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Photograph: Photograph: A cylindrical surround of greenstone highlights windows in the school building's vestibule. To create the cylinder's wall, the architect pinned segments of honed stone to an octagonally shaped backing of poured concrete with stainless-steel hardware.
In describing his inspiration for the design of New York State's School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York, architect Herbert Beckhard, FAIA, is specific about who has influenced his work. ``You're influenced by things you see and things you like,'' says Beckhard, who was a design partner of Marcel Breuer. ``I like Breuer, of course, and Aalto, Kahn, Corbusier. So no one should be startled at some of the things I do.''
As for his selection of materials for the Cornell building, Beck-hard explains, ``I started my career in architecture with Breuer, and we had a great deal of interest in using natural materials, especially in our residential work. Given this, I have always taken the...