Tag: school
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Paul F Barbieri Jr. Middle School
Framingham, MA 1973 by Drummey, Rosane, and Anderson In the early 1970s, Framingham was faced with a serious problem. Since World War II, the town had almost tripled in population and town facilities were struggling to keep up. To accommodate their growing population, the town authorized the construction of three new school buildings – Barbieri,…
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The Rivers Country Day School
Weston, MA, 1960-1965 by Huygens and Chapman While vacationing through Europe in 1956, the headmaster of the Rivers School George Blackwell and his wife Ethel had a chance encounter with a young Remmert Huygens on his way to work in Marcel Breuer’s office in New York City. George had recently overseen the purchase of a…
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Henry Whittemore Library
Framingham, MA 1963-1969 by Desmond and Lord In the 1960s, Framingham State saw unprecedented growth for what had begun as the first of the commonwealth’s public schools for teachers in 1839. The beginning of the decade saw the introduction of liberal arts degrees and masters programs as the school was renamed from Framingham State Teachers…
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Joseph P. Keefe Regional Technical School
Framingham, MA, 1973, Ellerbe Associates The Joseph P. Keefe Technical School was designed for the South Middlesex Regional Vocational School district for students from of Framingham, Natick, Holliston, Hopkinton, and Ashland looking for an alternative to the traditional high school experience. The vocational model allows students to receive hands on training in specialized shops such…
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Marian Central High School
Framingham, MA, 1954-56, Whelan & Westman Marian High School’s monolithic facade towers over the small yard created by the building’s setbacks. The front features a series of vertically banded windows punched into the buff brick structure that forms a U shape around a rear courtyard. In order to get light into the garden level classrooms,…
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Westborough High School
Westborough, MA, 1968, by the Architects Collaborative (TAC) Westborough High School was originally designed by The Architects Collaborative under founding partner John “Chip” Harkness who had overseen many of the firm’s local high school projects including the famous Wayland High School. The planning committee’s report on the new high school praised Harkness for his focus…
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Memorial Elementary School
Natick, MA, 1969, Flansburg Architects Students and visitors enter this South Natick elementary school through a scenic path between a promenade of aged trees and a historic stone wall. This decision to set the building at the rear of its plot is actually one of many choices the architects made in order to create a…