Art Deco Complex Revitalized. Located in downtown Minneapolis, which averages 53-in. of snowfall per year— double the snowfall of the rest of the country—–the historic Baker Center offers more than a million sq. ft. of mixed retail and office space. The historic structure is actually a composite of four Art Deco buildings, and the challenge was pulling them all together with a single façade that would not only look sleek, but be thermally efficient against tough northern winters. Three of center’s the original buildings—the Baker Building, the Roanoke building and the Investors Building—were built in the 1920s. The fourth piece of the complex—the 730 Building—was constructed in 1968. Further complicating matters was that there were no original architectural drawings, and different construction techniques were used during the various retrofi