Architecture/Design
“Energy Star. A Minnesota power company leads by example by pursuing LEED Platinum certification for its new Maple Grove headquarters. Its customers will be invited to visit the complex to learn how an ultra-electricity-efficient building works.”
Architecture Minnesota, January-February 2008, feature.
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“Bridge collapse reveals urban-design ills. Disasters such as the bridge collapse in Minneapolis instantly reveal urban-design ills that otherwise might take years to see, says William Morrish, urban-design expert.”
Star Tribune, September 21, 2007, feature.
To read, visit: startribune.com/10204/story/1436473.html
“Michael Graves’ brave new world. The architect who designed the Minneapolis Institute of Arts’ recent addition, not to mention a Target toilet brush, returns to town as an honored guest of Courage Center.”
Star Tribune, September 10, 2007, feature.
To read, visit: startribune.com/217/story/1408858.html
“Dream Boulevard: A New Vision for Minneapolis’ Washington Avenue”
Architecture Minnesota, July-August 2007, feature.
“Critiquing Consumerism. Everyday objects remade to reflect on the political, religious and environmental conditions of our 21st century world make up ‘Products of Our Time,’ an exhibition at the Goldstein Museum.”
Minnesota Magazine, July-August 2007, article.
To read, visit: alumni.umn.edu/Arts_Events_Critiquing_Consumerism.html
“Design and Its Publics: Neither High, Nor Wide, Nor Deep. Camille LeFevre attended the conference ‘Design and Its Publics’ hosted by the Design Institute at the University of Minnesota. Given the event’s star power, she was underwhelmed.”
Mnartists.org, May 2007, article.
To read, visit: mnartists.org/article.do?rid=146000
“Design in Demand: The Burgeoning Design Economy.”
Architecture Minnesota, January-February 2007, feature.
“Staged for the River. Poised to become one of the most celebrated theaters in the world, the Guthrie puts on the production of a lifetime—a dramatic new home on the Mississippi River.”
Architecture Minnesota, July-August 2006, cover story.
“A Leap Forward. The long-awaited Minnesota Shubert Performing Arts and Education Center is now on track to become the region’s leading dance venue.”
Architecture Minnesota, July-August 2006, feature.
“The Shubert’s Next Stage. Dark and shuttered since it was moved from Block E in 1999, the Shubert Theater on Hennepin Avenue—a burlesque house and movie theater in its past lives—now many have enough funding for conversion into a performance space and arts teaching center. It might even help drive downtown development.”
Twin Cities Business, July 2006, feature.
To read, visit: tcbmag.com/industriestrends/features/77711p1.aspx
“Florence Knoll Bassett: the first recipient of a Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the new College of Design.”
Emerging, Fall 2006, cover story.
“Building Together: Architectural Alliance wins work—including the Guthrie—through its collaborative philosophy.”
Twin Cities Business, September 2006, article.
To read, visit: tcbmag.com/peoplecompanies/companies/71625p1.aspx
“David Salmela’s Cabin For the Uncommon Man. Square footage? Minimal. Design quotient? Quite large.”
The Rake, September 2005, feature.
To read, visit: rakemag.com/reporting/features/cabin-uncommon-man
“Mod Squad. How four young firms bring modernism to the masses.”
Midwest Home and Garden, March 2005, feature.
“United State of Design. With the reopening of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis now seems poised to become a major design mecca.”
Metropolis, May 2005, feature.
To read, visit: metropolismag.com/cda/story.php?artid=1248
“Bigelow Chapel. Hammel, Green and Abrahamson modulate scale and light to create a glowing chapel on the campus of a midwestern seminary.”
Architectural Record, May 2005, building-types study.
To read, visit: archrecord.construction.com/projects/bts/archives/worship/05_bigelow/overview.asp
“A Tale of Two Guesthouses.”
My House, July/August 2005, feature.
To read visit: myhouse.construction.com/projects/0507guesthouses.asp
“High Modern Meditation. Julie Snow is working on a surprising and innovative addition/transformation of the Soap Factory’s venerable and mossy environs. Here’s Camille LeFevre’s review of the book recently published by Princeton Architectural Press on Snow’s work.”
Mnartists.org, November 2005, article.
To read, visit: mnartists.org/article.do?rid=84381
“Grinding Fine. Minneapolis’s Mill Quarter rises from the ruins of spring wheat and hydropower.”
Preservation, May-June 2004, feature.
“Ruin Renaissance. The Mill City Museum, on the banks of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, rises from the ruin of the Washburn A Mill.”
Architectural Record, February 2004, building-types study.
“Setting the Stage. French architect Jean Nouvel’s new Guthrie Theater promises global attention for the Twin Cities.”
World Traveler, February 2003, cover story.
“ADC Consolidation. The global telecommunications giant ADC consolidated its sites in a new transparent building just as the market collapsed, so how adaptable is the new corporate campus to reuse?”
Architectural Record, June 2003, building-types study.
“Lake Effect. For this cabin renovation in Minnesota, a homeowner’s deep commitment to understanding materials—their provenance and manufacture—makes all the difference.”
Natural Home, July-August 2003, feature.
“The Design Paradox: Seeing the Beast Among Us. Object fixation (via the democratization of design) is blinding us to the unnamed, uncommodified, unheralded design all around us.”
Mpls.St. Paul, October 2003, essay.
“Offices of RSP Architects. Derelict for decades, the historic 19th-century Grain Belt Brew House is meticulously transformed into spacious 21st-century offices.”
Architectural Record, December 2002, building-types study.