
Fire Station Number 4 - Columbus, Indiana
Posted by:
BruceS
N 39° 13.428 W 085° 52.053
16S E 597752 N 4342223
Quick Description: Modern style fire station in Columbus, Indiana.
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 10/15/2009 4:33:25 AM
Waymark Code: WM7EQN
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Long Description:
Fire Station Number 4 was built in 1964. The station was designed
by renowned architect Robert Venturi. The building has two nearly
equal aides, equipment side and living/storage side with the hose
drying tower between. The building's front is faced with white
glazed brick and the sides are faced with plain brick, the plain
brick extends on to the front face.
From Wikipedia: "Robert Charles Venturi, Jr. (born June 25, 1925
in Philadelphia) is an American architect and founding principal of
the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates. Robert Venturi and
his wife and partner, Denise Scott Brown, are regarded among the
most influential architects of the twentieth century, both through
their architecture and planning, and theoretical writings and
teaching. Venturi was awarded the Pritzker Prize in Architecture in
1991. He is also known for coining the maxim "Less is a bore" as
antidote to Mies van der Rohe's famous modernist dictum "Less is
more"."