Bassett, Edward Charles

Bassett, Edward Charles
123 Washington Street Columbus, IN 47201

Edward Charles Bassett is associated in Columbus, Indiana, with Columbus City Hall, completed in 1981. Designed while Bassett was a partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), the building helped extend Columbus’s legacy of ambitious civic architecture with a bold triangular form that creates a strong visual relationship to the historic courthouse across the street. Before joining SOM’s San Francisco office in 1955, Bassett worked with Eero Saarinen, a connection that links his work to the larger story of modern architecture in Columbus. Over the course of his career, Bassett designed major projects in San Francisco and beyond, and he was recognized for his professional achievement through fellowship in the American Institute of Architects.

Columbus, Indiana projects
• Columbus City Hall, 123 Washington Street, 1981.

Honors
• Fellow of the American Institute of Architects (FAIA).
• Arnold W. Brunner Memorial Prize in Architecture, 1963.

Work in Columbus