John Silber, my father, never caved

He saw freedom of speech as vital to our understanding

I WISH JOHN SILBER, my father, could see the new Center for Computer and Data Sciences on the Boston University campus. Some call it the Jenga building; to me it looks like a stack of toppling books. In his Architecture of the Absurd, a perfect gem on the subject of modern architecture, Silber clearly loves(...)

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