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described it as a "kind of inaccurate imitation of a
Bavarian castle" that is nonetheless a "relaxed and personal" design that, rather than following Sullivan's maxim that "
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movement. He became notable first for a series of schools and churches before being selected architect for larger institutional projects for the
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towards the end of the twentieth century. In 1981 a group of three architects,
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College Hill: A Demonstration Study of Historic Area Renewal
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William D. Warner; William D. Warner Architects and Planners
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Robert Campbell, "Pierce School is an education" in the
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The John Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts of
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