Word: function
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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This building is meant to stand up and be counted." By paying strict attention to such functional problems as ventilation (the building "breathes" through the overlapping roof slabs), sun protection (provided by massive, hanging concrete sunbreakers), and mechanical equipment space (placed in concrete coffers atop the columns), he feels he has achieved a vigorous, new look that expresses both structure and function...
...brutalists." For his part, Rudolph warns that the enthusiasm for new structures may obscure what he considers the real essence of architecture, "this serious and beautiful game of space." Says Rudolph: "This game has nothing to do with the allotment of so many square feet for this or that function, but with the creation of living, breathing, dynamic spaces of infinite variety, capable of helping man forget something of his troubles...
...jailer's daughter, is a salty bit of mutton, a lively dollop of trollop, when she is not made to work at it too hard. Other scoundrels are beautifully done, notably an ineffable poisoner who comes at first glance amazingly close to success in his function of representing Unashamed Ultimate Evil...
...Harvard Dramatic Club will probably retain its function as coordinator of College workshop and training programs when the new Loeb Drama Center opens, Joel F. Henning '61, club president, declared yesterday...
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 19--The proposed third major league, the Continental, does not plan to operate in 1960. When it does function it will pay reasonable compensation for territorial rights, President Branch Rickey of the proposed loop assured minor league chief George M. Trautman today following a remonstrative telegram from the latter...