View Full Version : [REQUEST] - Boston architecture tour
jedisalf
08-11-2005, 18:14
First of all, thanks all for your replies on my "new york tour" thread, when i get back next year gonna open a thread with all the images.
Now, on the same trip, theres a chance that i rent a car to go to Boston (if I still have some money left), if that the case, what would be the places to visit?
thanks.
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:25
Go to Harvard - See the Corb's Carpenter Center
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:28
On the way there...I would highly recommend-
Khan's Exeter Library
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:30
MIT campus
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:33
Also at MIT you have a dorm designed by AaLTO
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:36
Chamberlain Cottage, by Marcel Breuer, at Wayland, Massachusetts, 1940.
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:37
Breuer House II
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:42
Christian Center - IM PEI
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:44
Walter Gropius
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:46
I M PEI
Hancock Place
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:46
Walking Tour - (http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fs earch%2Fimages%3Fp%3Dhancock%2Bplace%2BI%2BM%2BPEI %26ei%3DUTF-8%26fr%3DFP-tab-img-t-297%26fl%3D0%26x%3Dwrt&h=439&w=331&imgcurl=www.bc.edu%2Fbc_org%2Favp%2Fcas%2Ffnart%2F fa267%2Fpei%2Fhancock2.jpg&imgurl=www.bc.edu%2Fbc_org%2Favp%2Fcas%2Ffnart%2Ff a267%2Fpei%2Fhancock2.jpg&size=22.4kB&name=hancock2.jpg&rcurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bc.edu%2Fbc_org%2Favp%2Fcas %2Ffnart%2Ffa267%2Farchtour1.html&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bc.edu%2Fbc_org%2Favp%2Fcas% 2Ffnart%2Ffa267%2Farchtour1.html&p=hancock+place+I+M+PEI&type=jpeg&no=1&tt=1&ei=UTF-8)
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 18:47
GREAT BUILDINGS ONLINE MA SEARCH RESULTS- (http://www.greatbuildings.com/places/ma.html)
Includes directions, maps etc.
jparchitectus
08-11-2005, 22:37
MIT is definitly the most bang for your contemporary buck.
jedisalf
09-11-2005, 16:01
MIT is definitly the most bang for your contemporary buck.
yup....not such a fan of ghery,......but i would really like to see one of his buildings....get inside and feel it.....(that sounded weird)
Thanks all!...wow....the boston tour looks promising, i hope i have the money for it.
Walk the Big Dig and try and imagine what it could become. And see the Zakim bridge. www.bigdig.com
Boston Symphony Hall. you can ushually get cheap tickets the day of if you wish.
MIT has some great architecture from architects such as Holl, Ghery, and Saarinen, however, the rest of the campus is rather drab, monotonous, urban crap. Run of the mill grid buildings. I took a trip up there last month, unfortunately I had a memory card failure with my new Canon Rebel Digital SLR, but I managed to still get some with my Nikon Coolpix 775. Here is some more of the Stata Center @MIT.
The courthouse on Fan Pier
Rowes Warf by Skidmore, Owings, & Merrill. Phillip Johnson middle finger in the background.
Walk downtown around Post Office Square and find some art deco
I guess that is enough pictures, unless you want more. If anyone does go to boston, do not forget about Harvard, has the only Corbu building in the Northwestern Hemisphere (Carpenter Center) as well as a Richardson building. On wednesdays at 1:45pm the Fogg Museum at Harvard plugs in a Degas sculpture. There is also a Degas exhibit at the Sackler at Harvard.
Also the Institute of Contemporary Art is free after 5:00pm on wednesday. They are also building a new ICA on Fan Pier by Diller and Scofidio. This will be my last pic.
Of course you also have to hit the historical architecture if you go to Boston (Beacon Hill, Faneuil Hall, Quncy Market, etc.)
paulogonx
09-11-2005, 22:16
I attend to a lot of lectures at the Graduate School of Design in Harvard from 2002 to 2004 and use to visit de Stata Center during construction. Some pictures to ilustrate the Boston subject.
paulogonx
09-11-2005, 22:19
Another one...
paulogonx
09-11-2005, 22:21
Before and after.
paulogonx
09-11-2005, 22:44
Also the Institute of Contemporary Art is free after 5:00pm on wednesday. They are also building a new ICA on Fan Pier by Diller and Scofidio. This will be my last pic.
This is for those who looked to Jason's picture and wonder how is gonna look like or maybe wanna wait until is done to visit Boston :D . On my case, the last time that I went over there they just had foundations and knowing about the project, was very frustrating :bang head . more informations at:
http://www.icaboston.org
Nice Before and After!
Here is another image of the ICA under construction. The cantilever is 75'. Below balcony protruding under the cantilever is a digital media space. Not a place for those who get verdigo. On the ground unfer the balcony is going to be a wood planked walk and the pier will be filled with docking spaces for boats.
On the far side you can see the massive concrete web joist that runs the length of the building.
jparchitectus
10-11-2005, 18:53
Jason - It may be worth posting that project as a seperate thread with information about the architects, the job, and your images.
Nice job!
I will post and link the new thread here sometime tonight (aka wee hours of the morning).
jparchitectus
10-11-2005, 20:17
perfect thanks
primocordara
10-11-2005, 20:31
Fan Pier location...
primocordara
10-11-2005, 20:32
Works were not started yet when this was taken...
draphtur
16-12-2005, 21:18
do not forget about Harvard, has the only Corbu building in the Northwestern Hemisphere (Carpenter Center)
corbu worked on the UN buildings/plan in NYC.
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