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        • Going, Going, Gone! Arthur Dickey in Minnesota
        • Mount Telemark Virtual Visit
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BUILDING & SITES


MN Mod Icons

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Saint John's Abbey and University Church

Designer: Marcel Breuer (1902-1981)
Date: 1961
Location: Saint John’s Abbey, 31802 County Road 159, Collegeville, MN 56321

Northwestern National Life, ING

Designer: Minoru Yamasaki
Date:1965
Location: 20 Washington Avenue South, Minneapolis MN

Riverside Plaza

Designer: Ralph Rapson
Date: 1973
Location: 1600 South 6th Street, Minneapolis MN 55454

Christ Church Lutheran

Designer: Eliel Saarinen, Eero Saarinen
Date: 1949, 1962
Location: Minneapolis MN 

Peavey Plaza

Designer: M. Paul Friedberg
Date: 1975
Location: Minneapolis MN 

Walker Art Center

Designer: Edward Larrabee Barnes, Mildred Friedman
Date: 1975
Location: Minneapolis MN 

Idea House I & II (demolished)

Designer: Walker Art Center
Date: 1941, 1947 (demolished 1961, 1969)
Location: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis MN 

Tyrone Guthrie Theater (demolished)

Designer: Ralph Rapson
Date: 1963, (demolished 2006)
Location: 725 Vineland Place, Minneapolis MN  

Sacred Spaces

  • The Kingdom Hall of Golden Valley Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses
  • Saint John’s Abbey and Church
  • St. Columba Catholic Church, 1327 Lafond Ave, St. Paul
  • Christ Church Lutheran
  • Mount Zion Temple
  • Saint Rose of Lima, Roseville
  • Saint Leo's Church
  • Temple of Aaron
  • Saint John the Baptist School, 703 Broad St. S., Mankato

Corporate Modernism

  • ​IDS Tower and Crystal Court
  • Northwestern National Life Building
  • 100 Washington Square
  • General Mills Corporate Campus
  • Prudential Insurance Building
  • 3M Corporate Campus
  • Zapp National Bank, 717-719 W. St. Germain St., St. Cloud

Public Buildings

  • Arvonne Frasier Library
  • Walker Art Center (1971)
  • Idea House I & Idea House II
  • Tyrone Guthrie Theater (1963)

Education

  • Carleton College
    • Cowling Gymnasium
    • Goodhue Hall
    • Myers Hall
    • Olin Hall of Science
    • Watson Hall
    • West Gymnasium
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • University of Minnesota Duluth
  • Saint John's University + Saint John's Prep
  • College of St. Benedict
  • Macalester College

Landscapes

  • Peavey Plaza
  • Honeywell Plaza

Planned Communities

  • Riverside Plaza
  • University Grove
  • Jonathan, MN

Residences

  • 265 Woodlawn Avenue, Saint Paul
  • ​1757 Fairview Avenue N , Falcon Heights (tour 2012 home)
  • 110 Melbourne Avenue SE , Minneapolis (tour 2012 home)
  • 375 Pelham Boulevard, Saint Paul (tour 2012 home)
  • 2224 Cedar Lake Parkway, Minneapolis (tour 2012 home)
  • 2441 Cedar Lane, Minneapolis (tour 2012 home)
  • 2304 Drew Avenue South, Minneapolis (tour 2012 home)
  • 3531 Basswood Road, Minneapolis (tour 2012 home)
  • 1520 Kaltern, Golden Valley (tour 2012 home)
  • 4038 Valentine Court, Arden Hills
  • David and Wanda Park House, 1501 Birchmont Dr., Bemidji
  • House in Lincoln Park Residential Historic District,  121 Bradley St., Mankato

DESIGNERS

  • ​Minoro Yamasaki in Minnesota
  • Elizabeth "Lisl" Scheu Close
  • Lonnie O. Adkins
  • Lorenzo D. "Pete" Williams
  • Arthur Dickey
  • Ralph Rapson

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