The Cincinnati Music Hall: A Walk Through the Building
An 1878 Venetian Gothic concert hall in Over-the-Rhine, built when Cincinnati was the sixth-largest city in America.
The Columbus Zoo: Field Notes
A very large zoo on the Scioto north of Columbus — where the sheer size of the site is the first problem to solve.
COSI Columbus: What It Suits, and What It Does Not
A science centre occupying a 1924 high school with a sweeping 1999 addition, on the west bank of the Scioto.
The Columbus Museum of Art: The Venue’s Own Logic
A 1931 Renaissance Revival museum joined to a 2015 glass wing — two buildings that light people in opposite ways.
The Bluestone, Columbus: Field Notes
A former stone church downtown, now a music and event venue — the architecture of worship running a bar.
The Valley Dale Ballroom, Columbus: The One Decision That Governs Everything
A 1918 big-band ballroom with a sprung maple floor and a ceiling painted as a night sky.
The Ohio Statehouse, Columbus: A Walk Through the Building
An 1861 Greek Revival capitol — and one of the very few American statehouses with no dome at all.
The Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus: The Light Through the Day
An 1895 Victorian glasshouse in Columbus — a building that is nothing but a roof made of light.