Terri Meyer Boake BES BArch MArch LEED AP
Associate Professor :: Associate Director :: School of Architecture :: University of Waterloo

Weisman Museum of Art

Frank Gehry Architect

Minneapolis, Minnesota

 

Project Information:

The Frederick Weisman Museum of Art was designed by Frank O. Gehry and completed in 1993. It is the first "shiny curved" skin building designed by Gehry. This one uses a stainless steel cladding system atop a red brick box.

http://hudson.acad.umn.edu/

 

Project Images: ... top 6 from 1995, bottom 10 from 2005

Oblique view of front canopy.
View of front entrance from U of Minnesota.

View of adminstrative end of building..
Side view of administrative end.

View from the Mississippi River.
Upwards view of cladding.
View from the campus.
Along the front stainless canopy.
HSS supports behind the canopy.
Front facade of building.
Front entrance.
Sculpted stainless cladding that overlooks the Mississippi River.
Sculpture on balcony.
Window sill condition.
View from bridge to west campus.

These images are for educational use only and may not be reproduced commercially without written permission. tboake@sympatico.ca

last updated March 16, 2005