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Culture & sport · Late modernism

Kresge Auditorium

Eero Saarinen · Cambridge, United States · 1955

Key featuresOne-eighth of a sphere: a thin concrete shell resting on three points, with glass walls between.

Architect
Eero Saarinen
Place
Cambridge, United States
Year
1955
Typology
Culture & sport
Movement
Late modernism
Region
Americas
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