Media Information and News Coverage
Press Materials
TLS/KVA Named Winning Team, 10 February 2011
- Press Release (Designer) – TLS/KVA Named Winning Team [pdf]
- RIVERFIRST Proposal Summary [pdf]
- About TLS/Tom Leader [pdf]
- About KVA [pdf]
- Sheila Kennedy, Frano Violich Biographies [pdf]
- Fact Sheet – Jury Evaluation Criteria [pdf]
- FAQ – MR|DC 10 Feb [pdf]
- Download RIVERFIRST full proposal and video via the TLS/KVA page
Additional Press Materials
- Press Release – Ken Smith, TLS/KVA, Stoss, Turenscape Unveil Visions for Mpls Riverfront 1/31/11 [pdf]
- Press Release – Design Team Presentations Jan 27 at the Walker 1//10/11 [pdf]
- Press Release – Designer Ask Survey & Community Meeting 11/30/10 [pdf]
- Press Release – MR|DC Shortlist 11/8/10 [pdf]
- Press Release – MR|DC Jury 10/7/10 [pdf]
- Press Release – Announcing RFQ 9/16/2010 [pdf]
- Fact Sheet – Parks and the Economy [pdf]
- Fact Sheet – About the MR|DC 12/7/10 [pdf]
- Fact Sheet – MR|DC Community Engagement [pdf]
- Fact Sheet – MR|DC Jury Biographies v. 10/7/10 [pdf]
Slideshow – Land, Water, People: New Parks in Practice
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Fact Sheet – Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board [pdf]
Minneapolis Parks Foundation
Selected Coverage
Winner Announcement
- Minneapolis StarTribune, “Ideas flow through the river, too†7 Mar
- Minneapolis StarTribune, “Graphic: A new vision for the riverfront†7 Mar
- ASLA’s The Dirt, “Minneapolis’ Bold New Riverfront” 2 Mar
- ArchDaily, “RIVERFIRST: Kennedy & Violich Architecture and Tom Leader Studio” 16 Feb
- The Line, “Mississippi Riverfront Design Contest winner to ‘go with the flow’” 16 Feb
- Architecture Lab, “TLS/KVA Team are the Winners of the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition,” 14 Feb
- Twin Cities Daily Planet, “Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition winner announced” 13 Feb
- Urban Choreography, “Tom Leader Studio/KVA Team Wins Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition“
- Treehugger, “Berkeley/Boston Team Wins Competition to Redesign Minneapolis Riverfront. Now the Real Work Begins.” 12 Feb
- ArchPaper blog, “Minneapolis Riverfront Redesign Team Selected” 11 Feb
- MinnPost, “Winning design for Minneapolis riverfront brings people to water’s edge” 11 Feb
- Minneapolis StarTribune, “East-West team wins competition to guide revival of Minneapolis riverfront” 11 Feb
- Bustler, “TLS/KVA Team Wins Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 11 Feb
- NorthNews, “Riverfront design finalist announced” 10 Feb
- KSTP-TV, “Minneapolis Riverfront Design Winner Puts the “River First” 10 Feb
- The Journal (Mpls), “Winner announced in Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 10 Feb
- MPR, “Winner named in Mpls. riverfront design competition” 10 Feb
- Prairieform, “Riverfront design competition winner announced” 10 Feb
- The Green Skeptic, “RIVERFIRST Project Considered River’s Needs First in Minneapolis” 10 Feb
- “And now the real fun begins on the Upper Minneapolis Riverfront†10 Feb
- “What should the future of the Minneapolis Riverfront be? Ask the public!†7 Feb
- “The Next Generation of Parks 4: Turenscape†4 Feb
- “The Next Generation of Parks 3: TLS/KVA†3 Feb
- “The Next Generation of Parks 2: Stoss Landscape Urbanism†2 Feb
- “The Next Generation of Parks 1: Ken Smith Studio†1 Feb
Series
Patrick Nunnally\’s commentary at the River Talk blog at IonE\’s RiverLife Program
World Landscape Architecture Series, by Damian Holmes
- “TLS/KVA RIVERFIRST wins Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 11 Feb
- “MRDC | Ken Smith Workshop: city of the river” 7 Feb
- “MRDC | Stoss Landscape Urbanism: STREAMLINES” 7 Feb
- “MRDC | TLS/KVA: RIVERFIRST” 7 Feb
- “MRDC | Turenscape: THE RESILIENT RIVER” 7 Feb
- “Four finalists present their visions for the Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 3 Feb
- “Minneapolis riverfront design competition finalists announced” 9 Nov 2010
Finalist Submissions & Presentations
- Opus Magnum, University of St. Thomas, “Four visions of the Minneapolis Riverfront” 9 Feb
- Green Design HQ, “Finalists present their projects in competition to redesign Minneapolis’ riverfront” 5 Feb
- Prairieform, “A peek at the Riverfront Design submissions” 4 Feb
- World Landscape Architect, “Four finalists present their visions for Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition” 3 Feb
- Switchboard, “See innovative proposals for the Minneapolis waterfront” 3 Feb
- The Line Media, “Mississippi Riverfront Design Competition: Four finalists lay out inspiring visions” 2 Feb
- Fox9 Morning News, “Designs on the Mississippi riverfront” 1 Feb
- Bustler, “Four Shortlisted Designs Unveil Visions for Minneapolis Riverfront” 31 Jan
- Minneapolis StarTribune, “1 river, 4 designs for development” 29 Jan
- Neerland&Oyaas562, “Seeing tomorrow unfolding today” 28 Jan
- The Journals, “Finalists in riverfront design competition present their visions” 28 Jan
- Minneapolis StarTribune, “One river, four designs on the future” 28 Jan
- MPR, “Mpls Mississippi river design competition down to wire” 28 Jan
- Minneapolis StarTribune, “Four Mississippi riverfront visions for Mpls to be unveiled” 27 Jan
Earlier Coverage
- Mill City Times 26 Jan
- KARE 11 Saturday 22 Jan
- MinnPost.com 19 Jan
- Twin Cities Metro Jan
- Twin Cities Daily Planet 18 Jan
- Minneapolis StarTribune (Editorial) 5 Jan
- Mill City Times 4 Jan
- Camden News 1 Jan
- Southwest Journal 13 Dec
- MinnPost.com 3 Dec
- Camden News 1 Dec
- MPR 29 Nov
- MinnPost.com 24 Nov
- Friends of the Mississippi River
- The Line 17 Nov
- USAToday.com
- Minneapolis StarTribune 9 Nov
- NPR.org
- Finance & Commerce 9 Nov
- World Landscape Architect 9 Nov
- AECCafe.com 9 Nov
- Mill City Times 9 Nov
- MinnPost.com 8 Nov
- MPR News 8 Nov
- Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal 8 Nov
- MPR News 7 Nov
- Camden News 1 Nov
- Downtown Journal 14 Oct
- Minneapolis StarTribune 13 Oct
- Secrets of the City 27 Sep
- The Line 22 Sep
- Finance & Commerce 21 Sep
- Mill City Times 21 Sep