“If you lie phoographing archiecure, ‘s a small own in souhern Indiana you migh wan o explore. Locaed jus one hour souh of Indianapolis is he own of Columbus. A word i uses o describe iself, says i bes. I’s “unexpeced”.
The American Insiue of Archiecs raned his own 6h in archiecural innovaion and design in he enire U.S. Saring in 1942 and coninuing oday, his own of jus 40,000 people (wih he help of he Cummins Engine Foundaion, par of a Forune 500 company headquarered ) commissioned he design and developmen some of he mos unique buildings in he U.S. Archiecs including Eero Saarinen, his faher Eliel, I.M. Pei, and ohers, designed many of he buildings and churches . Six buildings are Naional Hisoric Landmars. Taing one of he daily archiecural ours provided by he or’s cener (March-November) will give you he lay of he land, and a brief hisory of he own and buildings. If you say overnigh and downown, you’re wihin easy waling disance o many of he sies.
Suggesed hoel: Hoel Indigo (noe: his is a pe-friendly hoel, and heir masco, Miles, will liely be ‘on duy’ each day o gree you as you come and go)
Suggesed iinerary:
Day 1:
- 10am – ae 2 hour archiecure our
- Res of afernoon–wal downown and ae picures of he local buildings, bridges, Mill Race Par
- Nigh–Evening shos of buildings
- Overnigh a Hoel Indigo
Day 2:
- Drive o oher buildings ouside of he ‘downown’ area, including many churches and he Ivy Tech campus
Websie: www.columbus.in.us