LANDSCAPE FURNITURE HOUSE
@ HAROLD
BANE MACDONALD
1988
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by
HAROLD BANE MACDONALD
Bachelor of Arts
Yale University
1980
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SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE DEGREE
MASTER OF ARCHITECTURE AT THE
MASSACHUSETTS
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
FEBRUARY, 1988
Harold Macdonald
Department of Architecture
January 15, 1988
Signature of the author
William Porter
Professor of Architecture
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MAR 0 8 1988
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE: PAGE ONE
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
ABSTRACT:
PAGE TWO
PAGE THREE
PICTURES: PAGE FOUR
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LANDSCAPE FURNITURE HOUSE
by
Harold Macdonald
Submitted to the Department of Architecture on January, 15 1988
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of
Master of Architecture
ABSTRACT
a house. over there on the cliff. it is very large. the owner must have a lot of cash. right on
top of the cliff over the reservoir. seagulls come from the rockport ocean to drink fresh water
and sit in the sun. the house does not loom large in their minds. it is irrelevant. the way
literature is irrelevant to architecture. the gulls are thinking about fish. even when they fly.
twirling gliders. make my ,day. curving perfect while i swerve ascending. i am free when i ski.
but fish are in the quarry. by the cliff. where men look under the curving roof up into the
sky.
Thesis Supervisor:
William Porter
Title: Professor of Architecture
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