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In this era of tattoos and piercings, it makes sense that architects, too, would look to the skins of their buildings as expressive surfaces. Three current constructions in Minneapolis exemplify [...]

MINNEAPOLIS -- The Milwaukee Road Depot and Train Shed in Minneapolis, vacant since the 1970s recently opened after a major effort to restore its contribution to the community and preserve [...]

HGA's promising young designer, Joan Soranno, takes center stage with a gestural dance center in Minneapolis. It takes imagination to picture an arts complex fitting into this characterless corner of [...]

Architect Tim R. Bjella created a classical character for a new residence in Minneapolis, MN. Maple wall panels, custom-built cabinets and furniture, and columns and crown moldings were installed. Greek and Roman designs dominated the dining, family and living rooms.

No, This magazine is not advocating the do-it-yourself approach. Far from it. But in the case of the renovation of and addition to the Minneapolis bungalow owned by Geoffrey Warner […]

Rob and Linda Pollock live in a traditional home in the suburbs of Minneapolis, MN, with their six children. The custom-built house was built in the 20th century but has an 18th-century look to it, and the moldings are reproductions of American Colonial moldings.

Frank Gehry's design for the University of Minnesota's Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum has been called The Exploding Silver Artichoke; Pile of Schlitz by the River; and, least affectionately, The [...]

The YMCA's quest for a new facility spawned a redevelopment in downtown Minneapolis that combines old and new buildings A deteriorating city block on the west edge of downtown Minneapolis [...]

When U S WEST and AT&T commissioned a $35 million renovation of their central office building in downtown Minneapolis, there were clearly two winners: U S WEST and AT&T (with […]

The Minneapolis Convention Center was designed by the collaboration of three architectural firms: Setter, Leach and Lindstrom Inc; Leonard Parker Associates Architects Inc; and Loschky Marquardt and Nesholm. The 800,000-square-foot building is divided into three distinct parts.

When the American Hardware Insurance Co. built its Minneapolis headquarters in 1952, it spared little expense in providing the building with state-of-the-art systems and first-rate materials. This proved to be [...]

Key ingredients for a successful convention center include maximum space, minimum interior columns, flexibility and a memorable structure. Due to site restrictions, political wrangling and structural necessities, these criteria are [...]

Twin towers are textbook example of teamwork Design and construction professionals laud the benefits of the early involvement of all team members, of extensive value engineering and of precise pre-construction [...]

With many large-city wireless municipal networks canceled or sharply cut back, the massive 57-square-mile metro Wi-Fi network covering Minneapolis stands out in bold relief because it works so well and […]

Byline: Cathleen McGuigan, Dorothy Kalins, N'Gai Croal, Chee Pearlman, Ramin Setoodeh, Devin Gordon Minneapolis: Design City Minneapolis took root on the Mississippi where St. Anthony's Falls powered the city's early [...]

Byline: Cathleen McGuigan As everyone knows, winter is still blasting the Midwest, and besides the blustery snow, a giant ice cube has landed in Minneapolis--and it's not going to melt [...]

NEW YORK -- Minneapolis may be out to recapture its 'Minne-apple' nickname, considering five big-name architects have rolled out blueprints that will dramatically change the city's makeup. The team of [...]

The Minneapolis Community Development Agency says the city is making progress in recruiting women and minorities to participate in the $225 million Heritage Park residential development on the city's near [...]

Accenture Creates Unique Hoteling Office Solution When Accenture (formerly Andersen Consulting) took a close look at its highly mobile, 65,000 employees in 250 cities worldwide, it decided that the traditional [...]

To blend in with surrounding industrial buildings, Minneapolis-based Sjoquist Architects specified a standing-seam aluminum roof for East Side Neighborhood, a 60,000-sq.-ft. building that serves the Minneapolis community with high school, [...]

When it opened in 1921, the State Theatre in Minneapolis was hailed as the most luxurious showplace between New York and San Francisco. But after years of neglect, the building […]

Thomas Fisher, fears that Gunnar Birkerts' signature Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis is being bumped off by a clumsy addition. Minneapolis' Federal Reserve Bank, designed by Gunnar Birkerts and completed [...]

Minneapolis-based Partners & Sirny Architects and Duffy Design, a brand identity firm, took top honors in the 1999 DuPont Antron(r) Design award for their work on Zeb. a one-year-old Italian [...]

MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL -- Opus Northwest has purchased a 1-acre plaza next to the Metropolitan Centre building in downtown Minneapolis. Some real-estate insiders speculate that the site someday may be used [...]

ILLINOIS Health Deals OK'd The Illinois Health Facilities Authority last week approved four bond deals worth $139.5 million. The authority gave its preliminary approval for Decatur Memorial Hospital to sell [...]

IN AN AMBITIOUS effort to provide economical space for book-related firms and organizations, the Minnesota Center for Book Arts, the Loft Literary Center and the small press Milkweed Editions have [...]

ILLINOIS Restoring Cuts A state lawmaker said last week she will introduce legislation in the General Assembly's fall veto session to restore cuts in school construction grants that would affect [...]

CHICAGO - With Minneapolis and St. Paul promoting separate plans for a new Minnesota Twins stadium, the agency that runs the team's current home pitched its own proposal Wednesday for [...]

Office/manufacturing complex will use solar-tracking devices to capture daylight The evolution of 'green' building design is taking another step with the construction of the Phillips Eco-Enterprise Center in Minneapolis. Designed [...]

CHICAGO - With construction of St. Paul's partially bond-financed hockey arena now underway, Mayor Norm Coleman is turning his sights to crafting a finance package and building public support for [...]