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Modernism in Boston - Part 14: Hancock Tower - David Fixler
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David Fixler discusses the John Hancock Tower built in the 1940s, designed by Harry Cobb. His solution to build a high rise next to historic buildings in Boston was traumatizing to build, but successful in its outcome.
David Fixler David Fixler (FAIA, LEED BD&C AP) is a historic preservation expert at EYP, president of DOCOMOMO U.S./New England and co-chair of the Association for Preservation Technology International (APTI) Committee on Modern Heritage. An internationally recognized expert on the Modern Movement and Midcentury modern buildings, his projects include the renovation of Alvar Aalto's Baker House at MIT and Louis Kahn's Richards Laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania and he is coeditor of the recently released Aalto and America (2012). David has been published in numerous magazines include Architecture, Architectural Record, Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians, APT Bulletin, Metropolis, Cultural Resources Management, Traditional Buildings, Spazio (Italy) and PTAH (Finland). He has lectured and taught at Harvard and Columbia Universities, the Universities of Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland and Iowa, MIT, RISD, Wellesley College, Wentworth Institute, and the Boston Architectural Center.
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The John Hancock Tower - Keith Morgan
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Keith Morgan, Professor of the History of Architecture, discusses how I.M. Pei was important for Boston, shown through his John Hancock Tower.
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