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| Architect | Eero Saarinen |
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| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts map | |
| Date | 1955 timeline | |
| Building Type | chapel | |
| Construction System | brick | |
| Climate | temperate | |
| Context | urban park campus | |
| Style | Modern | |
| Notes | At MIT. Cylindrical internally oriented space. | |
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| Discussion | Kresge Chapel Commentary
“This interdenominational chapel built on a small hemmed-in site masterfully achieves an atmosphere conducive to meditation. Reached by a glassed-in walkway that crosses a tiny moat, on the outside it’s a windowless, brick-faced cylinder; inside, its brick walls undulate gently and natural light comes in indirectly from the sides and above.” — from Sylvia Hart Wright. Sourcebook of Contemporary North American Architecture: From Postwar to Postmodern. p117. | |
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Sources on Kresge Chapel
Roger H. Clark and Michael Pause. Precedents in Architecture. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1985. ISBN 0-442-21668-8. LC 84-3543. NA2750.C55 1984. plan geometry diagram, p183. — Updated edition available at Amazon.com William S. Saunders. Modern ArchitectureÑPhotographs by Ezra Stoller. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Publishers, 1990. ISBN 0-8109-3816-2. interior photo, p153. — A wonderful & inspiring book of beautiful photographs by a true master of architectural photography. Available at Amazon.com Toshio Nakamura, ed. Architecture and Urbanism Extra Edition: Eero Saarinen. A + U E8404, April, 1984. Tokyo: A + U Publishing Co. color photo of exterior, p60. color photo of interior, p64.
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