The Engineering Research Center at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Designed by Michael Graves, UC Alumnus. The ERC was designed to look like a 4 cylinder engine, or some say it was designed to look like a steam boat.
Engineering Research Center

Michael Graves

Exterior · Cincinnati, United States

Photo: Photo by Brettg102 · 9 February · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons · Original 800×533

The Engineering Research Center at the University of Cincinnati in Cincinnati, Ohio. Designed by Michael Graves, UC Alumnus. The ERC was designed to look like a 4 cylinder engine, or some say it was designed to look like a steam boat.

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