Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower
| Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower | |
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| General information | |
| Architectural style | Brutalist |
| Location | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
| Address | 515 Delaware Street SE |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 44°58′24″N 93°13′53″W / 44.9733°N 93.2314°W |
| Elevation | 260 meters[1] |
| Groundbreaking | 1971 |
| Completed | 1974 |
| Owner | University of Minnesota |
| Height | 90 meters[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 19 |
Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower, informally known as Moos Tower, is a building on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota.[2] Inside Moos Tower are labs and faculty offices for the College of Dentistry and a Caribou Coffee with a designated study lounge. The entrance of Biomedical library can also be found in Moos Tower.
Moos Tower is the tallest building on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus[3][4] and is an example of Brutalist architecture.[4] The building is often theorized to have been built to resemble a tooth, due to the College of Dentistry's presence inside.[citation needed]
History
[edit]The tower was the first realized component of the University of Minnesota's 1970s Health Sciences Complex plan, with a 1971 groundbreaking and an completion date in 1973.[5] The building was originally named Health Sciences Unit A before being renamed in 1983 for Malcolm Moos, president of the University from 1967 to 1974.[6] Moos Tower was designed by The Architects Collaborative as well as Cerny and Associates, HGA, and Setter Leach and Lindstrom.[4][7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Looking for information on the height of Moos Tower in Minneapolis Minnesota?". www.poptix.net. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Moos Tower | MHealth.org". www.mhealth.org. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Moos Health Sciences Tower". Emporis. Archived from the original on August 20, 2014. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ a b c "Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower, University of Minnesota". #SOSBRUTALISM. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ Moore, Erik (2007-12-10). "Health sciences unit A". Academic Health Center History Project. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
- ^ "Malcolm Moos, 1967-1974". University of Minnesota - Office of the President. 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-01-15.
- ^ Melby, Todd (July 16, 2007). "Moos Tower: Love it or hate it?". Building Minnesota. Archived from the original on 2018-04-21. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
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