Description Architects: • Cesar Pelli & Associates Architects - pcparch.com • Kendall/Heaton Associates Inc.
Developer: Hines Interests Limited Partnership
- The Wells Fargo Center is on the site of the old Northwestern National Bank Building, which was destroyed by a fire in 1982.
- The Wells Fargo Center was the tallest building completed in Minneapolis during the 1980s.
- The upper setbacks are illuminated at night by floodlights. The Wells Fargo Center's Golden Crown and can easily be seen for miles.
- The Wells Fargo Center's architectural design is a modern/postmodern art-deco style.
Awards
- Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence for Large-Scale Office Development, 1989.
- BOMA Local Building of the Year, 1993.
- BOMA Regional Office Building of the Year, 1994.
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