You both are so correct. What a waste to have destroyed such a functional and architecturally interesting building.

It’s actually infuriating they demolished this place. What an absolutely gorgeous building. Inside and out.

This was personally facinating to watch. I was a designer on the Interspace, Inc. team; we were responsible for all the interior design of the building - the workspaces. executive suite, cafe, training rooms, admin spaces, etc. - working with Lohan and Associates who designed the building itself. The building was designed/built just as PC's were just being introduced into the workplace; since no one really knew how that would impact work in the long run, one of TRW's goals was that the building be flexible enough to accommodate changes in work for 50 years. The entire building was planned on a 3' module. All the floors in the office areas are raised floor so power and data could be readily adapted as needed without the need for demolition. The offices were made of 3' demountable partitions, again so they could be reconfigured as needed. The workstations were also planned on a 3" module, and the angled worksurfaces specifically designed to support the PCs that they were starting to use. The atrium was designed as a garden that could be used all year round, reflecting the other special gardens on the original Lyndurst Estate where the building was built. .

I could go on and on. For me, this was a career changing project.

This has to be the best looking corporate office I have ever seen abandoned and demolished. I just  love this style of architecture. What an incredible waste of resources to tear something like this down.

That office looks 20 times nicer than any office I’ve ever worked in.

The fact that nobody found a use for such a beautiful and interesting modern looking building is absolutely mind blowing. It's a shame really

We're not going to learn, are we?

We're just gonna keep doing this. We've lost so many unique, stunning, or just beautifully designed pieces of architecture this last 10 years from the 50s right through to the 80s.

When they're gone, they're gone forever. What a pity.

Thank you for documenting this amazing place before it was gone. There's a quiet dignity to a building like this. Some of the best 80s architecture I've seen. I was gutted to hear it was gone immediately after falling in love with it.

I had the privilege of working at the TRW building in Lyndhurst as a Cleveland Clinic IT employee for a few years around 2010-14ish.  It was a great space and had such beautiful natural light and I loved the plants and water features on the way up from the underground parking.  They did a great job of blending modern architecture with the surrounding green space.  I distinctly remember driving up the long driveway one winter morning and a large coyote was chasing a deer down and they crossed right in front of my car.  We often saw coyote roaming the grounds there.  Memories!

I did some work as an AV contractor in the theatre there. It has some interesting quirks and features. The coolest thing is that the whole room is covered in lead lathe behind the walls. The idea was that because secret government information was being discussed in there sometimes even if the room was bugged, no radio signal would get out of the room. When I was inside my cell phone has absolutely zero reception.

Worked for TRW from 1980 to 2007 (Northrop Grumman after 2002) out in California.  Always imagined the Cleveland HQ building to be some drab gray downtown edifice.  Then - I got to visit the place.  Awe-inspiring every time I visited.  Was there one time during a space shuttle launch; they rolled out (down?) giant viewing screens and everybody stopped work and gathered around to watch.  Boy does this video bring back some memories - thanks so much!

One of the saddest episodes of abandoned you've done, this time not because of the poor state of the building rather than how this awesome building in good condition still doesn't survive. Its simply criminal the waste of resources that has occurred here, the effort and energy gone into such a creation only to be destroyed a few years later is unacceptable. Again beautifully captured in a respectful video to live on in Proper People's history logs.

First class companies build first class buildings. TRW spared no expense withe the marble, wood finishes, raised floor system, cafeteria, landscaping, etc.  I worked as an engineer in the AE industry for almost 40 years and have worked on a lot of nice buildings across the US. This building is among the best buildings I have seen. It's a shame it has been demolished.

What an absolute shame this had to be demolished.  You guys never disappoint.

As a NE Ohio resident, I’m glad you guys went there to document just how beautiful this building was. It’s a shame it is now demolished, but now you both have preserved history once again. You guys are the best!

I lost sleep over this video. I've seen dozens and dozens of your videos, they're all great... but they're almost always long-abandoned buildings that need a lot of renovation (at a minimum). But this was a revolutionarily-designed building with timeless style that was in perfect condition. For the most part, it was move-in ready and needed nothing. It kills me that this building was destroyed. It angers me to no end and while I absolutely understand the economy of maintaining a building like this... it's still such an unbelievably colossal waste.

I worked here for several months with Cleveland Clinic International Operations before they sold the property. So cool seeing my old office, and great video!

4:08 was seating for our Legal team.
17:34 I took that elevator every single day to my desk!
30:36 That was my boss's office! That's his handwriting, but not his Pac Man haha.
31:04 The room beyond the ladder to the right was our break room.

Thanks for the  nostalgia trip.

I'm normally unfazed by the destruction of modern building (sometimes I agree it's a good thing), but this masterpiece of an edifice should have been preserved. The vision and care that went into it's design, and the quality of the construction materials makes it unique - it was a brilliant distillation of 1980s aesthetic and the best that age had to offer (not to mention is was in excellent condition). It's a dark day for architectural history. I'm glad you both went in to to record it before it was demolished.

I worked for Gibane Building Company who was the Project Management Company that managed the construction of this building for TRW.  I was a field engineer on this building project from the fall of 1984 thru 1985 and attended it’s lavish opening ceremony.  Amazing project and I could tell you 100’s of interesting stories about its construction.  It sits on a 110 acre property, which was the old Francis Bolton Estate.  When we stated construction the property had 5 houses, we used one as a field office.  We eventually tore all of them down except the Bolton Mansion, which we remodeled as the TRW guest house.  I wish they had filmed the guest house, it was spectacular.  What a shame this is being torn down.  The building was top notch from top to bottom.  Everything was the best of the best and much was custom made.  Great memories for me seeing this video.

I worked there for a short while in the early 1990s (I forget exactly which year). I remember three things that I don't see in this video:
- Big trees in the atrium. There appear to be pads over where the trees might have been planted in the video. But I saw at least a couple of trees in the architect's scale model. Does anyone else remember big trees in the atrium?
- Sun-spectrum lights. I worked late several nights, and as I was leaving, I remember feeling the overhead lights shining down on me like the sun was out and it was 4pm on a summer day.
- I worked with the TRW legal department at the time, and while not everyone had these, their phones rang with the sound of a woodpecker. The sound turned out to be less intrusive during meetings, I felt that we were able to pause and resume conversations more easily with that ring tone. If I ever find that same ringtone online, it's going onto my phone - for now I've had to settle for other natural sounds.

It's a real shame that the building isn't being used any more. It was one of the more pleasant office experiences i've had working in tech all this time (other than working from home).

Hi guys,  I know this is 2 yrs old -  I'm a retired IT gal. In the days of impact printers things like pay checks, customer invoices and W-2s were a continuous perforated length of paper or blank forms.  A burster/decolator was a machine that separated each document at the perf and separated copies (if there were more than one) and removed the carbon paper all in one operation.
I love your youtube channel and am binging.  Thanks!