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Cummins Corporate Office Building

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Former names
  
Cerealine building

Address
  
500 Jackson Street

Owner
  
Cummins

Floor area
  
2 ha

Architectural style
  
Modern architecture

Type
  
Corporate headquarters

Completed
  
1983

Opened
  
1983

Town or city
  
Columbus

Architect
  
Kevin Roche

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Structural system
  
Precast concrete and glass

Similar
  
Irwin Conference Center, Cleo Rogers Memorial, First Christian Church, Mill Race Park, North Christian Church

The Cummins Corporate Office Building in Columbus, Indiana is a modernist office building designed by Kevin Roche. Constructed in 1983, the building serves as the corporate headquarters of the Cummins engine company. It was constructed on an old railroad yard and is unique for being built around the Cerealine Building, which was Cummins' first factory building.

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Map of Cummins Corporate Office Building, Columbus, IN 47201, USA

Background

Cummins CEO J. Irwin Miller had "a lifelong interest in architecture", and in the 1950s established a foundation to pay architecture fees for new public buildings in Columbus and Bartholomew County. When Cummins decided to construct a new corporate headquarters, it turned to Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Kevin Roche.

Structure

The building is built on a three-block plot of land that formerly served as a rail yard in downtown Columbus. As part of its distinctive construction, Roche built the new precast concrete structure around the original Cerealine Building, which served as Cummins' first factory and administrative officers. The original building was also renovated to serve as the cafeteria for the employees of the company.

Roche used precast concrete and glass as his primary building elements in the 200,000 sq ft (19,000 m2) building. Jack Curtis executed the landscaping for the facility, including the large open green area on the eastern side that is open to the public as a park. As of 2013, it remained in use as Cummins' corporate headquarters.

Sculpture

As part of the construction, Roche incorporated a Rudolph de Harak sculpture known as the "Exploded Engine," in the lobby of the building.

References

Cummins Corporate Office Building Wikipedia