R.I.P. Astrodome: Houston to Demolish Eighth Wonder of the World

Posted by on November 6, 2013 · Leave a Comment 

At the same time Houston, Texas was constructing one of their greatest buildings, , just a month before the assisination of President Kennedy, when plans for Penn Plaza and Madison Square Garden were announced as a major cost saving for the Pennsylvania Railroad, an organization that it 1962 was reaching for solutions to a greater problem--the demunition of the century old railroad system in America.

R.I.P. Astrodome: Houston to Demolish the Eighth Wonder of the World
Houston, Texas
By: Oscar Beisert
While the Astrodome is not exactly to our precise taste, one cannot help but realize that it is an incredible specimen of architecture and structural engineering, not to mention a symbol of Houston’s eminence on the international scene in the 1960s. Since all of that [...]

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Don’t We All Love A Quaint Moderne House: Art Deco, Moderne and Mid-Century Modern Meet The Tiny Beach Cottage, Barrier Island Location, New Jersey

Posted by on January 7, 2013 · 5 Comments 

Art Deco, Moderne and Mid-Century Modern Meet The Tiny Beach Cottage, Barrier Island Location, New Jersey

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Building of the Week: Cummins Inc. of Columbus, Indiana

Posted by on April 12, 2010 · 1 Comment 

Cummings Inc. Kevin Roche

Cummins, Inc. has been a prime source of Columbus, Indiana’s economic (and aesthetic) viability for decades. 
 
A global powered corporation dealing with fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission, solutions and electrical power generation systems, Cummins, Inc. not only contributes to the world economy, but also to its local, home town aesthetic.  Their headquarters building in Columbus, Indiana was designed by Irish-American [...]

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