Henning Larsen Considers On How Spaces Reflect Communities

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The historic granite buildings that comprise Minneapolis’s Government District offer a stately yet opaque architectural vision of civic duty, engagement and transparency. On the other hand, the new Minneapolis Public Service building offers a contemporary alternative. Developed in close partnership with the City of Minneapolis and public advocates, the building is the latest in a new coalition of civic architecture conceived around the question: “How can our public spaces better reflect the communities they serve?”

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