Notice of Plagiarized Content
To readers of Structures of Our Time: Thirty-One Buildings That Changed Modern
Life by Roger Shepherd (McGraw Hill, 2002):
Please be advised that certain contents of this book were reproduced without
permission and without attribution from other authors’ books. Specifically:
1. Shepherd, Chapter 5, section entitled “Equitable Savings and Loan, Portland,
Oregon,” is largely taken from Meredith L. Clausen, Pietro Belluschi, Modern
America Architect (MIT Press, 1994), Chapter 6, “The Equitable Building and the
Postwar Boom”
2. Shepherd, [section on the Seagram Building] is largely taken from Franz
Schultz’s introduction to The Seagram Building (Princeton Architectural Press,
1999).
3. Shepherd, [section on Taliesin West] is largely taken from Neil Levine’s
introduction to Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West (Princeton Architectural
Press, 1999).
4. Shepherd, [section on the John Hancock Center] is largely taken from Yasmin
Kahn’s introduction to The John Hancock Center (Princeton Architectural Press,
2000).
This plagiarism has been admitted by Mr. Shepherd. See The Chronicle of Higher
Education, September 20, 2004, “Arts Professor at New School U. Resigns After
Admitting Plagiarism.”
Sincerely,
Ellen Faran, Director
MIT Press
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