![]() Beyond the thick walls are a hidden courtyard and several subterranean floors a 2008 Yale student reported that the building is “elegant, modern and sleek inside with a Japanese water garden and a good deal of fine art.” 1Īlthough Wu disliked ornament, he wanted to add a design element to the wall facing Elm Street.Īs the Yale Alumni Magazine reported in 2011, Wu “felt the wall was too austere, so he turned to his good friend and Yale colleague Josef Albers for ideas. Albers-the former Bauhaus teacher best known for his series of Homage to the Square paintings-thought a circle would be a fitting symbol of the bond uniting members of the society.” Manuscript’s members also attach importance to the Enlightenment and the sun, which made a rounded shape even more appropriate.Īlbers “proposed chipping out some of the mortar between the bricks, allowing the shadows to subtly define the figure. King-lui Wu’s Rouse House (1952), North Haven, CTĪlthough Manuscript’s clubhouse is unremarkable from the street, it’s not as modest as it appears. King-lui Wu (right) at the Yale School of Architecture Wu was already known for his simple, unadorned structures his clients knew that he would produce quiet modernist sanctuaries, not showy monuments. When Manuscript’s leaders were planning the group’s Elm Street headquarters in the late 1950s, they turned to Yale School of Architecture professor King-lui Wu. ![]() Manuscript has been traditionally known as the most arts-oriented of Yale’s major secret societies. ![]()
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