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Creation Date
1970
Description
Caspary dome and the Philosopher's Garden, ca. 1960s
Photo by Joseph Barnell
Allées of London planes, walks, gravel, greens and adjacent spaces that include two distinctive gardens, a hanging stairway, a large open plaza, and an enchanting crabtree-lined building entrance were shaped by landscape architect Dan Kiley between 1956 and 1958 with funds provided by David Rockefeller, grandson of the institution's founder.
Around the same time, modernist architect Wallace Harrison, designed the long, low buildings along much of the allées' length. Around the lower allées' eastern edge, the Philosopher's Garden, Caspary Auditorium, and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Hall's north end, these buildings work most stunningly with the landscape to demonstrate the modernist ideal of interior and exterior space integrated.
Keywords
Caspary Auditorium, campus