Boston Architecture

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20th Century Architecture

Government Buildings


Post Office, Boston
Post Office, Boston

City Hall, Boston
City Hall, Boston

City Hall, Boston
City Hall, Boston
  1. Post Office, Boston, 1929-31. Cram & Ferguson, J. Wetmore, architects. Cram & Freguson, J. Wetmore, architects.
  2. Post Office, Boston, 1929-31. Cram & Ferguson, J. Wetmore, architects. Cram & Freguson, J. Wetmore, architects.
  3. City Hall, Boston, 1962-68. Kallmann, McKinnell & Knowles, associated with Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty & Lemessurier Associates, architects.
  4. City Hall, Boston, 1962-68. Kallmann, McKinnell & Knowles, associated with Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty & Lemessurier Associates, architects.
  5. City Hall, Boston, 1962-68. Kallmann, McKinnell & Knowles, associated with Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty & Lemessurier Associates, architects.
  6. City Hall, Boston, 1962-68. Kallmann, McKinnell & Knowles, associated with Campbell, Aldrich & Nulty & Lemessurier Associates, architects.

Libraries


Boston Public Library
Extension

JF Kennedy Library, Boston
JF Kennedy Library, Boston
JF Kennedy Library, Boston

JF Kennedy Library, Boston
JF Kennedy Library, Boston
JF Kennedy Library, Boston

JF Kennedy Library, Boston
JF Kennedy Library, Boston
JF Kennedy Library, Boston

JF Kennedy Library, Boston
JF Kennedy Library, Boston

20th c. Libraries
  1. Boston Public Library Extension, 1972. Philip Johnson, architect.
  2. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  3. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  4. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  5. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  6. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  7. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  8. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  9. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  10. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  11. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.
  12. John F. Kennedy Library, Boston, 1979. I.M. Pei, architect.

Religious Buildings


1st Lutheran
Church, Boston

First Church,
Boston
First Church,
Boston
First Church,
Boston
  1. First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA, 1957. Pietro Belluschi, Architect.
  2. First Church, Boston. 1868 William Ware and Henry Van Brunt, architects. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.
  3. First Church, Boston. 1868 William Ware and Henry Van Brunt, architects. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.
  4. First Church, Boston. 1868 William Ware and Henry Van Brunt, architects. Restored by Paul Rudolph, 1971.

Skyscrapers


Custom House,
Boston
Custom House,
Boston

Prudential Center,
Boston

Hancock Tower,
Chicago
Hancock Tower,
Chicago

Hancock Tower,
Boston
Hancock Tower,
Boston
Hancock Tower,
Boston

Federal Reserve Bank,
Boston
Federal Reserve Bank,
Boston

International Place,
Boston
International Place,
Boston
  1. Custom House Tower, Boston, 1913-15. Peabody & Stearns, architects. From an old postcard.
  2. Custom House Tower, Boston, 1913-15. Peabody & Stearns, architects.
  3. Prudential Center, Boston, 1959-65. Charles Luckman & Assoc., architect.
  4. John Hancock Center, Boston. 1973 I.M. Pei and Henry Cobb, architects.
  5. John Hancock Center, Boston. 1973 I.M. Pei and Henry Cobb, architects.
  6. John Hancock Center, Boston. 1973 I.M. Pei and Henry Cobb, architects.
  7. Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, 1976. Hugh Stubbins, architect.
  8. Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, 1976. Hugh Stubbins, architect.
  9. International Place, Boston, 1985. Philip Johnson, architect.
  10. International Place, Boston, 1985. Philip Johnson, architect.

17th c. Boston
18th c. Boston
19th c. Boston
20th c. Boston

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