Date/Time
Date(s) - November 4, 2025
6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Location
Columbus Visitors Center
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Join authors Phillip Cox and Niall Cronin to explore their new publication What a Building Does: The Hoosier Modernisms of Evans Woollen, published by the Indiana University Press.
Surveying the full breadth of Woollen’s six-decade career, What a Building Does tells the complete story of this essential Midwestern practitioner for the first time: from his early years as a student of Philip Johnson and Louis Kahn; to his decision to open his practice in Indianapolis; to his later professional successes across Indiana and beyond. With a focus on ten of Woollen’s most important built works, this book explores the dynamic ideas which shaped his architecture and the complex relationship he held with Indianapolis, his hometown. Most significantly, it also discovers a multi-decade practice of empathetic, human-centered design conducted long before such ideas were mainstream.
The event is produced in partnership with the Columbus Area Visitors Center and will take place at the CAVC’s Gallery 506 (506 5th Street). The evening will begin with a reception at 6:15 p.m. with light refreshments from Bespoke Events + Experiences. The talk will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will include time for feedback from those in attendance.
Free
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