Thanksgiving
Urban Design Perspectives will be closed on this date for Thanksgiving. Wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday!
Christmas
Urban Design Perspectives will be closed on these dates for Christmas. Wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday!
Easter Monday
Urban Design Perspectives will be closed on this date for Easter Monday. We wish you and yours a special day with family and friends!
Women's History Month
We are continuing our celebration of Women as a part of Women’s History Month by featuring firms that we have partnered with to restore the Historic Coliseum Building.
Follow us on Instagram to learn about the work of more incredible women. We will be posting throughout the month.
Good Friday
Urban Design Perspectives will be closed for Good Friday. Wishing you and yours all the best on this holiday!
Women's History Month
We are continuing our celebration of Women as a part of Women’s History Month by featuring firms that we have partnered with to restore the Historic Coliseum Building.
Follow us on Instagram to learn about the work of more incredible women. We will be posting throughout the month.
Women’s History Month: Nicole Thompson & Cristina Earley
Women’s History Month: Women Creating Equity
Women's History Month
We are continuing our celebration of Women as a part of Women’s History Month by featuring firms that we have partnered with to restore the Historic Coliseum Building.
Follow us on Instagram to learn about the work of more incredible women. We will be posting throughout the month.
Women's History Month
We are continuing our celebration of Women as a part of Women’s History Month by featuring firms that we have partnered with to restore the Historic Coliseum Building.
Follow us on Instagram to learn about the work of more incredible women. We will be posting throughout the month.
Women’s History Month: Y. Elaine Rasmussen
Women’s History Month: Women Creating Equity
Women's History Month
We are continuing our celebration of Women as a part of Women’s History Month by featuring firms that we have partnered with to restore the Historic Coliseum Building.
Follow us on Instagram to learn about the work of more incredible women. We will be posting throughout the month.
Black History Month: Reverend Dr. Alika P. Galloway
Black History Month: Celebrating Black Women Leaders who are creating Equity in the Built Environment.
Black History Month
Celebrating Black Women Leaders who are creating Equity in the Built Environment for Black History Month
Black History Month: Rekhet Si-Asar
Black History Month: The Black Women Fellows of AIA
Black History Month
Celebrating Black Women Leaders who are creating Equity in the Built Environment for Black History Month
Black History Month: Dr. Julia P. Joseph-Di Caprio
Black History Month: The Black Women Fellows of AIA
Black History Month
Celebrating Black Women Leaders who are creating Equity in the Built Environment for Black History Month
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Civil Rights Memorial - Montgomery, Alabama
In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, our offices are closed to observe a day of service.
Christmas
Urban Design Perspectives will be closed on these dates for Christmas. Wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday!
Thanksgiving
Urban Design Perspectives will be closed on this date for Thanksgiving. Wishing you and yours a beautiful holiday!
Coliseum Site Tour
Join Coliseum building owners Janice Downing and Alicia Belton, FAIA to tour the ongoing renovation of the Historic Coliseum.
The Historic Coliseum Building was the hub of the Longfellow neighborhood. Built in 1917 in the Classical Revival style by the Hedwell Investment Company, it was conceived as a commercial building with uses for retail and office, a ballroom, and as home to Freeman’s Department store. It received a place on the National Register of Historic Places in 2022.
Redesign, a nonprofit community development corporation, purchased the property in 2021 to redevelop the property in alignment with broader community values related to equity, wealth creation, and shared ownership. As it was designed for its original use, the building will house retail, office, restaurant, event, and conference spaces.
We invite you to come tour with members of the development team to experience how the Historic Coliseum Building aligns with the AIA Framework for Design Excellence.
Transportation will be provided to the project site and back to the AIA-MN conference venue. Participants should bring their own safety hats and vests.
The tour will be led by Alicia Belton, FAIA, NOMA, founder and princial of Urban Design Perspectives, and Janice Downing, President of CommonSense Consulting@Work.
*IMPORTANT NOTE: This tour is a scheduled event as part of the AIA-MN annual conference. Pre-registration is required. For those who do not plan to attend any Conference sessions but who wish to participate in this tour, they must pre-register, along with a $45 fee. Please contact Amber Allardyce at AIA-MN for assistance (612-338-6763 or allardyce@aia-mn.org).
A’23 MN Conference on Architecture
A’23 Minnesota Conference on Architecture
Join us at The Depot Minneapolis November 13-15, 2023, for inspiring continuing education opportunities, a reinvigorated exhibit hall experience, great food, a variety of beautiful spaces, and new opportunities to connect with friends and fellow members of Minnesota’s architecture community.
Architects and architectural designers, interior designers, landscape architects, engineers, planners, contractors, manufacturers, and other design professionals, students and media are all regular attendees at this Conference.
For further information, please click here.
Preserve MN 2023
Equitable Recovery and Rebuilding Community at the Historic Coliseum Building After the Civil Unrest of 2020 presentation at the Preserve MN Conference.
Earth Day
Urban Design Perspectives is celebrating Earth Day today and everyday! Our theme for 2022 is Invest in our planet.