The Humanities Center at Boylston Hall Harvard University

Presentation to the Society for College and University Planning

The Humanities Center at Boylston Hall Harvard University

Presentation to the Society for College and University Planning

 

…We have in our practice extensive experience with working with modern buildings, and have rehabilitated a number of buildings of notable architects, including Jose Luis Sert, Minoru Yamasaki, and in this case The Architects Collaborative. Boylston Hall however is of particular interest because it provides a bridge between the historical revivalism of most American institutional building and modern architecture. I believe that this is particularly interesting because we have a vast stock of often moribund modern buildings on our campuses in a culture in which the re-revivals of historic revival styles characterize not only institutional architecture but permeate the details of our consumer culture…

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