Miller house

To peg Girard solely as a textile designer (though there’s nothing wrong with being a textile designer) is to severely underestimate his accomplishments.

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Image 4 of 12 from gallery of AD Classics: Miller House and Garden / Eero Saarinen. Photograph by Indianapolis Museum of Art

A Vitra Anecdote

A Vitra Anecdote

American industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller brought Modernism to Indiana with their stunning home the Miller House. After convincing Eliel Saarinen to design a building in Columbus ten years earlier, in the early 1950’s the Miller’s commissioned Eliel’s son Eero to design a home for them in Columbus, Indiana.

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Designed by famed architect Eero Saarinen, the Miller House is a classic Mid-Century modern home located in Columbus, Indiana. Commissioned by industrialist, philanthropist, and architecture patron…

"It was our job to hold on to the spirit of these buildings. They worked so well with the site and the views, so the project was really about exercising restraint,” says architect Brian Court. In the guesthouse, Gulassa wired a wisteria branch preserved from the property into a chandelier.

Though Finnish-American modernist Eero Saarinen is widely known for his large-scale projects, including the St. Louis Arch, the Brandeis University campus, the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex, and the T...

“if my future home doesn’t have a conversation pit then it is not my future home”

The Miller House, is a Mid-Century modern home designed by Eero Saarinen in Columbus, Indiana, USA. Commissioned by architecture patron, industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simmons Miller in 1953. It’s now owned by the Indianapolis Museum of Art. The Miller family owned the home until 2008 when Xenia Miller died. Interior design by Alexander Gerard and landscape architect was Dan Kilby.

For decades, Columbus, Ind., has been an architectural mecca, surprising visitors with its collection of buildings by such renowned architects as Eliel Saarinen, Richard Meier, I.M. Pei, and Harry Weese. Conspicuous in its absence was Miller House, the residence commissioned in 1953 by industrialist and philanthropist J. Irwin Miller. The Indianapolis Museum of Art now offer tours of the 54-year-old house.

Design Within Reach

Though Finnish-American modernist Eero Saarinen is widely known for his large-scale projects, including the St. Louis Arch, the Brandeis University campus, the Bell Labs Holmdel Complex, and the T...

In 1957, architect Eero Saarinen completed his design for the Mid-Century Modern Miller House. Commissioned by the industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia, the house featured an exciting new interior design feature: A sunken conversation pit. Meant to be a gathering space where hosts and guests could