CRITIQUE - “This project marked a transition from the firm’s earlier interest in the grid as an ordering element to the pursuit of spaces and forms with a symbolic quality. The center wraps around three sides of a tapered quadrangle, with a continuous colonnade and a planned clock tower at the open end, much like the Piazza San Marco in Venice – a not inappropriate symbol since the Center, like San Marco, serves as the artistic and cultural center of its community. Inside though there exist spaces that have an almost ritualistic quality.”

Thomas Fisher, Dean, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of Minnesota

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