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Architecture of Minnesota

23 November 2009
1929 – Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1929 – Foshay Tower, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Magney & Tusler The Foshay was designed by Léon Eugène Arnal, chief designer for the architects Magney & Tusler, later known as Setter, Leach & Lindstrom. Modeled after the Washington Monument, the...

19 November 2009
1932 – Qwest Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1932 – Qwest Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architects: Hewitt & Brown Designed by Rhodes Robertson of the Minneapolis firm of Hewitt & Brown, the Qwest Building is characteristic of American skyscraper design between the world wars, with subdued horizontal lines...

17 September 2009
1932 – St. Paul City Hall, Minnesota

1932 – St. Paul City Hall, Minnesota

Architect: Holabird & Root Built between 1930 and 1932 and designed by architects Holabird and Root of Chicago, and Ellerbe and Company of Saint Paul, the building is Art Deco in style. In...

03 November 2010
1935 – 360 Wabasba Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

1935 – 360 Wabasba Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Architect: Now part of the Ecolab campus, this is a fine corner building in an Art Deco design.

23 November 2009
1942 – Westin Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1942 – Westin Hotel, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: McEnary & Krafft Former bank and office accommodation (Farmer’s and Mechanic’s Savings Bank of Minneapolis) converted into an hotel. The banking hall exterior features some bold relief sculpture and crisply incised lettering....

20 November 2009
1964 – ING ReliaStar Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1964 – ING ReliaStar Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Minoru Yamasaki ING Reliastar Building, Formerly Northwestern National Life Insurance Building. What’s now known as the ING Reliastar Building dates from 1964, and was the design of architect Minoru Yamasaki (1912-1986). A...

04 November 2010
1968 – Ecolab Corporate Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

1968 – Ecolab Corporate Center, St. Paul, Minnesota

Architect: Hammel Green & Abrahamson This is the purest example of an International Style building in Saint Paul. The clean, simple lines of the stainless steel and black granite were chosen to promote...

01 June 2010
1972 – IDS Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1972 – IDS Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Johnson/Burgee Architects The IDS Center is the tallest building in the state of Minnesota at 792 feet. Overall, the structure rises to 910 feet when including communications spires on the roof, indisputably...

17 September 2009
1973 – Marquette Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1973 – Marquette Plaza, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Gunnar Birkerts Architects Designed much like a suspension bridge, most of the original floors are supported by two sets of catenary cables. Underground chambers were used for vault space, and an external...