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Eero Saarinen’s legendary Miller House opens to the public this May for the first time. Leslie Williamson gives us an intimate tour of this Columbus, Indiana, treasure.
In 1952, the late industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife, Xenia, commissioned a remarkable modernist triumvirate to create their home in Columbus, Indiana: Eero Saarinen designed the building, Alexander Girard masterminded the interiors, and Dan Kiley handled the landscape architecture. Luckily, the Miller heirs knew they had grown up in a gem, and when their parents passed away, they generously donated the house, along with many of its original furnishings, to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. I have visited my fair share of iconic modern homes, but the moment I walked in, this one felt unique.
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I am absolutely entranced by the layout used in this Miller home by Eero Saarinen and the furniture, colors, patterns and materials designed by Girard. So cheerful and creative; to live in it must be a permanent and uplifting stimulus to all senses.
It's like we (modernists) die and go to Indiana. If you have not visited Columbus, Indiana yet, put it on your bucket list. If DWELL has not done a story on Columbus, Indiana yet, get on it. It is a fairy tale of a visionary local businessman and a modest community willing to dare to ask the finest architects in the world to build their town. And then did it.
This is the actual link to tour information for the Miller home. http://www.imamuseum.org/millerhouse Also, there are many architectural gems in the Columbus are that were designed by well known architects. Columbus offers tours of these sites ---> http://columbus.in.us//static/index.cfm?contentID=858 http://www.google.com/search?q=columbus+indiana+architecture&hl=en&rlz=1C1CHKZ_enUS433US433&biw=1280&bih=890&prmd=ivns&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=0jX9TfDdCLDdiAKtqL2fBQ&ved=0CDQQsAQ
A textile lover's vision of heaven, to be absorbed by the senses everywhere one turns.
The Sunday Morning Show did a feature on the architecture of Columbus, Indiana. I definitely have to visit this place!
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