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September 30, 2015 Events

CANstruction Minneapolis a Success!

CANstruction Success! Cuningham Group team members spent this past Saturday at the 10th Annual CANstruction Competition creating a six-foot tall octopus and donating over 7,500 cans of tuna to Second Harvest Heartland, a Minneapolis-St. Paul food bank. Cuningham Group took home two awards for this year’s sea creature: “Jurors Choice” and “Most Cans”! Great job,..

September 11, 2015 Events

San Diego Team Built Furniture for the 7th Annual Tables for Tots Charity Event

Have you ever seen a more adorable set of table and chairs? Well, thanks to a very creative and talented group of team members from our San Diego office, kids are now happily playing with their new jungle inspired table and chairs. The San Diego office participated in the 7th annual Tables for Tots Charity..

September 1, 2015 Urban Currents

The Power of Voice: From EdTech to Everyone

Dr. Charlie Miller, Chief Design Officer, Vidku; Jim Leslie, CEO, Vidku What do you get when a product that was never meant to become a company suddenly receives venture capital interest? The answer is simple: a company. In this story, that company is Vidku. Come meet Charlie and Jim and join the discussion about Flipgrid,..

August 1, 2015 Urban Currents

What’s Your Story? How Storytelling Techniques Can Improve your Communications Effectiveness

Matt Kucharski, Executive Vice President, PadillaCRT Matt Kucharski from PadillaCRT, one of the area’s most respected communications agencies, will share examples of how some of today’s best organizations are using strategic storytelling techniques to cut through the clutter. As a member of PadillaCRT’s Executive Leadership Team, Matt wears a number of important hats. In addition..

July 7, 2015 News

AIA Minnesota Leadership FORUM

AIA Minnesota recognized Cuningham Group team members Mark Kalar, Erin Anderson, and Amy Cheever, among other members of the architecture community who completed the sixth annual Leadership FORUM last month. Brian Tempas, principal at Cuningham Group, also served as the Leadership FORUM Advisor. The mission of the FORUM is to assist AIA members in understanding..

June 1, 2015 Urban Currents

Equity + Innovation: Minneapolis Parks for the 21st Century

Tom Evers, Executive Director of the Minneapolis Parks Foundation Tom Evers – a Minneapolis resident and avid user of the Minneapolis Parks system – has focused his career on strategically guiding organizations dedicated to parks, land conservation, and youth development. Prior to his work with the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, Evers spent more than a decade..

April 1, 2015 Urban Currents

Urban Energy for the 21st Century

Ani Backa, Government Affairs, Community Relations and Economic Development, Xcel Energy Energy customers – individuals, businesses, institutions and cities – are demanding their energy be produced in a more sustainable manner. For energy companies, this means moving towards renewables, solar, off the grid and other cleaner more responsible forms energy production. Ani Backa will discuss..

February 1, 2015 Urban Currents

Our Opportunity to Make the Cities a 21st Century Hub for Manufacturing

Ben VandenWymelenberg, Founder/CEO WOODCHUCK USA As we enter the third industrial revolution, boundaries between the design and manufacturing process are quickly vanishing. Computer controlled fabrication methods together with collaborative design thinking have greatly accelerated the pace of product development; what used to take months, now takes days. Today, one can move from idea to market..

January 12, 2015 Awards, News

Cuningham Group is the Recipient of the AIA Minnesota Firm Award

As a recipient of AIA Minnesota Firm Award, Cuningham Group remains dedicated to advancing and continuing the mission of the AIA organization. Cuningham Group employees remain active across local chapters, serving in leadership roles and assisting in the development of a variety of AIA events and programs. Specifically, in the AIA Minnesota Chapter, Cuningham Group..

November 1, 2014 Urban Currents

New Ways to Do Co-Working Spaces: Art, Inspiration, and the MIA

Sarah Lutman, Principal, Lutman & Associates In 2012 the Minneapolis Institute of Arts published DNA: Dynamic New Approach after considering the social, economic, demographic, technological, and political trends affecting museums. MIA leaders announced the plan, saying that a new museum model must be forged that meets the expectations of today’s audiences by offering them opportunities to..

September 1, 2014 Urban Currents

The Forever Saint Paul Challenge

Ann Mulholland, Vice President of Grants and Program, Minnesota Philanthropy Partners The Forever Saint Paul Million Dollar Challenge was an opportunity for The Saint Paul Foundation to engage the entire community in a conversation about what’s next, what matters and what big ideas can do for a community. In this presentation, Ann Mulholland will talk about..

August 4, 2014 Events

Cuningham Group Celebrates Summer with a BBQ

Cuningham Groups eats BBQ, flings rubber chickens, rides sailboats, plays lawn games, and throws water balloons! Check out some of these photos! Gallery