About the author  ⁄ Ahraaz Qureishi, P.E.

Ahraaz Qureishi is a Structural Engineer with Pierce Engineers in their Madison, WI office.

Columbus, IN, located about 45 minutes south of Indianapolis, is home to a surprising amount of pioneering architecture given its modest population of 50,000. The city has added so much to the industry that the American Institute of Architects has named it sixth in the country for contributing to architectural innovation and design. The Exhibit Columbus festival celebrates the city’s design heritage each year by presenting current art and architecture. Wiikiaami, presented at the 2017 exhibit, is a steel art structure with an asymmetric, conical shape inspired by the homes of the Myaamia people indigenous to Indiana.

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