The Weisman Art Museum at the University of Minnesota was designed by Frank Gehry, with MSR Design as architect of record for the 1993 building. The infobox also lists Hammel, Green and Abrahamson, but the text calls HGA local consultants on the 2011 addition. It was completed in November 1993, and the article gives no start date. The text calls the form abstract and names no style.
The building has two faces. The south and east sides are brick that blends with the historic buildings of Northrop Mall, while the north and west sides are brushed stainless steel sheets that abstract a fish and a waterfall. A. Zahner Company made and installed the steel skin.
The text notes it was built before computer-aided design was widespread. The museum began in 1934 as University Gallery and was renamed for Frederick R. Weisman in 1993. The article gives no hours.
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