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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Rafael Guastavino"”.
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Rafael Guastavino and the Boston Public Library
… thesis looks at the role of Spanish architect Rafael Guastavino in the design and construction of the Boston Public Library through an examination of correspondence, construction documents and meeting minutes from the Archives of the Trustees of the Boston Public Library, the Guastavino/Collins …
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Guastavino structural calculations
The Guastavino Company designed and constructed thousands of incredible thin shell masonry domes, arches, and staircases in America from the 1880s to the 1960s. This thesis traces the design process of the Guastavino Company from the late 1890s to the mid-1900s through their original structural …
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Exploring Novel, Hard, Acoustically Absorbent, Materials
At the turn of the 20th century two contemporaries in their respective fields teamed up to develop a solution to an acoustic problem with the hard-surfaced vaulted ceilings being installed in many large spanning rooms being built at the time. In the spirit of their ingenuity, this research explores …