SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 1963-. Metal Mesh Curtains. Photograph

Project: Furniture, Fixtures and Decorative Arts

Type of Work:

Digital Photograph

Year:

2005

State/Country:

MASSACHUSETTS

Comments:

Metal mesh curtains were installed in all of the buildings during the first phase of construction (1966-1972) at the UMass Dartmouth campus. Nearly all have been taken down including the set pictured here in the second floor lounge of the Violette Research Building. A few panels were still hanging in the Group 2 lounges as of 2007.

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Rudolph, Paul Marvin, 1918-1997, Photo By PhotoGraphics Department, SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 1963-, Furniture, Fixtures and Decorative Arts

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On why he maintained a small practice
“Architecture is a personal effort, and the fewer people coming between you and your work the better. This keeps some people from practicing architecture, like the sculptor Nivola [Constantino Nivola, 1911-1988], who says “I cannot stand anybody coming between me and my work.” This is a very real problem, and you can only stretch one man so far. The heart can fall right out of a building during the production of working drawings, and sometimes you would not even recognize your own building unless you followed it through. If an architect cares enough, and practices architecture as an art, then he must initiate design; he must create rather than make judgments.” Heyer, Paul. Architects on Architecture: New Directions in America. New York: Walker, 1966

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SMTI / UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, 1963-. Metal Mesh Curtains. Photograph

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