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| Architect | I. M. Pei |
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| Location | Boston, Massachusetts map | ||||
| Date | 1968 to 1974 timeline | ||||
| Building Type | corporate headquarters (religious) | ||||
| Construction System | reinforced concrete | ||||
| Climate | temperate | ||||
| Context | urban campus | ||||
| Style | Modern | ||||
| Notes | I. M. Pei and Partners. repetition in facade, new/old juxtaposition, reflecting pool. | ||||
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Sources on Christian Science Center
Donald Corner and Jenny Young. Slide from photographer's collection. PCD.2260.1012.1842.26. Yukio Futagawa, ed. Global Architecture: I.M. Pei & Partners, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, and Araldo Cossutta Christian Science Church Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Tokyo: A.D.A. Edita Tokyo, 1976. site plan, p44-5. section, p46-7. elevation, p46-7. Paul Heyer. American Architecture: Ideas and Ideologies in the Late Twentieth Century. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1993. ISBN 0-442-01328-0. LC 92-18415. NA2750.H48. aerial photo, p160. exterior photo from river-side park, p160. Donlyn Lyndon. The City Observed: Boston. New York: Vintage Books, 1982. ISBN 0-394-74894-8. LC 81-40199. NA735.B7L96. photos, discussion, p198-202. Marcus Whiffen and Frederick Koeper. American Architecture, Volume 2. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1984. exterior photo, f335, p420. — An excellent survey of American architecture. Reprint Edition available at Amazon.com Kevin Matthews. The Great Buildings Collection on CD-ROM. Artifice, 2001. ISBN 0-9667098-4-5.— Available at Amazon.com
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