Formica Building

General information
Type Office, Retail, Event Hall, Museum (formerly)
Location 255 East Fifth Street
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202[1]
Construction started 1969
Completed 1970
Owner MCA Center
Technical details
Floor count 15
Lifts/elevators 4
Design and construction
Architect Harry Weese

The Formica Building is a mixed-use building in Cincinnati, Ohio.

History

The building opened in 1970 and was designed by Chicago architect Harry Weese, perhaps best known for designing the Metro stations in Washington, D.C. The building contains both an office tower and arcade connecting Fourth Street with Fifth Street as well as providing access to the Cincinnati's Skywalk. The building originally contained the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) and at the time, was the largest exhibition venue devoted to contemporary art in the United States. Prior to moving to the Lois & Richard Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in 2003, the CAC featured work by noteworthy artists such as Robert Morris, Jennifer Bartlett and Maya Angelou.

Until recently, the space formerly known as the Contemporary Arts Center has remained vacant. Recognizing the need for a unique venue in downtown Cincinnati, MCA Center worked with Cincinnati designers to reinvent the space's identity as The Center.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Formica Building". Retrieved 2011-10-27.

External links

Coordinates: 39°6′4″N 84°30′40″W / 39.10111°N 84.51111°W / 39.10111; -84.51111

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