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Contemporary and Modern Architecture in 2 Boston 7 3 Contemporary and Modern Architecture in Boston... Some 8 known, some off the beaten path. Feb 2017 13 6 10 14 Anthony V. 5 jauntful.com/theAVclub 15 12 4 11 9

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John F. Kennedy Presidential L... 1 Harvard Science Center 2 Design/Research Building 3 MIT Chapel (Building W15) 4 History Museum Science Historic Site Spiritual Although IM Pei's fingerprints are all Sert's only accessible work in Boston. The This modernist building is now home to Although modest, the shimmer of water over Boston, this one best represents his plaza in front was done by Stoss in Anthropology, CitySports and Harvest inside the chapel's walls is magical, and geometric play. trying to make it more usable and (delicious!), but is known for bringing Saarinen's building is accentuated by durable under students' feet. modern Euro designs to the US in the Bertoia's alter and light-like sculpture. 60s/70s

Columbia Point, Boston 50 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge (617) 514-1600 jfklibrary.org 1 Oxford St, Cambridge 48 Brattle St, Cambridge (617) 253-4795

MIT Simmons Hall (Building W79... 5 Baker House 6 Harvard Art Museums 7 Carpenter Center for the Visua... 8 Academic Building Residence Hall Art Museum Quad Hard to get a read of scale, but this dorm This was the first building on campus There's a little Shepley-Bulfinch (Fogg), a LeCorbusier's only building in the US. is an undergrad residence with oddly that sought a renowned architect--Aalto. little James Stirling (Sackler) and a lot of shaped cut-throughs inside the grided Note the curve frontward (to grant more Renzo Piano that attempts to unify building. views to the river) vs the back. these various museums.

229 Vassar St, Cambridge 32 Quincy St, Cambridge (617) 253-5107 362 Memorial Dr, Cambridge (617) 495-9400 harvardartmuseums.org 24 Quincy St, Cambridge

Museum of Fine Arts 9 City Hall Plaza 10 Christian Science Plaza 11 John Hancock Tower 12 Art Museum Plaza Plaza Building Although the classical aspect is worth Massive, maligned. Although originally Perhaps the better done of the two Here, you not only have the IM Pei mention, the Wing of the Americas by intended to be smaller, the story is that major plazas, it's a comfortable reflecting H.H. Richardson's Trinity Foster beautifully frames the gallery and it was inspired by Cobb's visit to Siena, modernist plaza by IM Pei just off from Church, you also have McKim Mead and the art--both recedes and articulates. Italy at the last minute. very lively streets and Mother Church in White just across the square. the fore.

465 Huntington Ave, Boston 1 City Hall Sq., Boston 210 Massachusetts Ave, Boston (617) 267-9300 mfa.org (617) 635-4500 cityofboston.gov (617) 450-2000 christianscience.com 200 Clarendon St, Boston

MIT Media Lab — Building E14 13 MIT Stata Center (Building 32)... 14 Institute of Contemporary Art 15 Lab Technology Art Museum Fumihiko Maki does a wonderful job in Frank Gehry at his wackiest. It's actually Before they did the High Line in NY, or applying simple geometries that allow two towers unified by the "student anything else for that matter, there was the researchers to accentuate the street" mirroring the Infinite Corridor. the ICA--Diller and Scofidio's first major building with their work. architectural project.