2013-05-21T22:34:30-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/73526431/an-unlikely-architecture-hub Nam Henderson 2013-05-20T12:35:00-04:00 >2013-05-21T22:11:26-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/pz/pzy0g0296bgq2i25.jpg" width="514" height="343" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>the Visitors Center lists some 70 structures as &ldquo;noteworthy&rdquo;), many designed by a litany of important American architects: I. M. Pei, Harry Weese, Robert A. M. Stern, Richard Meier, Kevin Roche, Robert Venturi, Cesar Pelli and others...</p></em><br /><br /><p> Recently Nancy Kriplen wrote about a visit to&nbsp;Columbus, Ind, for the NYT Sunday travel section. The city was "<em>ranked sixth among the nation&rsquo;s cities in 1991 for its architectural innovation and design by the American Institute of Architects</em>".</p> http://archinect.com/news/article/58672469/documenting-modern-living-a-tumblr-on-the-creation-of-saarinen-s-miller-house Donna Sink 2012-10-05T11:35:00-04:00 >2012-11-28T10:28:42-05:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/se/sevkbke38pp4p5vz.jpg" width="514" height="368" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>The Miller House and Garden Collection includes correspondence, drawings and blueprints, textile samples, and photographs that document design, construction, and maintenance of the Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana.</p></em><br /><br /><p> In May 2012, the National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Indianapolis Museum of Art a grant for its project &ldquo;Documenting Modern Living: Digitizing the Miller House and Garden Collection.&rdquo;&nbsp; This Tumblr&nbsp; includes archival information giving an intimate view into the working relationship between the clients and designers involved in one of America's most significant modernist houses.&nbsp; The Tumblr has just recently gone live; bookmark it to see updates on all 23,000 pieces in the archive.</p>