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Henry Ford Museum / Eames
Eames display at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, MichiganIt was great to finally get to see the John Wills fiberglass shell in person. It's the sole surviving example of the first two Eames...
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Tackett / Thursday
La Gardo Tackett for Architectural Pottery, spotted on the porch of the Arthur Beckwith House (1960) by Meathe, Kessler & Assoc. in Farmington, MI
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Loch Crane / Caltrans
Industrial Developers/Loch Crane Office Building (1965) by Loch Crane in the Sorrento Valley area of San DiegoI've lived in San Diego my entire life and pass by the Sorrento Valley exit at least three...
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Marcel Breuer / Saint Francis de Sales
Saint Francis de Sales Church (1966) by Marcel Breuer and his associate, Herbert Beckhard, in Muskegon, MichiganI was informed that the locals refer to it as Our Lady of Concrete It's bigThe hyperbolic...
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Weekend / Stuff
Smalls. It's still fun to find bubbles. Mryton Purkiss bowl Perfect for guacamole. Chips included.
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The Miller House / Girard / Saarinen
Commissioned by industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller in 1953, the Miller house was designed by Eero Saarinen and Kevin Roche, with interiors by Alexander Girard and landscape...
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Weekend / Stuff
Stack of Jean Balmer compotesI stayed local, so more local ceramics--Jean Balmer and David StewartA mobile. No CA : (
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First Christian / Eliel Saarinen
First Christian Church (1942) by Eliel SaarinenThis was the first "modern" building in Columbus. It was Irwin Miller who suggested to his aunt (the wife of the church's Pastor) that the church be...
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North Christian / Eero Saarinen
North Christian Church (1964) by Eero Saarinen"On this site, with this kind of central plan, I think I would like to make the church really all one form: all the tower. There would be the gradual...
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First Baptist Church / Harry Weese
First Baptist Church (1965) by Harry WeeseAnother great modern church in Columbus, Indiana. Weese was a friend of Irwin Miller and designed over a dozen buildings in Columbus.The backSource: Graham...
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Architecture / Columbus
Fire Station No. 4 (1966) by Robert VenturiThe design fees for the building were paid for by the Cummins Foundation Architectural Program. The program became a formal part of the Cummins Foundation in...
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Newport / Ladd
Stuft Shirt / A'Maree's (1961) by Thornton Ladd and John Kelsey in Newport Beach, CAFormer tenants include Windows on the Bay, Stuft Shirt and Cano's restaurants. It then sat vacant for 13 years before...
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