Eero Saarinen
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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 […]
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 […]
Masterpieces in Milwaukee
November 7, 2015
The weather in the Midwest is like a box of chocolates… With that said, it’s November and each day that it’s not snowing must be taken full advantage of. It was forecasted to be sunny and 70 on Wednesday (which it was), so I made a trip to Milwaukee to visit a couple landmark projects […]
