Gonda Building

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Leslie & Susan Gonda Building
Gonda
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The Mayo Clinic Gonda Building as seen from the nearby Plummer Building
Gonda Building
General information
Architectural styleModern
Location Rochester, Minnesota
Coordinates 44°01′23″N92°28′00″W / 44.0230195°N 92.4665657°W / 44.0230195; -92.4665657 [1]
Completed2001
Height305 ft (93 m)
Technical details
Floor count21 stories
Floor area1,499,983 sq ft (139,353.0 m2)
Design and construction
Architect(s) Ellerbe Becket
Structural engineer Ellerbe Becket
Main contractor Mayo Clinic/Centex Rodgers
Other information
Public transit accessAiga bus trans.svg RPT
References
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The Mayo Clinic's Gonda Building as seen from the newly renovated Peace Plaza in downtown Rochester, Minnesota Gondabuilding1.jpg
The Mayo Clinic's Gonda Building as seen from the newly renovated Peace Plaza in downtown Rochester, Minnesota
Statues of the Mayo brothers, "Dr. Will" and "Dr. Charlie", with the Gonda Building rising behind them SeatedMayoBrothersStatues2005.JPG
Statues of the Mayo brothers, "Dr. Will" and "Dr. Charlie", with the Gonda Building rising behind them

The Gonda Building is a medical building owned by the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and designed by Ellerbe Becket Architects and Engineers.

It rises 305 feet (93 m) in 21 floors, and was completed in 2001. [4] At the time it was the tallest building in Rochester, and was surpassed in 2004 by Broadway Plaza.

The Gonda building was the largest building project in the Mayo Clinic's history, the Leslie & Susan Gonda Building was constructed in three phases to a height of 21 stories. A fourth phase is planned for completion in the 2020s. Located at the heart of the campus, Gonda is the centerpiece of Mayo's integrated practice. The outside of the Gonda building displays Brazilian white granite. [5]

In 2018, the Mayo Clinic announced a $190 million expansion of the Gonda Building which will add 11 stories to its height, including four new floors of clinical space and a seven-story hotel expected to be completed in 2022, bringing its expected total height to nearly 500 feet, making it again- by far- the tallest building in the city. [6] However, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Mayo Clinic and developer Pontiac Land Group placed the project on indefinite hold. [7]

The Gonda Building is physically conjoined on its South side to the Mayo Building although the floors do not match perfectly.

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gonda Building
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gonda Building
  3. ↑ "Gonda Building". Skyscraper Center. CTBUH. Retrieved 2017-08-03.
  4. ↑ "Gonda Building, Rochester - 101051 - EMPORIS". Emporis . Archived from the original on March 21, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ↑ Author, HCD Guest (2003-08-31). "Leslie & Susan Gonda Building—Mayo Clinic ROCHESTER, MN". HCD Magazine. Retrieved 2024-09-19.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  6. ↑ Snowbeck, Christopher (18 September 2018). "Mayo plans $190M building expansion, including hotel, in Rochester". Star Tribune.
  7. ↑ "Gonda building expansion put on hold". KAAL TV. 31 August 2020.


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