Fall architecture highlights: Two tours and a blockbuster exhibit
If the crisp fall air whets our mental appetite, two architectural tours and one blockbuster exhibit will go far to satisfy it.
Linda Mack
Linda Mack, architecture critic for the Star Tribune for 21 years, writes about architecture and design for regional and national publications.
Foshay Tower goes black and artsy
I am not sure what I expected when I walked inside the venerable Foshay Tower last week, but it wasn’t oversized black fake-fur chairs with silver legs, shimmery beaded lamps and pink light washing the lobby ceilings.
Video available for ‘Solutions for the Other 90%’ panel
Catch the energy and fast-paced reports of the “Solutions for the Other 90%” panel that brought home the ideas in the “Design for the Other 90%” exhibit at Walker Art Center.
Global design comes home to roost
By Linda Mack | Tuesday, July 29, 2008
There’s a revolution in the world of design, and a little village at the Walker Art Center shows just how that movement is leading to innovations for the “Other 90%.”
Rapson remembered
By Linda Mack | Tuesday, April 1, 2008 Ralph Rapson went from wunderkind of the Modern movement to revered dean of Minnesota’s architectural community.
Frank Gehry-designed guest house to take a drive
Frank Gehry’s Winton Guest House in Orono is being donated to the University of St. Thomas
By Linda Mack
Where the sidewalk ends: Walker show explores suburbia
Architecture and design experts love to look down on suburbia.
‘Ice-cropolis’ to light the night on Lake of the Isles
At 5 p.m. Saturday, volunteers will start lowering candles into 31 ice columns arrayed in a semi-circle on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis and lighting 120 luminaries on a 9-foot pyramid.
Library to begin nine-part lecture series on architects
A lectures series on architectural masters kicks off Tuesday with historian Leon Satkowski’s look at the villas of 16th century Italian architect Andrea Palladio.
MacPhail: a new note for the Minneapolis riverfront
By Linda Mack
Thursday, Jan.
From plazas to profound places, architect leaves imprint
What architect made the most impact on the Twin Cities urban landscape in 2007?
Hands down, my nominee is Tom Oslund, who happens to be a landscape architect.
Twins ballpark vs. Gopher stadium: It’s a face-off
While every construction milestone for the new $480 million downtown Minneapolis ballpark for the Twins has been noted and dissected, on the other side of town the $288.5 million TCF Bank Stadium for the Gophers also has been a-building.
Is the world more benign after snow? A paean to skyways and downtown pleasures
The first winter storm of the season made it too hard to drive to Southdale or Home Depot. So last Saturday, my husband, our 28-year-old daughter and I did the old-fashioned thing — we went downtown to go Christmas shopping.
Sweeping architecture: Vince James’ firm wins 3 awards
Minneapolis architect Vince James is a man of few words and few projects, but all are worth paying attention to.
A cable-stay bridge comes to Minnesota at last
Last week’s opening of the Midtown Greenway bike and pedestrian bridge over Hiawatha Avenue marks several firsts.
