Mayo Woodlands
This is a bit odd. Two unrelated posts with Mayo connections in one day.
Dwell has an article this month on the Mayo Woodlands in Rochester. The Mayo Woodlands is a 470 acre housing project funded by the heir’s to the Mayo Clinic. What makes this project notable compared to most MN housing developments is that it has a focus on the land itself and it’s about good architecture. These are the two primary elements missing from nearly every suburb surrounding the twin cities.
The Mayo Woodlands will retain wide open shared spaces, rather than the typical private fenced acre you see in Woodbury McMansions. And the architecture speaks for itself fairly well. Of course, it has to, because the web site is severely lacking in content. But we’ll save that for another post.
