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U-S H A P E D P L A N E S

A Niche in a Wall

U-shaped enclosures of space can range in scale from a
niche in the wall of a room, to a hotel or dormitory room,
and on to an arcaded outdoor space that organizes an
entire complex of buildings.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1817–26, Thomas Jefferson with
Thornton and Latrobe

Hotel for Students at Otaniemi,
Finland, 1962–66, Alvar Aalto
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