Hugh Stubbins

Hugh Stubbin Jr. (and Associates) was the author of Hampshire's original Master Plan and architect of many of its initial buildings.

Buildings designed by Stubbins include (in order of completion):


 * FPH
 * Library
 * Merrill &amp; Merrill Master's House (AKA Student Life Center)
 * Cole
 * Dakin &amp; Dakin Master's House
 * Dining Commons

All of these share a distinctive brick and concrete construction which was used to keep costs down. Exposed concrete tends not to age gracefully; as a result these buildings have become dated both physically and stylistically.

Stubbins' Master Plan was never fully realized (due partly to decreases in available funds) but it had a strong influence on the general layout of the campus. Orginally, each area now occupied by a mod complex was to have mixed academic/housing complex similar to FPH and the dorms. The plan also anticipated several expansions and additional buildings in the Central Core (library lawn area) which would have resulted in a denser, more urban feeling campus.

See also:

 * Hugh Stubbins' page on Wikipedia
 * Hugh Stubbins on greatbuildings.com
 * Hampshire College Architectural Plans
 * Mark Oribello's Div III (the main source for this article) [[Media:Mark_Oribello%27s_Division_III_-_Building_the_Perfect_Beast,_A_Construction_History_of_Hampshire_College.pdf|Building the Perfect Beast: A Construction History of Hampshire College]]