Fred Bassetti's legacy: Modernism that feels good to the human hand
The legendary Northwest architect died this week at age 96. But his brand of warmed up modernism lives on.
David Brewster
David Brewster founded Crosscut. He is now the director of Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum.
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