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January | February 2011 Back on Campus Vol. 37 No. 1 January February Press Release |
Features
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17 GREEN POINT AVERAGE Six institutions of higher learning in Minnesota ace their LEED and B3 tests with new buildings that are every bit as engaging as they are green.
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The Confluence: U STSS Center page 18 By Linda Mack |
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Prairie Star: Morris Welcome Center page 24 By Amy Goetzman |
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Large-Scale Model: UMD Civil Engineering Building page 28 By Ann Klefstad |
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Back to Nature: UMD Bagley Classroom Building page 32 By Thomas Fisher, Assoc. AIA |
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Biodynamic: U Medical Biosciences Building page 34 By Linda Mack |
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Practice What You Teach: Carleton College Cassat and Memorial Halls page 38 By Camille LeFevre |
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40 COMMUNITY ORGANIZING By Camille LeFevre The University District Alliance is gaining ground in its campaign to catalyze the enhancement of the neighborhoods surrounding the U’s Twin Cities campus. “The Alliance’s overall approach,” writes Camille LeFevre, “is to get the district’s stakeholders—residents, businesses, neighborhood groups, hospitals and clinics, developers, the university, the city, and the county—to collaborate on creating a livable, sustainable community that builds on existing assets. From the university’s intellectual capital to the neighborhoods’ adjacency to the Mississippi River to the eventual arrival of light-rail transit, the district has tremendous potential to become a unique laboratory for modeling urban livability solutions.” |
Departments & Directories
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9 Culture Crawl by Sarah Bremer, Assoc. AIA Rouse yourself from your midwinter stupor for art, design, and music offerings at the U, UMD, St. Olaf College, and Winona State University. |
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11 Speed Reading by Phillip Glenn Koski, AIA A new book tells the whole steamy story of the Northwoods Finnish sauna tradition. Rated PG for brief nudity in the snow. |
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13 Studio James Dayton, AIA, of James Dayton Design is game for Studio’s new Q&A format. His soaring Northeast Minneapolis office and wood shop is game for just about anything. |
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15 Citizen Architect by Joseph Conti, AIA Volunteer architects, designers, and design students devote a winter weekend to assisting nonprofit housing organizations with their design needs. |
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64 Place by Paul Crosby The design of the landscape surrounding Westminster Presbyterian Church in downtown Minneapolis is as compelling in winter white as it is in summer green. |
53 Directory of Consulting Engineering Firms
62 Credits
63 Advertising Index
On the Cover
Science Teaching and Student Services Center, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
“It’s always a pleasure to see great architecture in action,” says photographer Tim Griffith. “The STSS Center has become the new gateway into campus. Capturing the constant activity and tangible energy coursing through the building was essential in conveying the quality of the design.”
Mission Statement
Architecture Minnesota, the primary public outreach tool of the American Institute of Architects Minnesota, is published to inform the public about architecture designed by AIA Minnesota members and to communicate the spirit and value of quality architecture to both the public and the membership.