Meet the Architecture and Design Festival which will be hosting guided tours through the hidden gems of the underexposed architectural hub, Columbus, IN. From post offices to public libraries, the city is embedded with landmark marvels by some of the greatest known architects of our time. Located just 40 miles south of Indianapolis, the city is home to about 46,000 and is one of the most architecturally significant cities in America with masterwork buildings and landscapes by the likes of Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen, Kevin Roche, I.M. Pei, Harry Weese, and Deborah Berke.
Columbus: The Latest Architecture and News
InterOculus / PAU - Practice for Architecture and Urbanism
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Architects: PAU - Practice for Architecture and Urbanism
- Area: 2000 ft²
- Year: 2023
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Professionals: RBHU, Elizabeth Woolf, Katahdin Engineering, Taylor Brothers Construction CO.
Middle West Spirits / Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design
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Architects: Jonathan Barnes Architecture and Design
- Area: 10000 ft²
- Year: 2016
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Manufacturers: Kalwall®
150 North Third Street Residential Complex / JBAD
United States Land Port of Entry / Richter Architects
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Architects: Richter Architects
- Area: 88500 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Alucobond, Assa Abloy, Sherwin-Williams, Aeroflex, Amerimix, +24
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Professionals: Walter P. Moore & Associates, JQ, MRWM, Project Cost Resources Inc., IMEG corp
Ohio Center Parking Garage / Schooley Caldwell
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Architects: Schooley Caldwell
- Area: 184350 ft²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Kaynemaile
Soft Civic Installation / Bryony Roberts Studio
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Architects: Bryony Roberts Studio
- Year: 2019
Into the Hedge Temporary Landmark / SO-IL
BO Bartlett Center / Olson Kundig
Shepard Library / Moody Nolan
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Architects: Moody Nolan
- Area: 10000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: DuPont, Millennium Forms, NexGen, Oberfields, Tandus Centiva
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Professionals: Turner Construction, Edge Group, Korda Engineering, Moody Engineering
Northside Library / NBBJ
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Architects: NBBJ
- Area: 25000 ft²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: Alucobond, Belden, Viracon
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Professionals: Prater Engineering Associates, Turner Construction, Korda Engineering, NBBJ
The Exchange / Oyler Wu Collaborative
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Architects: Oyler Wu Collaborative
- Year: 2017
Columbus Museum of Art Expansion and Renovation / DesignGroup
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Architects: DesignGroup
- Year: 2015
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Professionals: SMBH, EMH&T, Corna Kokosing Construction, DesignGroup, Heapy Engineering, +4
East Regional Chilled Water Plant / Leers Weinzapfel Associates
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Architects: Leers Weinzapfel Associates
- Area: 23163 ft²
- Year: 2014
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Professionals: Shook Construction, Francis Krahe & Associates, Inc., Korda, Reed Hilderbrand, +1
Allied Works Releases Design for Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus
Allied Works Architecture has released designs for the Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum in Columbus. Set to complete by 2016, the billowing museum will be constructed on the banks of the Scioto River, directly across from downtown, as part of Scioto Peninsula’s 56-acre redevelopment masterplan. It will host a variety of galleries, education and interpretive spaces that will house exhibitions and artifacts that serve as a testimonial to the 250 years of military service of Ohio Veterans.
“The Ohio Veterans Memorial and Museum is conceived as an architecture of two acts. The first is an act of landscape, where the surrounding parkland is cut, carved and lifted into the sky, creating a processional path to the sanctuary, a place of ceremony, celebration and reflection - a civic room for the city of Columbus,” explains Allied Works. Continue reading to learn more.
Columbus Metropolitan Library / NBBJ
AD Classics: Wexner Center for the Arts / Peter Eisenman
Before it was even completed, New York Times critic Paul Goldberger dubbed the Wexner Center for the Arts “The Museum That Theory Built.” [1] Given its architect, this epithet came as no surprise; Peter Eisenman, the museum’s designer, had spent the better part of his career distilling architectural form down to a theoretical science. It was with tremendous anticipation that this building, the first major public work of Eisenman’s career, opened in 1989. For some, it heralded a validation of deconstructivism and theory, while its problems provided ammunition for others who saw theory and practice as complimentary but ultimately divergent pursuits. The building’s popular reception has been equally mixed, but its influence and intrigue in the academic community is as pronounced and unmistakeable as the design itself.
AD Classics: North Christian Church / Eero Saarinen
Just off the highway that leads to the town of Columbus, Indiana, the most slender of spires shoots upward from the tree line. With only a small gold cross at the top suggesting its purpose, the spire seems to belong to another world, an expressive gesture reaching into the sky that extends far beyond its visible tip. As visitors approach, the base of the spire fans out and merges with the ground, subsuming it and metaphysically bridging the distance between the heavens and the Earth. This is the famous North Christian Church, Eero Saarinen’s stunning discourse on God, nature and architecture.