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One of four buildings executed for the university by Philip Johnson
(a highly influential architect of the 20th century), Bobst
Library was part of the unrealized NYU Campus Master
Plan by Johnson and Foster. Although its red sandstone facade reveals the
architects' attempt to
work within the context of Washington Square, the large-scale building
towers over the surrounding buildings. Its lack of applied ornament
and formal expression of the steel frame are features of modern
architecture. At the same time, its fluted masonry cladding, enormous
Palladian atrium and elaborate first floor pattern are historicist
references that characterize postmodern buildings.
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