Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower

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Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower
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Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower
General information
Architectural style Brutalist
Location Minneapolis, Minnesota
Address515 Delaware Street SE
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 44°58′24″N93°13′53″W / 44.9733°N 93.2314°W / 44.9733; -93.2314
Elevation260 meters [1]
Groundbreaking1971
Completed1974
Owner University of Minnesota
Height90 meters [1]
Technical details
Floor count19

Malcolm Moos Health Sciences Tower, informally known as Moos Tower, is a building on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis, Minnesota. [2] Inside Moos Tower are labs and faculty offices for the College of Dentistry and a Caribou Coffee with a designated study lounge. The entrance of Biomedical library can also be found in Moos Tower.

Contents

Moos Tower is the tallest building on the University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus [3] [4] and is an example of Brutalist architecture. [4] The building is often theorized to have been built to resemble a tooth, due to the College of Dentistry's presence inside.[ citation needed ]

History

The tower was the first realized component of the University of Minnesota's 1970s Health Sciences Complex plan, with a 1971 groundbreaking and an completion date in 1973. [5] The building was originally named Health Sciences Unit A before being renamed in 1983 for Malcolm Moos, president of the University from 1967 to 1974. [6] Moos Tower was designed by The Architects Collaborative as well as Cerny and Associates, HGA, and Setter Leach and Lindstrom. [4] [7]

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