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Architecture of Minnesota

01 June 2010
1988 – 5th Street Towers, Minneapolis

1988 – 5th Street Towers, Minneapolis

Architect: Helmuth, Obata, & Kassabaum Inc. The Fifth Street Towers is a complex of two building in Minneapolis. Fifth Street Towers II was completed in 1988 and is 504 ft tall and has...

19 November 2009
1988 – Wells Fargo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1988 – Wells Fargo Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architects: Cesar Pelli & Associates The Wells Fargo Center, formerly known as Norwest Center, is the third-tallest building in Minneapolis. Completed in 1988, it is 773 feet tall. Designed in a modernized art...

19 November 2009
1992 – 225 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1992 – 225 South Sixth, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architects: Pei Cobb Freed & Partners 225 South Sixth contains a landmark 56-story tower and the 20-story Park Building connected by a 75-foot-high wintergarden. The chief architect for 225 South Sixth was James...

04 November 2010
1992 – Minnesota History Centre, St. Paul, Minnesota

1992 – Minnesota History Centre, St. Paul, Minnesota

Architect: Hammel Green & Abrahamson The Minnesota History Center design was selected through a national competition. The winning design is an L-shaped configuration set into a hillsidel. On two sides, the building facade...

17 September 2009
1993 – Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1993 – Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Frank Gehry This was Gehry’s first major project to feature his now trademark organic stainless steel facade, celebrated with great acclaim in the Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa in Bilbao and the Walt Disney...

01 June 2010
2003 – Mill City Museum, Minneapolis

2003 – Mill City Museum, Minneapolis

Architects: Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Built into the ruins of what was once the world’s largest flour mill, Mill City Museum is located on the historic Mississippi Riverfront. The original A Mill, built...

01 June 2010
2006 – Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis

2006 – Guthrie Theatre, Minneapolis

Architect: Jean Nouvel This building replaces the original Ralph Rapson & Associates Inc.-designed Guthrie Theater located next to the Walker Art Center Gallery Tower in the Lowry Hill neighborhood. Founded in 1963, the...

01 June 2010
2006 – Minneapolis Central Library

2006 – Minneapolis Central Library

Architect: Cesar Pelli & Associates The new Central Library building, designed by Cesar Pelli, along with the Minneapolis architectural firm Architectural Alliance, opened to the public on May 20, 2006. At a cost...

10 November 2010
2006 – Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota

2006 – Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Architect: Herzog & de Meuron The Walker Art Center is a contemporary art center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The Walker is considered one of the “big five” museums for modern art in...