Cummins Corporate Office Building
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| name = Cummins Corporate Office Building
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| former_names = Cerealine building
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| image = Cummins HQ by USGS.jpg
| image_alt = Aerial view of the building
| caption = Aerial view, Cerealine building center
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| building_type = Corporate headquarters
| architectural_style = Modernist
| structural_system = Precast concrete and glass
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| owner = Cummins
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| address = 500 Jackson Street
| location_town = Columbus, Indiana
| location_country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|39.20612|-85.92405|display=inline,title}}
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| completion_date = 1983
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| architect = Kevin Roche
| architecture_firm = Kevin Roche John Dinkeloo and Associates
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The Cummins Corporate Office Building in Columbus, Indiana is a modernist office building designed by Kevin Roche.{{cite web | url = http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/11288606.html | title = Columbus, Indiana: Modernism on the prairie | accessdate = 2010-06-10 | last = Breining | first = Greg | date = 2007-08-24 | work = Star Tribune | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110117132508/http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/travel/11288606.html | archive-date = 2011-01-17 | url-status = dead }} 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.{{cite web | url = http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/colscummins/colscummins.html | title = Cummins Engine Company | accessdate = 2010-06-10 | last = Sullivan | first = Mary Ann | publisher = Bluffton University}}
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.[http://cmipef.cummins.com/CMIPEFMIG/CumminsNA/SiteContent/en/BinaryAsset/Attachments/CumminsFoundationArchitectureProgram.pdf "The Cummins Foundation: History".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230233614/http://cmipef.cummins.com/CMIPEFMIG/CumminsNA/SiteContent/en/BinaryAsset/Attachments/CumminsFoundationArchitectureProgram.pdf |date=2013-12-30 }} [http://www.cummins.com/cmi/index.jsp Cummins.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131030225522/http://www.cummins.com/cmi/index.jsp |date=2013-10-30 }} Retrieved 2013-12-28. When Cummins decided to construct a new corporate headquarters, it turned to Pritzker Prize-winning architect, Kevin Roche.{{cite web | url = http://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/1982/index.html | title = Kevin Roche | accessdate = 2010-06-10 | date = 2010 | publisher = The Hyatt Foundation | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100810172123/http://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/1982/index.html | archive-date = 2010-08-10 | url-status = dead }}
Structure
File:Cumminshqcolumbus.jpg{{Update section|date=February 2025}}
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 offices.{{cite web|url=http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/pics/pics8.htm |title=Columbus Indiana Pictures and Photos From Bygone Days |accessdate=2010-06-10 |publisher=Historic Columbus Indiana |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110315032918/http://www.historiccolumbusindiana.org/pics/pics8.htm |archivedate=2011-03-15 }} 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 {{convert|200000|sqft|m2|abbr=on}} building.{{cite web|url=http://ireland.archiseek.com/architects_ireland/kevin_roche/cummins.html |title=Architects of Ireland - Kevin Roche |accessdate=2010-06-10 |last=Clerkin |first=Paul |date=2009 |work=Archiseek.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216111732/http://ireland.archiseek.com/architects_ireland/kevin_roche/cummins.html |archivedate=February 16, 2009 }} 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.[http://www.wishtv.com/news/local/south-central/cummins-building-blends-in-with-city-by-design "Cummins building blends in with city by design".] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230232823/http://www.wishtv.com/news/local/south-central/cummins-building-blends-in-with-city-by-design |date=2013-12-30 }} [http://www.wishtv.com/home WISHTV.com.] 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
In 2017 Cummins began a $50 million renovation of the building, scheduled for completion in 2019.{{cite web|url=http://www.therepublic.com/2017/07/05/cummins-announces-50-million-investment-in-global-headquarters/|title=Watch the video, view the renderings: Cummins to upgrade global headquarters in Columbus; new railroad overpass planned|author=Staff Reports|date=5 July 2017 |publisher=|accessdate=19 February 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://fox59.com/2017/07/05/columbus-announces-railroad-project-cummins-renovations-totaling-80-million/|title=Columbus announces railroad project, Cummins renovations totaling $80 million|work=FOX59 |date=5 July 2017|publisher=|accessdate=19 February 2018}}
Sculpture
As part of the construction, Roche incorporated a Rudolph de Harak sculpture known as the Exploded Engine in the lobby of the building.
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