REED BETWEEN THE LINES

摘要

If you're looking for insight into the internationally celebrated modern architecture at St. John's Abbey and University, Brother Alan Reed is the person to talk to. Reed has been walking the campus since the 1960s, when he was a student there. He witnessed the construction of several of the Marcel Breuer-designed buildings in the late 1960s and later participated in the planning of buildings by Hugh Newell jacobsen, RRTL Architects, and, most recently, VjAA. And with master's degrees in fine arts and arts education-he's taught the history and the craft of art and now serves as a St. John's curator-Brother Alan is attuned to the ways that art and design feed the spirit, and he uses his ability to describe the ethereality of light and reflections, for example, on the many architecture-oriented campus tours he guides each year. We caught up with Reed in August to get his insider perspective on the power of quality design.