CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL (6) CUMMINS PLANT (A) Designed by RALPH JOHNSON of Perkins+Will, THE AVENUE OF THE A BONUS STOP for Weese fans, this is one of whose innovative designs have received 8(!) designs in Columbus by famed Chicago multiple national and international awards. architect HARRY WEESE. The 1996 addition on Perkins+Will was the 1999 AIA “Firm of the ARCHITECTS the far east side is by KEVIN ROCHE. Year.” (2007) AN AMERICAN STREET WITH AN ST. PETER’S LUTHERAN CHURCH (7) SIGNATURE ACADEMY, LINCOLN (5) UNPARALLELED COLLECTION OF Designed by GUNNAR BIRKERTS, the copper- ARCHITECTURE, PUBLIC ART, AND Designed by GUNNAR BIRKERTS, known as a LANDSCAPE DESIGN clad spire was influenced by the spires of his master of natural light. The recessed design native land, Latvia. The small sphere below of the inverted triangular windows allows the cross contains a time capsule, and the light to filter into two classrooms and are ( A ) 1 BLOCK NORTH large ball houses the bell from the old church. favorite reading spots for students. (1967) Birkerts enjoyed the duality of opposites - the rounded brick on the north contrasts the flat, ( 6 ) IRWIN HISTORIC HOME (4) linear south side. Birkerts felt that irregular Built in 1864 for Joseph Irwin and remodeled geometry mimics nature’s imperfections and in 1910 by Henry Phillips, who was inspired inspires lasting, humane architecture. (1988) by the gardens of Italy. J. Irwin Miller spent 5TH his formative years in this home. The home is ( 5 ) ( 7 ) PRALL HOUSE (8) now a bed and breakfast. This Queen Anne style house was designed PEARL by prolific Columbus architect Charles F. Spar- LARGE ARCH (3) rell (see 10) for Dr. J. Will Prall. The privately- This sculpture by HENRY MOORE was commis- owned home features a tower, stained glass, a sioned and donated to the city by Mr. and Mrs. wraparound porch with rod and ball decora- J. Irwin Miller. It was sandcast in bronze in tion, and a gable roof with brackets under the sections in West Germany and is 20 x 12 feet. eaves. (1891) The Arch is the largest of its kind in America — a smaller version is at the Museum of Modern FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH (9) Art in New York City. (1971) First Christian Church, designed by ELIEL SAA- RINEN (father of Eero), broke new ground by CLEO ROGERS LIBRARY (2) applying modernist principles to an American I.M. PEI, at the time a relatively unknown ( 4 ) ( 8 ) church. It was the first Columbus building by a architect, designed the library and since prominent architect. In 1941, Time magazine then has gone on to international fame. Pei LAFAYETTE described it as “the costliest modern church believed the city needed a public plaza, so he in the world, planned by Europe’s most fa- ( 3 ) proposed closing Lafayette Street to create mous modern architect and his son.” In 1942, one. Jim Paris, a local architect, designed the ( 2 ) ( 9 ) Newsweek said, “In style, the new Tabernacle 1987 expansion on the back half of the build- is utterly unlike . almost any other city in the ing, with Pei’s approval. (1969) world.” (1942, National Historic Landmark) START HERE VISITORS CENTER (1) ( 1 ) HISTORIC CITY HALL (10) The original home, built in 1864 for John FRANKLIN Designed by Columbus architect Charles Storey, is Italianate in style with long, rectan- Sparrell (see 8) as the original City Hall, the gular windows, bracketed eaves, and window ( 10 ) building was renovated as an inn, and cur- hoods. The building served as a fraternal E rently houses legal offices and apartments. lodge, a furniture store, and a Boy’s Club N F S (1895, National Register of Historic Places) before becoming the Visitors Center in 1973, under the direction of Xenia Miller. The W DOWNTOWN PARKING GARAGE (11) expansion, by KEVIN ROCHE, was completed Designed by KOETTER KIM AND ASSOCIATES, in 1995, and included the Yellow Neon Chan- it fits well in a city where progressive design delier and Persians, created by glass artist WASHINGTON is celebrated, so a parking garage should also DALE CHIHULY. be a grand structure by a team of prominent ( 16b ) ( 16 ) architects. Check out the great views of the city from the top of the garage! (2008) IRWIN CONFERENCE CENTER (16) The former Irwin Union Bank building, now COLUMBUS POST OFFICE (12) owned by Cummins Inc., was designed by ( 11 ) Designed by KEVIN ROCHE of Roche Dinkeloo EERO SAARINEN. It set new trends in bank and Associates, the post office contains design by breaking away from the traditional JACKSON salt-glazed tile, mirrored glass, and COR-Ten bank as a granite fortress with tellers behind steel, and was the first post office in the U.S. cages, and instead welcomed customers. The ( 15b ) ( 15 ) ( 12 ) designed with privately-funded architect fees. low, glass-walled building was set in a grove A small structure, Roche presents it in a large of trees in collaboration with legendary land- scale, to balance the larger buildings sur- scape architect DAN KILEY, who was asked rounding it, to give it the presence of a federal to create an “office in a garden.” The arcade building. The dramatic arcade connects it to and addition (16b) were designed in 1973 by ( 13 ) the buildings to its north and south. (1970) KEVIN ROCHE, of Roche Dinkeloo and Associ- BROWN ates, who worked for Saarinen’s firm during EOS SCULPTURE (13) design and construction of the original bank. ( 14 ) DESSA KIRK curated a sculpture loan program (1954, National Historic Landmark) in 2007 and also created a sculpture of her own, Eos (named after the Greek goddess of CUMMINS, INC. CORP. OFFICE BLDG. (15) dawn) right here in Columbus. Originally on The world headquarters for the Fortune 500 loan, grassroots fundraising ensured Eos will company was designed by KEVIN ROCHE of WORK BY : KEVIN ROCHE, 5 * forever remain a community favorite. (2007) Roche Dinkeloo and Associates. The building I.M. PEI GUNNAR BIRKERTS, 2 * * MILL RACE PARK (14) is cast concrete and glass and has three levels RALPH JOHNSON * HARRY WEESE covering a three-block area. Visitors may The jewel of the Columbus Parks System and * ELIEL SAARINEN * KOETTER KIM the anchor to the People Trails, Mill Race Park enter the public lobby to view the Exploded / Engine sculpture, created by designer * EERO SAARINEN MICHAEL VAN is located in a flood plain, so celebrated land- RUDOLPH DE HARAK, and also view an exhibit VALKENBURGH * DAN KILEY, 2 * JACK scape architect MICHAEL VAN VALKENBURGH of Cummins race cars. The grounds also CURTIS / DALE CHIHULY * HENRY selected vegetation that would withstand feature landscaping by JACK CURTIS, who MOORE DESSA KIRK STANLEY flooding. The playful structures in the park, * * by architect STANLEY SAITOWITZ, were also created a beautiful public park with the reno- SAITOWITZ * RUDOLPH DE HARAK vated Cerealine Building as a focal point - designed to withstand flooding. The project see 15b. (1983) was one of Van Valkenburgh’s early commis- sions, winning an award for outstanding new Work on those 10,000 steps! U.S. Park from Architectural Record and an PROVIDED BY : The complete loop is American Society of Landscape Architects COLUMBUS AREA VISITORS CENTER approximately 2,200 steps Design Merit Award. (1992) WWW.COLUMBUS.IN.US and 1.4 Miles..