When photographer Hadley Fruits talks about shooting architecture in Columbus, Indiana, a town that, due to the patronage and vision of local businessmen J. Irwin Miller, boasts an iconic collection of modern architecture, he uses a metaphor that would please the...
In my previous blog post, I talked about my visit to the famous Miller House in Columbus, Indiana. That house was the legacy of one exceptional man – J. Irwin Miller, CEO of the Cummins Diesel Engine Company. But his legacy didn’t stop at the front door of...
In 1953, a man in a small, midwestern town in southern Indiana asked his good friend – who happened to be an architect – to design a new home for his family. It had to be relatively modest in scale and intimate, but also practical and functional for both...