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Project Specs

Minneapolis Central Library
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

the People

Owner:
City of Minneapolis

Architect:
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects
1056 Chapel Street
New Haven, CT 06510
www.pcparch.com

Design Principal: Cesar Pelli

Project Principal and Collaborating Designer:
Fred W. Clarke

Design Team Leader: William Butler

Senior Designer: Aicha Woods

Designers: Elijah Huge, Sebastian Mallea, Luciana Mello, Jose Luis Cabello

Architect of record:
Architectural Alliance
400 Clifton Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55403-3299

Associate architect(s):
Architectural Alliance
400 Clifton Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55403-3299

Interior designer:
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects / Architectural Alliance

Engineer(s):
Structural :
Thornton-Tomasetti Engineers

MEP:
Ericksen Ellison & Associates

Civil Engineer:
SRF Consulting Group

Consultant(s):
Landscape Architect:
Coen + Partners

Lighting Design:
Cline Bettridge Bernstein Lighting Design

Library Consultant:
Michaels Associates Design Consultants

Technology Consultant:
Technology Management Corporation

Code Consultant:
Rolf Jensen & Associates
The Mountainstar Group, Inc.

Elevator Consultant:
VDA

Parking Consultant:
Walker Parking Consultant

Graphics & Wayfinding:
Larsen Design + Interactive

General contractor:
Mortenson/Thor

Photographer(s):
Jeff Goldberg, ESTO Photographics (all photos)

Esto Photographics Inc.
222 Valley Place
Mamaroneck, NY 10543
914 698 4060
914 698 1033 Fax
www.esto.com

Renderer(s):
Courtesy Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
AutoCAD

 

the Products

Exterior wall contractor:
HKL Cladding
1851 Buerkle Rd, White Bear Lake, MN 55110
651-482-0369
Fax: 651-482-0398

Low Iron Low E Fritted Insulated Glass Units:
(Locally fabricated, Energy Efficient)
Viracon, Inc
800 Park Drive, Owatonna, MN 55060
800) 533-2080 (507) 451-9555
www.viracon.com

Aluminum fabricator:
MK Architectural Metal, Inc.
7500 Freedom Avenue NW
North Canton, OH 44720
Phone: 330-497-8244
Fax: 330-497-7818
www.mkarchmtl.com

Stone Veneer: (Locally Sourced)
Vetter Limestone
P.O. Box 38
Kasota, Minnesota 56050, USA
Phone: 507/345-4568
Fax: 507/345-4777
www.vetterstone.com

Library Hall curtain wall:
Novum Structures LLC (Formerly Mero)
W126 N8585 Westbrook Crossing
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051 USA
www.novumstructures.com

Monumental Low Iron, Low E Insulated Glass Units:
Eckelt Glas Gmbh
Resthofstrasse 18
4400 Steyr, Austria
www.eckelt.at

Roofing:
Green Roof:  (LEED)
The Kestrel Design Group
Henry Green Roof System
Henry Company
909 N. Sepulveda Blvd., Ste 650
El Segundo, CA 90245
310-955-9200

Interior finishes:
Cast in place Concrete:
Contractor: Graham Penn-Co Construction, Inc., Minneapolis
2995 Lone Oak Circle, Suite 5, Eagan MN 55121
Tel: 651.687.0648
Fax: 651.687.0947

Raised Floor: (LEED)
TATE Access Floor with under-floor air distribution
Tate Access Floors
Phone: (630) 893-0886
www.tateaccessfloors.com

Carpet Tiles: (May have LEED points)
Shaw Custom Design
410 Old Mill Road
Cartersville, GA
30120
1-800-342-7429
Fiber Product Solutia-ultron color nylon

Interior Channel Glass partition walls:
Bendheim Glass
122 Hudson Street
New York, NY 10013
800 606-7621
212 226-6370
212 431-3589 Fax

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