20 S Washington Ave Springtime in Minneapolis

by Wayne Moran

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20 S Washington Ave Springtime in Minneapolis

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Wayne Moran

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Photograph - Fine Art Photography

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20 S Washington Ave Springtime in Minneapolis

The Northwestern National Life Building, now known as the ING Reliastar Building, can be found at 20 Washington Avenue South in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Built in 1964 by Minoru Yamasaki and Associates, it is a fine example of the modernist architecture of the time. At its most basic form it is a rectangular office block. Its open floor plan was designed to maintain simplicity and to enhance the functionality of the building. It is part of a three-building complex designed by Minoru Yamasaki & Associates. The complex includes two other Yamasaki buildings, the 22 story ING 100 Building (1981) and the ING Reliastar 111 Building (1987). All three structures demonstrate Yamasaki�s use of simplified Gothic forms, grand plazas and water features, but the ING Reliastar building was given the most attention. It was to be the centerpiece of newly renovated Gateway District, where 17 square blocks of aging structures were leveled in the early 1960s to make way for a cleaner, more modern downtown.

Washington Square was designed by Minoru Yamasaki & Associates, the same architecture firm that designed the World Trade Center�s twin towers in New York.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Yamasaki

The centerpiece of the complex is 20 Washington Square, a seven-story building on 20 Washington Av. S. that was completed in 1964 for Northwestern National Life. It is now occupied by Voya Financial, an investment management firm formerly known as ING Reliastar.

The building, located on the site of Minneapolis� first city hall, was intended to be the centerpiece of the district, where 17 square blocks of aging structures were leveled in the early 1960s to make way for a more modern downtown.

According to the Minnesota Historical Society, 20 Washington Square was a hallmark of the 1960s International Style. It is distinguished by its colonnade of 63 slender, 80-foot columns of white quartz concrete, as well as two reflecting pools on the south side of the building. A certificate of real estate value indicates this property was sold for $17.7 million.

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