so that you didn't feel like you had to go buy a donut or something to sit down in there," said architect Bill Lindemulder of Sert, Jackson and Associates. "We tried to do that by opening it up as much as possible...
...storefront was designed by the Sert-Jackson architectural firm, which also designed Holyoke Center. The new addition, Kane said, should "fit in with Holyoke Center and keep the integrity of the building while adding something...
While the GSD remained true to the spirit of reinforced concrete and the right angle during Sert's tenure--as evidenced in Peabody Terrace or Boston City Hall--orthodoxy was being questioned at schools like Pennsylvania (homebase of the influential architect and teacher Louis Kahn) and UCLA (where Charles Moore blended high design with neon glitz...
Though the GSD only occupies one building, its spirit might be said to extend to many others on campus and in the area. In addition to Sert's work, the Countway Medical Library, Loeb Drama Center, and Pusey Library were all designed by Hugh Stubbins, Jr. (MAR '35). Even the controversial $52,000 Johnston Gatehouse was farmed out to a GSD grad, Graham Gund (MAR '68). In Boston, GSD buildings include the Federal Reserve Bank (Stubbins), Boston City Hall (Professors of Architecture Gerhard M. Kallmann and Noel M. McKinnell), and the John Hancock Tower (Professor of Architecture Harry N. Cobb...