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In addition to their work in Indiana, the firm was hired by Indianapolis developers Carl G. Fisher and Joseph Wesley Young Jr. to do extensive work at their Florida resorts, Miami Beach and Hollywood, respectively. Several of their Hollywood buildings survive, and Rubush and Hunter would both own second homes in Miami Beach.
In 2001, the College of Architecture and Planning opened the Indianapolis Center (CAP: IC), a university-based design center, in downtown Indianapolis. The main goal of the center was to help change and recover urban spaces and to make models for sustainable urban life. In 2006 CAP:IC became a partner in the larger Ball State Indianapolis Center.
From 1970 to 1981, Indianapolis had a twin in the city of Ontario, California, by the name of the Ontario Motor Speedway. This track was known as the "Indianapolis of the West" and the home of the California 500, but was a financial failure due to poor management and not holding enough races on the racetrack. [10]
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb marked the completion of a $4 billion, 142-mile extension of a major interstate highway Tuesday, calling it a “historic milestone” 16 years after work began on the ...
The Indianapolis Art Center's 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m 2) building was designed by Indiana-born architect Michael Graves. [9] [10] Graves, a former high school classmate of director Joyce Sommers, was handpicked by Center leaders. He was given complete creative control over the project, $6 million at the time of original construction.
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Indianapolis went through an early high-rise construction boom in the 1960s, during which time the city saw the completion of the 372-foot (113 m) City-County Building. [6] The City-County Building was the first building in the city to rise higher than the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument , and was the tallest building in the city until 1970. [ 6 ]