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Aspen High School, Middle School, and Elementary School Complex

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1965, 1972, 1991, Samuel J. Caudill. 446 Maroon Creek Rd.

Instead of sharp edges and rectangles, veteran Aspen architect Samuel Caudill used curves and circles borrowed from Native American structures, beneath domes that echo the surrounding mountains, for this complex of school buildings.

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Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "Aspen High School, Middle School, and Elementary School Complex", [Aspen, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-PT28.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 497-497.

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