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Museum of the North, University of Alaska

Inspired by the rugged landscape, Joan Soranno leads a team to expand the University of Alaska’s Museum of THE North in Fairbanks. Fairbanks sits on a vast plateau near the center of Alaska, about 125 miles south of the Arctic Circle. The century-old city is surrounded by mostly roadless wilderness where fox dodge wolves and bears, and caribou roam by the hundreds. In this land of extremes, temperatures can drop 50 degrees in a single day. The town lacks a strong architectural history, but Read more [...]

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UA Museum of the North wins architecture award

FAIRBANKS -- The University of Alaska Museum of the North has won its third architecture award. It was named one of 66 winners of the 2008 American Architecture Awards by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies and Metropolitan Arts Press Ltd. The museum opened in 2005 and has been recognized by The American Institute of Architects, Minnesota Chapter and the Society for College and University Planning. About Read more [...]

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