Weisman Art Museum
- Location: Minneapolis, MN
- Architect of Record: Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle
- Design Architect: Frank O. Gehry
- Client: University of Minnesota
Project Highlights
- Galleries, auditorium, and retail spaces
- Clear span of 80 feet
- Structural steel and cast-in-place post-tensioned concrete
Overview
The Weisman Art Museum is a four-story structure housing about 11,000 square feet of gallery space, a 120-seat auditorium, a museum store, storage areas, carpentry and technical areas, office and meeting/class rooms, and hospitality spaces. The gallery has eighty feet of clear span. Below the gallery spaces, a parking ramp accommodates 300 vehicles. Construction materials include structural steel and cast-in-place, post-tensioned and reinforced concrete. The facility is supported by drilled concrete piers in bedrock.
