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Natural Beauty
October 25, 2016
The “Modern” movement in architecture is defined by a number of things, but one of the main ingredients is a focus on technology and innovative materials. Although COR-TEN was developed by U.S. Steel Corp. in the 1930’s, it is likely that the Depression and wars prevented any large-scale use of an uncharted material. Post-War America […]
Bauhaus in Greater Cleveland
October 14, 2016
On my way to Washington DC, I made a couple early morning stops in suburban Ohio to see some surprising designs straight from the Bauhaus itself. On a quiet, rural road about 30 miles outside Cleveland, you can see the world’s largest open-air geodesic dome. It’s inventor, Buckminster Fuller, was commissioned in the mid-1950s by the American Society […]