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Simmons Hall
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  North America |
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TYPOLOGY |
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ARCHITECTURE | Residential buildings
Student housing
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ARCHITECTURE | Education buildings
Auditorium
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AWARDS |
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2003 |
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National AIA Design Award, USA |
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Best of Boston New Building Award, USA |
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Association of General Contractors Build Massachusetts Award, USA |
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BIBILIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES |
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Blair Gardiner, "17 errori griffati/8. Groviera certosina", Il giornale dell'architettura 65, settembre 2008, "Inchiesta/Quando le archistar sbagliano" p. 6 (5-6, 8-9) |
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"MIT, la nuova generazione/MIT's new generation", Domus 858, aprile/april 2003, "Servizi/Features" pp. 40-61 Carlo Ratti, "Architettura nuova per l'università/Redefining the university", Domus 858, aprile/april 2003, "Servizi/Features" pp. 42-46 (40-61)
Yehuda Safran, "The Simmons Hall", Domus 858, aprile/april 2003, "Servizi/Features" pp. 50-60 (40-61) |
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"Steven Holl. Residenza universitaria Simmons Hall, Mit. Cambridge, Massachusetts 2002", Casabella 706-707, dicembre 2002-gennaio 2003/december 2002-january 2003 [Materiali: "coerenza e necessità"], "Cemento" pp. 106-115, 177-178 Nicholas Adams, "Un puzzle di cemento/Steven Holl's Homage to the Square: Simmons Hall, Mit", Casabella 706-707, dicembre 2002-gennaio 2003/december 2002-january 2003 [Materiali: "coerenza e necessità"], "Cemento" pp. 106-109, 177-178 (106-115, 177-178) |
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MIT Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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DIMENSIONAL DATA |
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Guy Nordensen and Associates |
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Gabriela Barman-Kraemer, Peter Burns, Annette Goderbauer, Mimi Hoang, Mohammed Ziad Jamaleddine, Matt Johnson, Makram El-Kadi, Erik Fenstad Langdalen, Anderson Lee, Rong-hui Lin, Stephen O'Dell, Christian Wassmann |
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Perry Dean Rogers & Partners Mike Waters
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Guy Nordensen and Associates, Christopher Diamond Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc., John Thompson |
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Ove Arup & Partners, New York/Cambridge |
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