'Star-chitects' Create Visual Drama On Campuses

Universities are hiring famous architects to create high-profile campus structures.

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August 7, 2001, 5:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"The aim is to attract public attention -- and students -- through sheer physical presence. Here are some projects in progress: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has enlisted the avant-garde architect Steven Holl...Drexel University, which recently opened a dormitory by Michael Graves on its Philadelphia campus, has engaged the I.M. Pei firm for its new $32 million Research Enterprise Building..." Other star architects involved in campus projects are Rem Koolhaas and Frank Gehry.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

Read the full story: Star-chitects on Campus

Sunday, August 5, 2001 in The New York Times

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