Arata Isozaki’s COSI
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Photo Journal: The Ohio Center of Science and Industry at the cusp of spring.
Along the curving banks of the Scioto, where the river separates Columbus from old Franklinton – the city’s historical predecessor – stands the Center of Science and Industry Museum. The hulking complex opened to the public in 1999, the first of Isozaki’s post-modernist creations in the American Midwest. Circling the grounds is a screen of douglas hawthorns. At the onset of spring, the trees put forth their delicate blooms, lending color to the grey exterior of the museum.