http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/14/field-trip-saarinens-mit-chapel Where people who love their homes click Sun, 20 May 2012 23:29:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/14/field-trip-saarinens-mit-chapel/comment-page-1#comment-1058 christine Wed, 23 Aug 2006 02:23:59 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/14/field-trip-saarinens-mit-chapel/#comment-1058 hi angela! so glad that it was a beautiful day and you could espy some of the architectural gems tucked away on campus. i confess that i've never been to mass, but the chapel is one of my favourite spaces at mit. the interior brilliantly mixes organic movements with a spine of restraint. plus, the spacey abstract metal sculpture pitched atop the silo always keeps me guessing on its intent. :) did you catch the le corbusier carpenter center in harvard square? hi angela! so glad that it was a beautiful day and you could espy some of the architectural gems tucked away on campus. i confess that i’ve never been to mass, but the chapel is one of my favourite spaces at mit. the interior brilliantly mixes organic movements with a spine of restraint. plus, the spacey abstract metal sculpture pitched atop the silo always keeps me guessing on its intent. :) did you catch the le corbusier carpenter center in harvard square?

]]> http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/14/field-trip-saarinens-mit-chapel/comment-page-1#comment-1057 stef Sun, 20 Aug 2006 21:28:49 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/14/field-trip-saarinens-mit-chapel/#comment-1057 thank you for posting this. it reminded me of the times I used to go to mass at the chapel (while at school in MA) - it's a beautiful building - i especially love the floating pieces. thank you for posting this. it reminded me of the times I used to go to mass at the chapel (while at school in MA) – it’s a beautiful building – i especially love the floating pieces.

]]> http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/14/field-trip-saarinens-mit-chapel/comment-page-1#comment-1056 Grady Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:55:28 +0000 http://www.shelterrific.com/2006/08/14/field-trip-saarinens-mit-chapel/#comment-1056 I've lived in MA nearly my whole life, and I've found out about so many local architectural treasures in the past few months on blogs like this. Thanks! I’ve lived in MA nearly my whole life, and I’ve found out about so many local architectural treasures in the past few months on blogs like this. Thanks!

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