Heroes come in all shades. Ours built in concrete.

Joined April 2010
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Heroic Project retweeted
28 Oct 2021
OverUnder has renovated a heritage-listed Victorian home in Boston, updating its interiors with a contemporary and minimalist palette. dezeen.com/2021/10/27/overun…
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sah.org/about-sah/news/sah-n… Very excited to have our book, Imagining the Modern, recognized by the Society of Architectural Historians as winner of the 2021 Exhibition Catalogue Award.

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derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/lo… More news of slow-mo car crash of Derby pressing ahead with demolition of Casson & Condor's Assembly Rooms, despite having absolutely no plan for what'll replace. To repeat: it is a sophisticated building which gives the city centre an urbane civic heart.
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Evidence from @kellyharrissmith the moment of the edge detail convo from the last post. #henrycobb
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Harry. Harry approached us a few years after Heroic came out, after we had interviewed him. He told us he was skeptical of the project, but once he read it he understood where we were coming from. He wanted us to help him with a book that he’d been working on for over 20 ye…
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Took a break from all this for a few, but back with an important announcement. This new American voted for the first time today (#early, not #late), in a #heroic setting @bplboston. So #getouthevote #vote2020 #primary
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⁠PRESERVATION ALERT: Public Meeting On Future Of Rudolph's Boston Govt Service Center on Thurs Feb 13 8:00-9:30 AM. More at bit.ly/2RX6xOh or link in bio. @docomomous @BOSPreservation @heroicproject @preservationaction @brutalboston @Architizer @Archinect @archpaper
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UPDATE - A report on “development options” for the Boston Government Service Center was just issued - see what they’re contemplating here bit.ly/3aSgmUU or thru the blog link in our bio.⁠ ⁠ #PaulRudolph @docomomous @BOSPreservation @heroicproject @SaveBGSC #Boston
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Sign the petition. Link in bio. Paul Rudolph masterplanned and designed one of the most iconic urban spaces of Boston’s government Center. DCAMM has decided to sell off the Hurley building, which includes a historic mural by famed artist Constantino Nivola. It’s unclear wha…
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This tower goes to 11. Benn messing with the new wide angle lens, and think of new ways to see #harrycobb's #monument to #minimalism in #maximalist ways. #late #architecture #mirror #blue #lines #massive #clouds #mood @usedarkroom
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Every time I walk by, it always gets better. #harrycobb #willalwaysbe #hancock #to #me. #blue #reflections.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy Federal Building, Norman Fletcher for The Architects Collaborative 1963-66“The new GSA building was setting its own context— clean, fresh, and optimistically modern with its white, precast, quartz aggregate panels.” #cities #urbanism #concrete #modern
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I. M. Pei’s first proposal (in #concrete) for the #johnhancock tower in #boston, prior to #harrycobb’s epic #reflective #glasstower. #impei #heroic #skyscraper
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Federal reserve. #hughstubbins 1977. #heroic, #metal #panel #style.
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Boston is an I. M. Pei City. Asked to reflect on I. M.’s Boston legacy for @citylab’s #perspective series. Informed by our work on #heroic, and on our collaboration with @peicobbfreed’s #harrycobb on Words and Works last year. Trying to untangle mis-attribution and the essen…
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His legacy will be felt for more than the 102 years he lived. I. M.’s influence only grew as we worked through #Heroic and Words and Works with his long-time partner @peicobbfreed Harry Cobb. I met him briefly at a book launch, beaming behind his signature glasses and flashi…
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A great, hallucinatory, review of Word & Works in the new @log_grams “Taken together, the group of terminal technical pages performs an intricate, dazzling twist, a five-page graphic design sleight of hand much easier to discover in situ than to describe…though the OverUnder…
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