Изучая архивы Кренбрукского образовательного комплекса, основанного в 1920-1930-х гг., читали и о средних школах, входящих в его состав: Кренбрукской школе для мальчиков, здания которой стали первым реализованным архитектурным проектом Элиэля Сааринена в США, и Кингсвудской школе для девочек, тоже спроектированной Саариненом. По задумке основателей, газетного магната Джорджа Бута и его жены Эллен Бут, адептов движения «Искусства и ремесла», этот кластер в мичиганском городке Блумфилд-Хиллз должен был стать своего рода колонией художников, предлагавшей талантливым абитуриентам все ступени образования: от начальной школы до академии.
По словам Пола Гольдбергера, архитектурного обозревателя «The New York Times», «Кренбрукский городок является одним из самых великолепных кампусов, построенных за всю историю» - поглядите на эту красоту (еще больше красоты в комментариях к посту).
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Exploring the archives of the Cranbrook Educational Community lately, we came across several articles on the secondary schools that were founded on its premises, Cranbrook School for Boys, which happened to be Eliel Saarinen’s first built project in the US, and Kingswood School for Girls, also designed by Saarinen. Cranbrooks’ founders, newspaper tycoon George Booth and his wife Ellen Booth, had a strong affinity to the Arts and Crafts movement and envisioned their community, which was established in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1920-1930s, to be a sort of an artist colony that would offer talented students all levels of training, from an elementary school to the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
According to Paul Goldberger, an architecture critic with The New York Times, the Cranbrook campus is “one of the greatest campuses ever created anywhere" – just look at the pictures here and in the comments down below.
По словам Пола Гольдбергера, архитектурного обозревателя «The New York Times», «Кренбрукский городок является одним из самых великолепных кампусов, построенных за всю историю» - поглядите на эту красоту (еще больше красоты в комментариях к посту).
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Exploring the archives of the Cranbrook Educational Community lately, we came across several articles on the secondary schools that were founded on its premises, Cranbrook School for Boys, which happened to be Eliel Saarinen’s first built project in the US, and Kingswood School for Girls, also designed by Saarinen. Cranbrooks’ founders, newspaper tycoon George Booth and his wife Ellen Booth, had a strong affinity to the Arts and Crafts movement and envisioned their community, which was established in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, in the 1920-1930s, to be a sort of an artist colony that would offer talented students all levels of training, from an elementary school to the Cranbrook Academy of Art.
According to Paul Goldberger, an architecture critic with The New York Times, the Cranbrook campus is “one of the greatest campuses ever created anywhere" – just look at the pictures here and in the comments down below.