Architects, preservation organizations, and faculty members at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) have spoken out against intentions to significantly remodel Wallace K. Harrison’s Historical Studies – Social Science Library. The modernist library, which was dedicated in 1965, was designed at the request of IAS director J. Robert Oppenheimer. Prior to this commission, Harrison was known for his work on Rockefeller Center, Lincoln Center, and the United Nations Building.
The library has suffered from an increasingly worrisome series of leaks over the years, largely due to the fact that its roof drains through pipes in its steel support beams to the center of the
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