Tree House Residence Hall Tower @ MassArt | 578 Huntington Avenue | Fenway
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Really?? I feel like that having windows that open is...I dunno. Standard protocol of windows nowadays? The windows opened in the Artists' Residence, too.
Really?? I feel like that having windows that open is...I dunno. Standard protocol of windows nowadays? The windows opened in the Artists' Residence, too.
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Spectacular views -- downtown. mountains, I'll bet even some ocean to the S and E
That's the kind of views that hotels sell for the high hundreds / night
Spectacular views -- downtown. mountains, I'll bet even some ocean to the S and E
That's the kind of views that hotels sell for the high hundreds / night
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Yeah, I totally didn't get a picture of the water and I don't know why. But yes, you can see the water and some of the islands. It's amazing.
Yeah, I totally didn't get a picture of the water and I don't know why. But yes, you can see the water and some of the islands. It's amazing.
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Beautiful building and very lovely interiors (and great pictures, TarantinoK). I don't know how well the interior design will hold up--seems a bit trendy--but the bones ensure that this will remain a remarkable dorm. When I think back to my mildrewed, 7' ceiling height-ed grotto under the old stadium at the U of AZ 30 years ago I have to laugh. Who would have thought students could live like this?
Beautiful building and very lovely interiors (and great pictures, TarantinoK). I don't know how well the interior design will hold up--seems a bit trendy--but the bones ensure that this will remain a remarkable dorm. When I think back to my mildrewed, 7' ceiling height-ed grotto under the old stadium at the U of AZ 30 years ago I have to laugh. Who would have thought students could live like this?
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Tomb, sorry totally off topic, but were you there when they filmed Revenge of the Nerds. The seminal 1980's college movie in my opinion.
When I think back to my mildrewed, 7' ceiling height-ed grotto under the old stadium at the U of AZ 30 years ago I have to laugh. Who would have thought students could live like this?
Tomb, sorry totally off topic, but were you there when they filmed Revenge of the Nerds. The seminal 1980's college movie in my opinion.
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No. ASU used to house some Freshman in rooms that were in the sub-ground level of the stadium. I don't know whether they still do this, but I had a roommate at BU in the late 80s who had transferred from ASU after a semester of living underground.
No. ASU used to house some Freshman in rooms that were in the sub-ground level of the stadium. I don't know whether they still do this, but I had a roommate at BU in the late 80s who had transferred from ASU after a semester of living underground.
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Sorry to say I graduated in 1979 ('sorry' because I just realized how ancient that makes me). I did, however, go on to teach at Georgia Tech with a colleague who acted in the film (one of my many second-hand brushes with fame).
Sorry to say I graduated in 1979 ('sorry' because I just realized how ancient that makes me). I did, however, go on to teach at Georgia Tech with a colleague who acted in the film (one of my many second-hand brushes with fame
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Yep...the 1920s stadium was pretty much built on a bunker-like foundation that had locker rooms torn out and made into cells...er...dorms. I'm sure this prime real estate has been repurposed.
Yep...the 1920s stadium was pretty much built on a bunker-like foundation that had locker rooms torn out and made into cells...er...dorms. I'm sure this prime real estate has been repurposed.
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Tomb -- for a while I had an office / home a way from home in the 2nd basement of the Physics, Math an Astronomy tower at UT Austin -- I found and liberated a small sofa -- used it for late night frash-pad after spending the whole day working in the lab
I arrived in Austin in August and there were many days when I arrived and left without seeing the sun
On the otherhand when I was at MIT the dorm had expansive views of the Charles -- though when I started as a freshman -- my room had an excelent view of the infamous Cains Mayonaise / Potatochips sign atop a building on Vassar St.
Tomb -- for a while I had an office / home a way from home in the 2nd basement of the Physics, Math an Astronomy tower at UT Austin -- I found and liberated a small sofa -- used it for late night frash-pad after spending the whole day working in the lab
I arrived in Austin in August and there were many days when I arrived and left without seeing the sun
On the otherhand when I was at MIT the dorm had expansive views of the Charles -- though when I started as a freshman -- my room had an excelent view of the infamous Cains Mayonaise / Potatochips sign atop a building on Vassar St.
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Ohio State University used to have an honors dorm under its football stadium. I don't know if it's still there.
Ohio State University used to have an honors dorm under its football stadium. I don't know if it's still there.
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The so called Black Tower (formerly the home of Roxbury Community College) has always struck me as a tepid imitation if Paul Rudolph's work (circa 1980) in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Imagine re-cladding the brick masses and concrete piers with colorful tile, or enamel panels, and replacing the Darth Vader glass with more contemporary high-efficiency glazing. Give it a green roof, and suddenly it's contemporary again.
TarantinoK1500 said:
The so called Black Tower (formerly the home of Roxbury Community College) has always struck me as a tepid imitation if Paul Rudolph's work (circa 1980) in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. Imagine re-cladding the brick masses and concrete piers with colorful tile, or enamel panels, and replacing the Darth Vader glass with more contemporary high-efficiency glazing. Give it a green roof, and suddenly it's contemporary again.
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I'd argue the majority of the other buildings in that shot (which is jaw-dropping in bringing out what large, dense place Longwood is) need recladding way more. Vader at least looks like it was built with dollars rather than rubles; half the buildings here give off the vibe of early 60s Novosibirsk.
I'd argue the majority of the other buildings in that shot (which is jaw-dropping in bringing out what large, dense place Longwood is) need recladding way more. Vader at least looks like it was built with dollars rather than rubles; half the buildings here give off the vibe of early 60s Novosibirsk.
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^^ Touche, czsz. The residential tower in the upper left is particularly awful. Harvard Medical School's additions to the Huntington Ave corridor are equally awful in their capacity to kill the spirit and deaden the street.
I don't mind the Black Tower as is, but wouldn't mind seeing it updated it to look a bit like the work of Rudolph's acolyte, Ken Yeang.
^^ Touche, czsz. The residential tower in the upper left is particularly awful. Harvard Medical School's additions to the Huntington Ave corridor are equally awful in their capacity to kill the spirit and deaden the street.
I don't mind the Black Tower as is, but wouldn't mind seeing it updated it to look a bit like the work of Rudolph's acolyte, Ken Yeang.
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Haha, I never even thought about that with Tower. I thought it was such an oddly-designed building. I never quite understood its shape. But now that you mention recladding the brick and replacing the glass, Tower would look a lot better. Also, I've never heard of anyone refer to it as "The Black Tower" until I read that article. Ever since I started here, it's always been just "Tower".
As for that residential building in the upper left, it's been agreed among a lot of my other friends in my major that it's a damn ugly building.
Haha, I never even thought about that with Tower. I thought it was such an oddly-designed building. I never quite understood its shape. But now that you mention recladding the brick and replacing the glass, Tower would look a lot better. Also, I've never heard of anyone refer to it as "The Black Tower" until I read that article. Ever since I started here, it's always been just "Tower".
As for that residential building in the upper left, it's been agreed among a lot of my other friends in my major that it's a damn ugly building.