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...Vappi Construction Co., Inc., the builders of the dormitories, credit their record-breaking speed to good weather, good working conditions, and "good architectural planning" by the firm of Sert, Jackson, and Gourley, which designed the complex...
Then there were the doors. "We got green doors, red doors, blue doors, yellow doors," said a foreman. "You know Sert's ideas about color...
Last fall when Harvard acquired "Elmwood," the famous 18th Century house near the intersection of Mount Auburn Street and Fresh Pond Parkway, local historical societies made loud protests. They feared (with good cause) that the University would tear down the imposing frame house and promptly commission architects Sert, Jackson, and Gourley to put up another of the parti-colored concrete horrors that already disfigure sites on both banks of the Charles...
...house were put in order. Finally, architects and artisans started the long process of finishing the house in authentic Colonial style. Magnificent flooring (wood-pegged, not nailed) was put down in the first-floor reception room and dining room. (It is singularly comforting that in an age of Sert buildings there are still craftsmen able to construct such wonderful floors.) A fine old chandelier was hung over the graceful staircase. Authentic wallpaper of the period was found for the second-floor guest room. Fireplaces were scraped down to their original brownstone. Finally, the house was furnished with as many appropriate...
...Sert's design uses concrete, native stone and small bricks, and his plan stretches the museum along the irregular curves and rises of the hill. Rooms are devoted to works of different artists, and the sherbet is provided by "reposing spaces" between galleries, where visitors can "wash their eyes" of Chagall, say, before attacking Kandinsky. For a few minutes' peace, they may gaze into pools filled with rain water caught by gigantic rooftop scoops...