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Wildwood School

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1980, Gibson and Reno. 27651 Colorado 82 (on the way to Independence Pass Rd.)

This fantasy preschool is a largely buried building with cavelike arched entries and windows, including one huge fisheye. The cavernous, organic interior is scaled to children, who play on top of the school as well as in it.

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Author: 
Thomas J. Noel
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Thomas J. Noel, "Wildwood School", [Aspen, Colorado], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/CO-01-PT32.

Print Source

Buildings of Colorado, Thomas J. Noel. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, 498-498.

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