Advertising Poster: The Polaroid Building in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Boston: Shepley Bulfinch, 2007. First edition. Black and white poster. Poster, 18.25" x 35.5", b/w reproduction of an original Shepley Bullfinch architectural drawing. As New. Item #21981
Shepley Bulfinch is an international architecture, planning, and interior design firm with offices in Boston, Hartford, Houston, and Phoenix. Shepley Bulfinch created these images for holiday greeting cards and gifts for their clients. The B. B. Chemical Building, located at 784 Memorial Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, was designed for a subsidiary of the United Shoe Manufacturing Company on its prominent site on the Charles River. The first modern industrial structure in Cambridge, this marked the introduction of a new style in the architectural firm's design vocabulary. Henry Richardson Shepley, the firm's principal partner, led the design team with architects Henry Wijk and Herman Voss. Shepley's work shows the influence of his close friendship with Walter Gropius, and was constructed in 1938. The design adopted several elements of International style while drawing on the vocabulary of classical architecture, including the insertion of a vertical tower, which varied the facade while preserving symmetry. The building was later sold to Polaroid, which used it for a time as a corporate headquarters. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. This would make a wonderful gift for a Cantabrigian.
Price: $10.00