[MassHistPres] MassHistPres Digest, Vol 57, Issue 9

[The Carters]

There is a lot of Guastavino tiled ceiling vault work in the basement level 
(Congress Street doorway) of 40 Water Street, the former Shawmut Bank 
Building designed by Henry Forbes Bigelow.
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>   1. Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile (Dennis De Witt)
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> From: Dennis De Witt <djd184 at verizon.net>
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> This should be a highly knowledgable talk on a fascinating subject: The 
> structural system that spanned the seemingly unbridgeable gulf between 
> Gaudi and McKim Mead & White.
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> Dennis De Witt
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> Author Series
> Boston Public Library
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> Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile
> Princeton Architectural Press, 2010
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> John Ochsendorf
> MIT Department of Architecture
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> 6:00 PM
> Wednesday, November 10, 2011
> Boston Public Library, Copley Square
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> The Rafael Guastavino family, a father and son team of Spanish immigrants, 
> oversaw the construction of thousands of spectacular thin-tile vaults 
> across the United States between the 1880s and the 1950s, including Grand 
> Central Terminal, Carnegie Hall, the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and 
> the Registry Hall at Ellis Island. Their first major American project was 
> the Boston Public Library's McKim Building, paving the way for hundreds of 
> other significant Guastavino buildings across the country. The book 
> Guastavino Vaulting: The Art of Structural Tile is a study of their work, 
> which sheds new light on the history of American architecture and the 
> vital role of the Boston Public Library.
>
> John Ochsendorf is an engineer and educator specializing in the history 
> and technology of masonry buildings. Ochsendorf is associate professor of 
> architecture and civil and environmental engineering at MIT, and is a 
> recipient of the Rome Prize from the American Academy in Rome, and a 
> MacArthur Fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur 
> Foundation.
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