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Article: Aetna; executive quarters designed by a triumvirate composed of Jack Dollard, Claude Langwith and Melvin Dwork. (designs for business)
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- Interior Design
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- January 1, 1986
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Aetna
The two-year story was a long and involved one. First, there was the hiring process that combined an architect and two designers, none of whom had collaborated previously and each with a very different orientation towards design. Then there was the design process itself--one that, once the planning was established, evolved into a quest for the finest in materials, arts, artifacts, antiques and examples of the modern clssics in furniture.
First, a background briefing. The Hartford headquarters, at 37 stories, is the tallest building in Connecticut. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, it was completed in 1983. Aetna, its anchor ...