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New Formalism
March 3, 2016
Since its inception, “Modern” architecture has held a reputation for cold and sterile designs among its critics. Regardless of the validity of this argument, a number of great architects sought to soften the perception of the era’s most in vogue style; one of those great architects was Minoru Yamasaki. Around the time he started his own […]
Columbus, Indiana: Athens of the Prairie
December 19, 2015
As soon as I got on the highway to leave Columbus to conclude my very fist visit, I thought to myself, “it’s like an urban oasis in a desert of cornfields.” Apparently I’m not the first to come up with such a conclusion about the small town with big architecture. In the 1960s, Lady Bird […]
McGregor Memorial
December 12, 2015
I would categorize my fascination with Minoru Yamasaki somewhere between a healthy appreciation and obsession. Anyhow, I took the opportunity to explore a number of his works at Wayne State University, going inside some for the first time. Anyone who has been in or around his architecture probably understands what I mean, but it is […]
