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Corporate College East     2005

Christopher Diehl of URS Corporation  

Cleveland Architecture Coloring Book

The Corporate College East is one part Rafael Moneo (a) and another Robert Venturi (b). Christopher Diehl’s 70mph architecture (c) of building as artifact and billboard offers multiple readings relative to distance, supporting the Corporate College as a high-tech conference/meeting center and beacon visible from the interstate. The details attempt to blend building forms together, while supporting object-ness under the guise of sustainability in the form of “light cannons.” Here, the balance of gesture and detail facilitates a strong sense of quality that immediately raises the profile of its parent institution.

Corporate College East.Cuyahoga Community College.4400 Richmond Road.Cleveland.OH.44128

(a) Rafael Moneo. 1996 Pritzker Architecture Prize Laureate.

(b) Venturi, Robert. Learning from Las Vegas. MIT Press. 1972

(c) Tri-C Corporate College East: Learning to grow businesses. Builders Exchange Magazine. Vol. 4, Issue 6. 2005.