The Metropolitan Design Center is an emerging design and research-based institution within the College of Design at the University of Minnesota, conceived to facilitate an environment for creative thinking and public engagement while fostering an integrative view of Urban and Metropolitan Design, bringing together many fields of design and research to advance creative design strategies for achieving sustainable development of cities and regions in the State of Minnesota.

Arch 8255 GD III: Urban Design Studio

Minneapolis 'A Mill' District

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On the Future of the
Franklin Avenue Bridge

Weaving and Connecting Neighborhoods: Discovering the Landscape of Infrastructure

(pdf - 24 MB)