Modernism And The Midwestern Landscape
An ambitious plan for 120 modernist houses at Mayo Woodlands in Rochester, Minnesota seeks to conserve land and honor the agricultural heritage of the property.
Fields, grasslands, and forest are at home among the modernist houses being developed along the Zumbro River at the Mayo Woodlands. The development, with a design that is equal parts building and landscape, won an award last year for progressive architecture from Architecture magazine. But the planned houses---glass and metal minimalist boxes with flat roofs and detached garages---are receiving a tepid response from the local community.
Thanks to Deborah Myerson
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Published on Thursday, August 12, 2004 in
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