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Juliette Gordon Low Federal Buildings

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1980–1982, Stevens and Wilkinson. 100 W. Oglethorpe Ave. and 120 and 124 Barnard St.

This group of three Postmodern federal buildings, unified by their cladding of smooth dark-gray first-floor masonry with deeply cut channels and glazed six-inch tiles above, reveals the limits of 1980s contextualism. The two smaller edifices respect the tradition of trust-lot buildings through their scale, orientation toward the square, and use of abstracted porticos to signify their civic purpose. The main building, however, occupies an entire ten-lot tything, obliterating the lane. Its shifting wall planes—intended to recall the rhythmic pattern of row houses—fail to mask its low-budget enormity. Atlanta-based Stevens and Wilkinson’s original design was dramatically altered due to budget constraints.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Juliette Gordon Low Federal Buildings", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-2.34.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 59-59.

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