Paul V. Galvin Library

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Netsch, Walter Andrew
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/121712
Date
1962
Description
Detail depicting a plate girder on the roof (the roof is actually supported by internal columns); The building was designed by architect Walter Netsch (a partner in SOM) and built in 1962. It is a 92,000 square-foot facility with a pleasing modern aesthetic. Source: The Mies van der Rohe Society (IIT) [website]; http://www.mies.iit.edu/ (accessed 1/7/2008)
Type of Work
library (building)
Subject
architectural exteriors, Modernist, International Style (modern European architecture style)
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Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
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