Vintage Architectural Record Magazine September 1966 Metropolitan Opera House MCM
Up for sale is an authentic, original vintage copy of the September 1966 issue of Architectural Record. This highly sought-after installment is a historic milestone document, capturing the debut of one of America's greatest mid-century performing arts monuments alongside pioneering design theory.
Key Features & Feature Articles Inside:
- The New Metropolitan Opera House: An extensive landmark feature detailing the newly opened home of the Met Opera at Lincoln Center in New York City, designed by Wallace K. Harrison. Includes detailed looks at its acoustics, iconic repeating structural arches, auditorium spaces, and backstage mechanics.
- Christopher Alexander - Relational Complexes in Architecture: Early, highly collectible foundational theory work from the influential architect and design theorist (author of A Pattern Language).
- Charles Center Office Building: Profiles a sleek, new modernist high-rise anchoring Baltimore's historic mid-century downtown urban renewal project.
- Building Types Study: Focuses on College Buildings, showcasing striking waffle-slab concrete ceilings, campus master plans, and 1960s university student hubs (as gorgeously captured on the front cover photo).
- Chock-full of vibrant full-page mid-century print ads highlighting retro construction materials, corporate executive finishes, and classic commercial lighting innovations of the era.
- Publication Name: Architectural Record
- Issue: Vol. 140, No. 3 (September 1966)
- Subject: Architecture, Mid-Century Modern, Performing Arts, Design Theory
- Language: English
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Topic: The New Metropolitan Opera House (Wallace K. Harrison), Christopher Alexander Relational Complexes, College Buildings, Charles Center
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