Masonry Magazine February 1972 Page. 8
Masonry City, U.S.A.
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them from the congregation. Weese also did the Northside Junior High School and several other projects.
In designing the Four Seasons Retirement Home, built in 1967, Norman Fletcher of The Architects Collaborative, was challenged to create a pleasant yet practical home for residents whose average age is 80. Grouping the masonry residential units as wings off a central core, he created a feeling of individual residences, yet kept them convenient to the dining hall, chapel and facilities. Gently pitched roofs overhanging courts, gardens and sitting areas, enclosed with brick walls and panels, provide an environment of security, serenity and beauty.
A 1970 addition to Columbus is a regional post office designed by Kevin Roche & John Dinkeloo and Associates. It became the first post office in the U.S. to use private (Cummins Foundation) source money for the architect's fee. The building is a continuous barrier of masonry walls and fences on three sides of the block and an arcade at the front. The arcade is supported by piers of unreinforced hollow tiles for bearing capacity. Across the street, Cesar Pelli of Gruen Associates has been commissioned to do a shopping center.
Architectural buffs who go on brick-and-mortar tours of Columbus are heartened to note that historic preservation has gone hand-in-hand with new construction. A concept by Alexander Girard provided guidelines for painting and accent trim of a model block in the business section. Architects, teamed with preservation-minded citizens, have undertaken other restoration in the city. This has created a contrast and appreciation of older structures along with the many efficient, new buildings.
Other architects who have left their mark on Columbus include: John Carl Warnecke; Norman Fletcher of TAC; Alexander Girard; Edward Larrabee Barnes; Dan Kiley; Fisher & Spillman; Taylor & Wood; Gunnar Birkerts; Venturi & Rauch; John M. Johansen; Eliot Noyes; Schmidt, Garden & Erikson; and Roche & Dinkeloo. They have created apartments, schools, office buildings, libraries, a hospital annex, fire department, banks and other buildings. Now scheduled for 1971-72 jobs are: Hardy, Holzman & Pfeiffer; Mitchell-Giurgola Associates; and James S. Polshek.
W. D. Richards Elementary School, Architect Edward Barnes, FAIA. (Photo: Orlando R. Cabanban.)
masonry
February, 1972