Hugh Stubbins
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[edit] Works
- Citicorp Center, at New York, New York, 1976 to 1978. * 3D Model * Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- Adams Residence, at Concord, Massachusetts, 1950 Archiplanet page
- Veterans Housing, at Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1954 (project) Archiplanet page
- Back Bay Center, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1954 Archiplanet page
- The Country School, at Weston, Massachusetts, 1954 Archiplanet page
- United States Legation, at Tangier, Morocca, 1955 Archiplanet page
- Better Homes and Gardens House, at Chicago, Illinois, 1955 Archiplanet page
- Dracut Junior/Senior High School, at Dracut, Massachusetts, 1955 Archiplanet page
- Piney Point Beach Club, at Marion, Massachusetts, 1955 Archiplanet page
- Animal Rescue League, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1956 Archiplanet page
- Sharpe House, at Poujac, Rhode Island, 1956 Archiplanet page
- 330 Beacon Street Apartment House, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1956 Archiplanet page
- Shaughnessy Elementary School, at Lowell, Massachusetts, 1956 Archiplanet page
- Congress Hall, at Berlin, Germany, 1957 Archiplanet page
- Woodland Elementary School, at Weston, Massachusetts, 1959 Archiplanet page
- Continental Terrace Apartment House, at Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1959 Archiplanet page
- Scientifice Engineering Institute, at Waltham, Massachusetts, 1959 Archiplanet page
- Loeb Drama Center, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1960 Archiplanet page
- Unitarian Church, at Concord, New Hampshire, 1960 Archiplanet page
- Gulf Coast Community College, at Panama City, Florida, 1960 Archiplanet page
- Charlesbank Apartment House, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1960 Archiplanet page
- Brookline Farm, at Massachusetts, 1961 (project) Archiplanet page
- Beverly School for the Deaf, at Massachusetts, 1962 Archiplanet page
- Graduate student housing, at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1962 Archiplanet page
- Various buildings, at University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1962 to 1969 Archiplanet page
- Various buildings, at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts, 1962 to 1975 Archiplanet page
- Physics Building and Dormitory, at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1965 Archiplanet page
- Falmouth Intermediate School, at Falmouth, Massachusetts, 1965 Archiplanet page
- Countway Library of Medicine, at Harvard University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1965 Archiplanet page
- Gymnasium, at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1965 Archiplanet page
- North East Primate Center, at Harvard University, Southboro, Massachusetts, 1966 Archiplanet page
- Senior Center, at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1966 Archiplanet page
- Dana Hall School, at Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1967 Archiplanet page
- Fine Arts Building, at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 1967 Archiplanet page
- Administration Center, at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1967 Archiplanet page
- Union Mutual Life Insurance Company Office Building, at Portland, Maine, 1968 Archiplanet page
- Gymnasium, at Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1968 Archiplanet page
- National Technical Institute for the Deaf, at Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, 1968 Archiplanet page
- Decorative Arts Wing, at Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, 1968 Archiplanet page
- Student Union, at Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1968 Archiplanet page
- 1033 Massachusetts Avenue Office Building, at Cambridge Massachusetts, 1969 Archiplanet page
- Veterans Stadium, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1971 Archiplanet page
- Academic complex and hockey rink, at Tabor Academy, Marion, Massachusetts, 1972 Archiplanet page
- Technical School, at Shiraz Technical Institute, Iran, 1972 Archiplanet page
- Master Plan, at Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1972 Archiplanet page
- Library, at Alfred University, Alfred, New York, 1973 Archiplanet page
- The Bank, at Manchester, New Hampshire, 1974 Archiplanet page
- Southeastern Massachusetts University, at North Dartmouth, Massachusetts, 1974 Archiplanet page
- Law School, Graduate School of Business Administration, and Master Plan, at University of Virginia, Charlottesville, 1976 Archiplanet page
- Newburg Public Library, at Newburg, New York, 1976 Archiplanet page
- Pusey Library, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1976 Archiplanet page
- Hewlett-Packard Company, at Waltham, Massachusetts, 1977 Archiplanet page
- Y.M.C.A., at Worcester, Massachusetts, 1977 Archiplanet page
- Citicorp Center, at New York, New York, 1976 to 1978. * 3D Model * Archiplanet page GreatBuildings page
- St. Peter's Church, at New York, New York, 1978 Archiplanet page
- Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, at Boston, Massachusetts, 1978 Archiplanet page
[edit] Discussion
(b. Birmingham, Alabama 1912, d. Cambridge, Massachusetts July 5, 2006)
Hugh Stubbins, Jr. was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1912. He studied at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta and at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
Like many of his contemporaries, Stubbins shows a concern for space, form and aesthetics within his buildings. Although Stubbins sees good design as essential to good architecture, he also emphasizes enlightened programming and excellence in planning, function and technology as integral ingredients. As a result he has developed a successful firm that consistently produces beautiful buildings.
Although Walter Gropius, Marcel Breuer and Alvar Aalto have each affected Stubbin's philosophy, they have had limited affect on his style. Each of Stubbin's buildings has its own style, and each offers a unique solutions to individual problems. Stubbins has not produced any radical, new overall style and no high-sounding theories, but he has produced a consistently excellent architecture.
Details
- Recipient, AIA Architecture Firm Award 1967 (Hugh Stubbins and Associates ).
References
Muriel Emmanuel. Contemporary Architects. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1980. ISBN 0-312-16635-4. NA680.C625. p782-785.
The Creator's Words
"I think of architecture not as individual buildings but as the whole fabric of our physical environment. Architecture is the man-made world in its totality. It is everything we have built around us - our cities, our suburbs, our sidewalks, highways, buildings, parks, signs, street-lighting, right down to the houses we live in, and the chairs we sit in - all our physical aids to living. It is seldom, if ever, that one can design the whole fabric. Usually only a small part of it comes within the purview of the architect, and it follows that if order and all great attributes of the art of architecture are to be achieved then an important consideration is the relation of each individual effort to the whole.
"Alvar Aalto in Finland has consistently followed the approach of building within the whole fabric of his environment. He was strongly influenced by the background and geography of his country. I think that he is the greatest living architect. His always fresh, sincere and humble approach has influenced me greatly. Aalto never strives for "newsworthy" architecture. He builds with a thorough familiarity with the problem and its situation, with a palette of homogeneous materials and logical structure. He draws on past experience with an eye to the future. ...
"In the final analysis, the environment of man is the consequence of what he believes to be important, the reflection of his own inner drive towards a greater awareness, and his concern for all human values."
— Hugh Stubbins. from Paul Heyer. Architects on Architecture: New Directions in America. p217.
[edit] References
"Hugh Stubbins, Modern Tower", by Michael J. Crosbie, ArchitectureWeek No. 298, 2006.0809, pN1.1.
Paul Heyer. Architects on Architecture: New Directions in America. New York: Walker and Company, 1966. LC 66-22504. ISBN 0442017510. discussion p300-301. — Revised edition available at Amazon.com
Hugh Stubbins. Architecture: The Design Experience. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1976. ISBN 0471834823. — Available at Amazon.com
Dianne M Ludman. Hugh Stubbins and his associates: The first fifty years. Stubbins Associates, 1986. ISBN 0961741619. — Available at Amazon.com
