The CPU was the Size of an SUV

Forward-thinking Jack wanted to have the latest in computer technology when he opened Anshen + Allen's office in Los Angeles. At that time, the huge CPU--costing $500,000--had to be located in a separate air-conditioned room, with an air-lock. (The price and size of computers went down considerably.) In addition to the latest technology, the office was an integrative practice where architects and engineers worked together and had all-day charrettes. Business boomed. The combination of technology and integrative practice--Jack could hold up a disk and say to the potential client that all the drawings would be on it--brought many large commissions.