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Old Posted Jul 23, 2008, 7:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Avian001 View Post
Jean Nouvel's Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. The 178-foot cantilever houses two bars and an observation platform overlooking the Mississippi River valley. The "smokestacks" are animated LED marquees.

Also in Minneapolis, Herzog & De Meuron's Walker Art Center addition:

Yet another interesting Minneapolis building, just a few steps from the Guthrie Theater, is the Mill City Museum. It's a steel & glass building carefully inserted into the burned-out remains of an old flour mill:

Photo courtesy of the AIA:
those buildings are sick.... i ought to visit minneapolis one of these days
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