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Michael Graves was born on July 9, 1934 in Indianapolis, Ind. He studied at Harvard University and designed Modernist private houses. In the late 1970s he adopted postmodernism, designing the Portland Building, the Humana Building in Louisville and the Indianapolis Art Center. His other projects include the restoration of the Washington Monument and the creation of a line of items for Target.
Michael Graves, architect of the Central Library, is hailed worldwide as a co-founder of the Postmodern school of architecture. Postmodernists reject modern skyscrapers for the classical forms, natural materials and colors of centuries past. Some of Graves' best-known projects are the Walt Disney Corporate Headquarters in Burbank, California; Disneyworld Swan and Dolphin Hotels in Orlando, Florida; The Portland (Oregon) Building; and The Humana Building (Louisville, Kentucky). The New York Times calls Michael Graves "the most truly original voice that American architecture has produced in some time."
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| The Portland Building in Oregon, 1982 |
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| The International Finance Corporation Building in Washington, D.C., 1992 - 1997, 2005 |
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| The Walt Disney World Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, 1987 |
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| Humana Building in Louisville, Kentucky, 1982 |
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| NCAA Hall of Champions in Indianapolis, Indiana, 1997 |
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