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Olivetti-Underwood Factory

The Olivetti-Underwood Factory was designed by architect Louis Kahn. Olivetti, an Italian company, commissioned Kahn in 1966 to design the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania building for the manufacture of their Underwood line of typewriters and related products. It was completed in 1970. Joseph Rykwert, an architectural historian and critic, said that corporations don't usually hire famous architects to design their factory…