Word: severities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sever "reveals an infinite subtlety of form and detail that has always endeared it to architects," wrote Globe architecture reporter Robert Campbell...
Deemed "massive and unwelcoming" by Jennie M.Lascelle '98, Sever is often considered one of the ugliest and least notable buildings on campus...
Susan A. Dunn '98 said Sever Hall's architecture "never struck me in any way," instead suggesting Memorial Church as more worthy of being recognized...
Campbell conceded in Sunday's article that Sever often seems "gloomy" and looks like it is "carved out of one single enormous brick...
...Sever's architecture allows for special acoustics: a student standing on one side of the entrance arch can speak into the bricks and let the echo carry the words to a listener on the other side...