Beyond Cream City Brick Part Two The Mitchell Park Domes: Milwaukee's Public Modernist Marvel

Written By Justin Racinowski

Author Virginia Small

The Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, known as the "Domes," was designed in 1959 and constructed over the next eight years. Architect Donald L. Grieb's proposal for the cone-shaped domes was selected following a national competition. Its patented design has never been replicated, making the Domes unique in the world.

Justin Racinowski https://www.racydesign.com
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