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Project • By Hunter Douglas Architectural USA • Universities
Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC)
The downtown area of Minneapolis is one full of cultural diversity and educational history. The campus of Minneapolis Community and Technical College (MCTC) which is located in the middle of downtown is a prominent part of the diverse area. MCTC is the result of the merger of two institutions: a technical college with a long history of vocational education dating back to 1914 and an open-enrollment community college established in 1965. Currently, the spacious campus covers 21.6 acres of land in the heart of downtown Minneapolis. This public two-year college enrolls over 13,000 students annually and is an active partner in initiatives designed to strengthen the social, economic and cultural vitality of the Twin Cities metropolitan area.... More
Project • By Hunter Douglas Architectural USA • Museums
Museum of Arts & Design
In 1965, Edward Durell Stone was commissioned by A&P heir Huntington Hartford to design a Gallery of Modern Art on a prominent site on New York City's Columbus Circle. Forty years later, AlliedWorks of Portland, Oregon, led by architect Brad Cloepfil, was hired by a very different organization to revamp Stone's controversial but important building for the Museum of Arts and Design (MAD).
While Stone clad his building with creamy white marble panels, 2 Columbus Circle was better known for its signature of portholes and arcades. Writing in The New York Times, Ada Louise Huxtable called it "a die-cut Venetian palazzo on lollipops," jabbing at the ground floor's distinctive loggia. Though not an unequivocally admired image, preservationists... More
Project • By Hunter Douglas Architectural USA • Offices
Anti-Cruelty Society
NBK™ Terracotta Façade Panels were specified for Chicago's Anti-Cruelty Society.
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